BATON ROUGE (AP) — The sign-up period for the Nov. 8 election runs through Friday. After the presidential race, the top of the ballot will include a U.S. Senate race and all six U.S. House races.
The candidates who have qualified so far are:
U.S. SENATE:
Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette; Foster Campbell, D-Elm Grove; Joseph Cao, R-New Orleans; Thomas Clements, Libertarian-Lafayette; Derrick Edwards, D-Harvey; Caroline Fayard; D-New Orleans; John Fleming, R-Minden; Le Roy "Rev" Gillam, Libertarian-Washington; Troy Hebert, no party-Jeanerette; John Kennedy, R-Madisonville; Gary Landrieu, D-New Orleans; Kaitlin Marone, no party-New Orleans; MV "Vinny" Mendoza, D-Ponchatoula; Abhay Patel, R-New Orleans; and Arden "Dixiecrat" Wells, no party-Ponchatoula.
U.S. HOUSE, 1st DISTRICT:
Howard Kearney, Libertarian-Mandeville; Steve Scalise (incumbent), R-Jefferson; and Joseph "Joe" Swider, D-New Orleans.
U.S. HOUSE, 2nd DISTRICT:
Melvin "Kip" Holden, D-Baton Rouge; and Cedric Richmond (incumbent), D-New Orleans.
U.S. HOUSE, 3rd DISTRICT:
Scott Angelle, R-Breaux Bridge; Bryan Barrilleaux, R-Lake Charles; Greg Ellison, R-Lafayette; Brett Geymann, R-Lake Charles; Jacob "Dorian Phibian" Hebert, D-Lafayette; Guy McLendon, Libertarian-Sulphur; Larry Rader, D-New Iberia; Gus Rantz, R-Lafayette; Grover Joseph Rees, R-Lafayette; and Kenny Scelfo Sr., no party-Franklin.
U.S. HOUSE, 4th DISTRICT:
Ralph "Trey" Baucum, R-Shreveport; Mark David Halverson, no party-Bossier City; Oliver Jenkins, R-Shreveport; Rick John, R-Shreveport; Marshall Jones, D-Shreveport; and Kenneth Krefft, no party-Shreveport.
U.S. HOUSE, 5th DISTRICT:
Ralph Abraham (incumbent), R-Alto.
U.S. HOUSE, 6th DISTRICT:
Garret Graves (incumbent), R-Baton Rouge; and Richard Lieberman, D-LaPlace.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, 3rd DISTRICT:
Lambert Boissiere III (incumbent), D-New Orleans.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, 4th DISTRICT:
Reldon Owens, R-Alexandria; Patrick Richmond, R-Glenmora; and Mary Werner, D-Lake Charles.
