OCT. 14 ELECTION: What’s on Calcasieu’s ballot?

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Louisiana will elect a new governor this fall.

State residents will vote in the gubernatorial primary election on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Numerous other local and state races will also be on the ballot, as well as four constitutional amendments and local tax propositions.

A candidate must receive 50 percent of the vote, plus one vote, to win a race. Runoffs will be held Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, in the gubernatorial general election.

Click HERE for information about your voting location and to see specifics about what’s on your ballot.

BESE District 7

Cathy Banks (R)
Kevin Berken (R)
Erick Knezek (R)

State Senator 25th District

Mark Abraham (R)
Josh Lewis (D)

State Representative 34th District

Wilford Carter Sr. (D)
Kevin Guidry (D)
Franklin Lewis Sr. (D)

District Judge 14th Judicial District Court (ES 1, Div. F)

Sa’Trica Williams Bensaadat (D)
Bobby Holmes (D)

District Judge 14th Judicial District Court (ES 2, Div. C)

Bill Cutrera (R)
Brad Guillory (R)
Mark Judson (R)

Calcasieu Parish Sheriff

Dustan Abshire (R)
Les Blanchard (R)
Elizabeth Gray Carrier (D)
Stitch Guillory (No party)
Bradley Moss (I)
Mike Reid (R)

Police Juror District 1

Reath Chauvin (R)
Darby Quinn (R)

Police Juror District 2

Shawntel Carter-Willis (D)
Emile Fontenot (D)
Mike Smith (D)

Police Juror District 3

Eddie Earl Lewis Jr. (D)
Shelly Mayo (D)

Police Juror District 4

Mack Dellafosse Jr. (D)
Tony Guillory (D)

Police Juror District 5

Brian Abshire (R)

Police Juror District 8

Mary Kaye Eason (R)
Emily Fenet-Parker (R)
Scott Washington (R)

Police Juror District 9

Anthony Bartie (D)
Felicia Frank (D)

City of Sulphur Proposition

Revision of Home Rule Charter – Precincts within the City of Sulphur Only
Shall the revised and restated Home Rule Charter for the City of Sulphur, prepared and submitted by the duly constituted citizen Charter Commission according to Article VI, Section 5, of the Constitution of Louisiana and other applicable law, be adopted?

Iowa Fire Protection District No. 1 -- 2.5M Bond - BOC - 20 Yrs.

Shall Iowa Fire Protection District No. 1 of the Parish of Calcasieu, Louisiana (the “District”), incur debt and issue bonds in an amount not exceeding $2,500,000 for a period not to exceed twenty (20) years from the date thereof, with interest at a rate not exceeding 7.0% per annum, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining or operating fire protection facilities, machinery and equipment, including both real and personal property, and purchasing firefighting equipment to be used to provide fire protection of the property within the District, title to which shall be in the public, which said bonds shall be retired with, paid from and secured by an ad valorem tax on all taxable property within the limits of the District, sufficient in rate and amount to pay said bonds in principal and interest, with the estimated millage rate to be 14.00 in the first year of issue?