2016 Louisiana State House Special Election

The 2016 Louisiana State House Special Election took place in 2016 to elect 3 seats. Democratic secured 1 seats, which constitutes 33.3% of the total seats, alongside receiving 100.0% of the popular vote. A total number of 3,387 votes were cast in this election. There were totally 4 candidates ran for 3 seats across the 3 districts.

Summary by Party

There were totally 4 candidates competed for 3 seats. Democratic won 1 seats, making up 33.3% of the total seats being elected, while receiving 100.0% of the popular vote. Other Party won 1 seats (33.3%) and Republican won 1 seats (33.3%).

2016 Louisiana State House Special Election - Summary by Political Party
Party	Votes	% Votes	Candidates	Elected	% Seats	Seats: option = {color: ['blue','#EF1084','red'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 1, name: 'Democratic'},{value: 1, name: 'Other Party'},{value: 1, name: 'Republican'}] }]} Votes: option = {color: ['blue'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 3387, name: 'Democratic'}] }]}
Democratic	3,387	100.0%	2	1	33.3%
Other Party	0	0.0%	1	1	33.3%
Republican	0	0.0%	1	1	33.3%
Total	3,387	100%	4	3	100%

Summary by Seats

2016 Louisiana State House Special Election - Summary by Party in Seats
Seat	Democratic		Other Party		Republican		Others		Valid Votes
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 29	3,387	100.0%	-		-		-		3,387
District 80	-		-		Uncontested		-		0
District 85	-		Uncontested		-		-		0
Total	3,387	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3,387

Elected Candidates

2016 Louisiana State House Special Election - Elected Candidates
Seat	Elected Candidate				Second Candidate				Margin
	Name	Party	Votes	%	Name	Party	Votes	%
District 29	Edmond Jordan	Democratic	2,019	59.6%	Vereta T. Lee	Democratic	1,368	40.4%	19.2%
District 80	"Polly" Thomas	Republican	Uncontested	100.0%	-				100.0%
District 85	Joseph A. Marino III	Other Party	Uncontested	100.0%	-				100.0%

Results by Candidates

There are 4 candidates competed for 3 seats.

2016 Louisiana State House Special Election - Summary by Candidate
Seat	Candidate	Affiliation	Valid Votes	%
District 29	Edmond Jordan	Democratic	2,019	59.6%
	Vereta T. Lee	Democratic	1,368	40.4%
District 80	"Polly" Thomas	Republican	Uncontested	100.0%
District 85	Joseph A. Marino III	Other Party	Uncontested	100.0%

Results by Seats

District 29

Vereta T. Lee of Democratic was defeated by a margin of 19.2%, receiving 40.4% of the votes, totaling 1,368 votes. The total votes cast was 3,387.

2016 Louisiana State House Special Election in District 29
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#EA4CF5'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 2019, name: 'Edmond Jordan'},{value: 1368, name: 'Vereta T. Lee'}] }]}
Edmond Jordan	Democratic	2,019	59.6%
Vereta T. Lee	Democratic	1,368	40.4%
Date: 2016-05-14, Margin: 19.2%, Valid Votes: 3,387
Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#3B9828','#112CB1','#6D69AB','#3B19AD'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 1088, name: 'Edmond Jordan'},{value: 848, name: 'Vereta T. Lee'},{value: 758, name: 'Victor Woods, Jr.'},{value: 517, name: 'Tyra Banks Sterling'},{value: 273, name: 'Albert White'}] }]}
Edmond Jordan	Democratic	1,088	31.2%
Vereta T. Lee	Democratic	848	24.3%
Victor Woods, Jr.	Democratic	758	21.8%
Tyra Banks Sterling	Democratic	517	14.8%
Albert White	Democratic	273	7.8%
Date: 2016-04-09, Margin: 2.6%, Valid Votes: 3,484

The election took place in two parishs. The breakdown of results by parish is shown below.

2016 Louisiana State House Special Election in District 29 (General) - Results by Parish
Parish	Edmond Jordan Democratic		Vereta T. Lee Democratic		Total	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%
East Baton Rouge	587	34.4%	1,120	65.6%	1,707	-31.2%
West Baton Rouge	1,432	85.2%	248	14.8%	1,680	70.5%
Total	2,019	59.6%	1,368	40.4%	3,387	19.2%

2016 Louisiana State House Special Election in District 29 (Primary) - Results by Parish
Parish	Edmond Jordan Democratic		Vereta T. Lee Democratic		Victor Woods, Jr. Democratic		Tyra Banks Sterling Democratic		Albert White Democratic		Total	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
East Baton Rouge	500	24.3%	769	37.3%	111	5.4%	448	21.7%	232	11.3%	2,060	-13.1%
West Baton Rouge	588	41.3%	79	5.5%	647	45.4%	69	4.8%	41	2.9%	1,424	35.7%
Total	1,088	31.2%	848	24.3%	758	21.8%	517	14.8%	273	7.8%	3,484	6.9%

