# 2023 Louisiana elections

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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Louisiana on October 14, 2023, with second rounds held on November 18 where needed. Louisiana uses a two round system, where all candidates from all parties share the same ballot in the first round, and if no candidate wins an absolute majority, a runoff between the top two is held.

## Governor

Incumbent governor John Bel Edwards was ineligible to seek a third consecutive term due to Louisiana's term limits.

## Lieutenant governor

Incumbent lieutenant governor Billy Nungesser ran for re-election. He had previously expressed interest in running for governor, but decided against it.

## Attorney general

Incumbent attorney general Jeff Landry ran for governor. Louisiana Solicitor General Liz Murrill defeated attorney Lindsey Cheek in the runoff.

## Secretary of state

Incumbent secretary of state Kyle Ardoin retired. Former state representative Nancy Landry defeated attorney Gwen Collins-Greenup in the runoff.

### Candidates
#### Advanced to runoff

* Nancy Landry (Republican), First Assistant Secretary of State and former state representative
* Gwen Collins-Greenup (Democratic), attorney and runner-up for secretary of state in 2018 and 2019

#### Eliminated in primary

* Mike Francis (Republican), Louisiana Public Service Commissioner and former chair of the Louisiana Republican Party
* Amanda Jennings (independent), insurance agent
* Thomas Kennedy III (Republican), businessman
* Arthur Morrell (Democratic), Orleans Parish Criminal District Clerk of Court
* Clay Schexnayder (Republican), Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives
* Brandon Trosclair (Republican), businessman

#### Declined

* Kyle Ardoin (Republican), incumbent secretary of state

### General election
#### Candidate forum

2023 Louisiana Secretary of State candidate forum :
| No. | Date | Host | Link | Democratic | Republican | Independent | Republican | Republican | Democratic | Democratic | Republican |
| Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | | | | | | | | |
| Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Gwen Collins-Greenup | Mike Francis | Amanda Jennings | Thomas Kennedy III | Nancy Landry | Arthur Morrell | Clay Schexnayder | Brandon Trosclair |
| 1 | Sep. 21, 2023 | Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana | YouTube | P | P | N | N | P | P | A | P |

#### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) | Mike Francis (R) | Amanda Jennings (I) | Thomas Kennedy III (R) | Nancy Landry (R) | Clay Schexnayder (R) | Brandon Trosclair (R) | Arthur Morrell (D) | Undecided |
| The Trafalgar Group (R) | September 11–15, 2023 | 1,062 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 14% | 8% | 1% | 5% | 11% | 11% | 3% | 6% | 41% |

#### Results

2023 Louisiana Secretary of State election jungle primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Nancy Landry | 197,514 | 19.34% |
| | Democratic | Gwen Collins-Greenup | 196,534 | 19.25% |
| | Republican | Mike Francis | 182,842 | 17.91% |
| | Republican | Clay Schexnayder | 149,987 | 14.69% |
| | Democratic | Arthur Morrell | 113,703 | 11.13% |
| | Republican | Thomas Kennedy III | 102,628 | 10.05% |
| | Republican | Brandon Trosclair | 64,686 | 6.33% |
| | Independent | Amanda Jennings | 13,275 | 1.30% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,021,169 | 100.0% |

### Runoff

2023 Louisiana Secretary of State runoff election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Nancy Landry | 446,038 | 66.80% | +7.73 |
| | Democratic | Gwen Collins-Greenup | 221,698 | 33.20% | −7.73 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 667,736 | 100.0% | |

## Treasurer

Incumbent treasurer John Schroder retired to run for governor. Former U.S. Representative John Fleming defeated Dustin Granger in the runoff.

### Candidates
#### Advanced to runoff

* John Fleming (Republican), former U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district (2009–2017)
* Dustin Granger (Democratic), financial advisor

#### Eliminated in primary

* Scott McKnight (Republican), state representative

#### Declined

* John Schroder (Republican), incumbent treasurer (running for governor; endorsed McKnight)

### General election
#### Candidate forum

2023 Louisiana State Treasurer candidate forum :
| No. | Date | Host | Link | Republican | Democratic | Republican |
| Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | | | |
| Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | John Fleming | Dustin Granger | Scott McKnight |
| 1 | Aug. 16, 2023 | Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana | YouTube | P | P | P |
2023 Louisiana Treasurer election jungle primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | John Fleming | 442,668 | 44.04% |
| | Democratic | Dustin Granger | 321,423 | 31.98% |
| | Republican | Scott McKnight | 241,125 | 23.99% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,005,221 | 100.0% |

### Runoff

2023 Louisiana Treasurer runoff election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | John Fleming | 437,303 | 65.44% | +5.43 |
| | Democratic | Dustin Granger | 230,961 | 34.56% | +0.03 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 668,264 | 100.0% | |

## Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry

Incumbent Agriculture commissioner Mike Strain ran for re-election.