East Baton Rouge

Results by Precinct in East Baton Rouge - District 29 (General)
Precinct	Vereta T. Lee	Edmond Jordan	Total
Early Voting	105	55	160
Ward #1 Precinct #017	9	6	15
Ward #1 Precinct #023	29	9	38
Ward #1 Precinct #024	41	18	59
Ward #1 Precinct #025	29	31	60
Ward #1 Precinct #058 A	19	17	36
Ward #1 Precinct #058 B	26	6	32
Ward #1 Precinct #077 A	66	33	99
Ward #1 Precinct #077 B	54	36	90
Ward #1 Precinct #084 A	64	24	88
Ward #1 Precinct #084 B	80	20	100
Ward #1 Precinct #085 A	43	34	77
Ward #1 Precinct #085 B	45	13	58
Ward #2 Precinct #011	28	31	59
Ward #2 Precinct #016 A	67	25	92
Ward #2 Precinct #016 B	42	28	70
Ward #2 Precinct #023 A	34	26	60
Ward #2 Precinct #023 B	37	21	58
Ward #2 Precinct #027 A	88	49	137
Ward #2 Precinct #027 B	80	40	120
Ward #2 Precinct #030 A	66	36	102
Ward #2 Precinct #030 B	68	29	97
Total	1,120	587	1,707

Results by Precinct in East Baton Rouge - District 29 (Primary)
Precinct	Vereta T. Lee	Edmond Jordan	Tyra Banks Sterling	Albert White	Victor Woods, Jr.	Total
Early Voting	76	54	48	13	9	200
Ward #1 Precinct #017	10	1	7	1	-	19
Ward #1 Precinct #023	11	14	23	4	19	71
Ward #1 Precinct #024	40	21	14	5	1	81
Ward #1 Precinct #025	16	25	27	7	-	75
Ward #1 Precinct #058 A	21	8	10	10	1	50
Ward #1 Precinct #058 B	6	5	14	4	1	30
Ward #1 Precinct #077 A	42	30	24	14	4	114
Ward #1 Precinct #077 B	40	25	25	8	5	103
Ward #1 Precinct #084 A	42	26	23	16	5	112
Ward #1 Precinct #084 B	56	25	29	10	7	127
Ward #1 Precinct #085 A	28	27	13	2	4	74
Ward #1 Precinct #085 B	33	19	8	6	2	68
Ward #2 Precinct #011	23	17	9	40	6	95
Ward #2 Precinct #016 A	49	23	16	12	9	109
Ward #2 Precinct #016 B	21	30	10	5	3	69
Ward #2 Precinct #023 A	20	17	27	6	6	76
Ward #2 Precinct #023 B	25	16	20	6	1	68
Ward #2 Precinct #027 A	57	39	23	18	7	144
Ward #2 Precinct #027 B	60	28	23	18	8	137
Ward #2 Precinct #030 A	52	24	28	19	7	130
Ward #2 Precinct #030 B	41	26	27	8	6	108
Total	769	500	448	232	111	2,060

West Baton Rouge

Results by Precinct in West Baton Rouge - District 29 (General)
Precinct	Edmond Jordan	Vereta T. Lee	Total
Early Voting	444	71	515
Precinct #02A	182	11	193
Precinct #02B	30	1	31
Precinct #03	60	1	61
Precinct #05	40	-	40
Precinct #06	7	2	9
Precinct #07A	79	-	79
Precinct #07B	20	3	23
Precinct #08	180	40	220
Precinct #09	31	10	41
Precinct #10A	43	5	48
Precinct #10B	33	5	38
Precinct #11A	30	-	30
Precinct #11B	11	-	11
Precinct #12	22	4	26
Precinct #13A	78	26	104
Precinct #13B	5	3	8
Precinct #14	26	5	31
Precinct #15	85	58	143
Precinct #17	26	3	29
Total	1,432	248	1,680

Results by Precinct in West Baton Rouge - District 29 (Primary)
Precinct	Victor Woods, Jr.	Edmond Jordan	Vereta T. Lee	Tyra Banks Sterling	Albert White	Total
Early Voting	169	121	24	29	17	360
Precinct #02A	61	126	5	7	6	205
Precinct #02B	6	13	-	-	2	21
Precinct #03	16	19	2	-	-	37
Precinct #05	5	21	-	1	-	27
Precinct #06	15	-	-	-	-	15
Precinct #07A	15	28	2	2	1	48
Precinct #07B	21	5	-	1	1	28
Precinct #08	152	77	3	3	5	240
Precinct #09	11	14	7	-	1	33
Precinct #10A	11	32	3	1	2	49
Precinct #10B	16	13	3	3	-	35
Precinct #11A	10	26	5	1	-	42
Precinct #11B	1	4	-	2	-	7
Precinct #12	11	5	-	7	-	23
Precinct #13A	39	34	8	1	3	85
Precinct #13B	3	-	2	1	-	6
Precinct #14	9	14	3	4	1	31
Precinct #15	62	31	12	6	1	112
Precinct #17	14	5	-	-	1	20
Total	647	588	79	69	41	1,424

District 80

2016 Louisiana State House Special Election in District 80
Candidate	Party	Votes	%
"Polly" Thomas	Republican	Uncontested	100.0%
Date: 2016-11-08

District 85

2016 Louisiana State House Special Election in District 85
Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Joseph A. Marino III	Other Party	Uncontested	100.0%
Date: 2016-08-06

See Also

• 2016 United States House Election in Louisiana
• 2016 United States Presidential Election in Louisiana
• 2016 United States Senate Election in Louisiana
• 2023 Louisiana State House Special Election
• 2023 Louisiana State House Election
• 2022 Louisiana State House Special Election
• 2021 Louisiana State House Special Election
• 2020 Louisiana State House Special Election

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