### Candidates
#### Declared

* Mike Strain (Republican), incumbent commissioner

### Results

2023 Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Mike Strain (incumbent) | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | | |

## Commissioner of Insurance

Incumbent Insurance commissioner Jim Donelon retired.

### Candidates
#### Declared

* Tim Temple (Republican), insurance executive and candidate for insurance commissioner in 2019

#### Declined

* Jim Donelon (Republican), incumbent commissioner

### Results

2023 Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Tim Temple | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | | |

## Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

All eight members of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education were up for re-election.

## State legislature
### State senate

All 39 seats in the Louisiana State Senate were up for re-election.
| Party | Party | Leader | Before | After | Change |
| | Republican | Page Cortez (term-limited) | 27 | 28 | 1 |
| | Democratic | Gerald Boudreaux | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 39 | 39 | |

### State House

All 105 seats in the Louisiana House of Representatives were up for re-election.
| Party | Party | Leader | Before | After | Change |
| | Republican | Clay Schexnayder (term-limited) | 71 | 73 | 2 |
| | Democratic | Samuel Jenkins Jr. (retired) | 33 | 32 | 1 |
| | Independent | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 105 | 105 | |

## Local
### Caddo Parish Sheriff

The local race for Sheriff in Caddo Parish received national attention when Democrat Henry Whitehorn appeared to win the race by one vote against Republican John Nickelson. After more than 43,000 votes had been cast in the race, a recount still yielded a one-vote victory for Whitehorn. After the recount, Nickelson filed a lawsuit against Whitehorn and local election officials challenging the validity of the results and demanding that either he be declared the victor or a new election be held. A specially appointed judge, Joe Bleich, found that there had been 11 illegally cast votes and ordered a new election to take place no earlier than March 23, 2024. On appeal by Whitehorn, the Second Circuit Court of Appeal upheld the lower court's decision by a 3–2 margin. Whitehorn would go on to win the do-over election, this time expanding his lead to 4,000 against Nickelson, with Nickelson calling Whitehorn to concede the night of the election. After Sheriff Steve Prator's term expired on February 29, Chief Deputy Jay Long was sworn in as interim Sheriff while the special election was still underway. After Whitehorn's victory, he was sworn in as Caddo Parish Sheriff on June 28, 2024.

#### First election

Candidates
* Shayne Gibson (Republican), Sheriff of the Greenwood Police Department
* Patricia "Pat" Gilley (Democratic), retired attorney and former candidate for Caddo District Attorney in 2020
* Eric Hatfield (Republican), Chief Deputy Constable of Caddo Parish
* Hersey Jones Jr. (Democratic), neighborhood organizer
* John Nickelson (Republican), former member of the Shreveport City Council (advanced to run-off)
* Henry Whitehorn (Democratic), former Chief of Police of Shreveport (advanced to run-off)
Results
Caddo Parish Sheriff election jungle primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | John Nickelson | 20,554 | 44.6% |
| | Democratic | Henry Whitehorn | 15,890 | 34.5% |
| | Republican | Eric Hatfield | 2,912 | 6.3% |
| | Democratic | Hersey Jones Jr. | 2,473 | 5.4% |
| | Republican | Shayne Gibson | 2,224 | 4.8% |
| | Democratic | Patricia "Pat" Gilley | 2,001 | 4.4% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 46,054 | 100% |
Caddo Parish Sheriff runoff election (invalidated) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Henry Whitehorn | 21,624 | 50.0012% | +15.5 |
| | Republican | John Nickelson | 21,623 | 49.9988% | +5.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 43,247 | 100% | N/A |

#### Second election

Caddo Parish Sheriff runoff election (do-over) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Henry Whitehorn | 34,752 | 53.3% | +3.3 |
| | Republican | John Nickelson | 30,487 | 46.7% | −3.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 65,239 | 100% | N/A |