Craig Greene
2017 - Present
2024
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Craig Greene (Republican Party) is a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, representing District 2. He assumed office in 2017. His current term ends on December 31, 2024.
Greene (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Louisiana Public Service Commission to represent District 2. He declared candidacy for the primary scheduled on November 5, 2024.[source]
Greene was elected in an October 14, 2017, special election to fill the remainder of the unexpired term held by former commissioner Scott Angelle (R), who resigned to accept a position in the federal government.
Biography
The son of former state Senator Tom Greene, Craig Greene served as the head page of the Louisiana State Senate from 1993 to 1995. Following his 1996 graduation from Louisiana State University, Greene went on to attend the university's medical school, graduating in 2000. Greene held a one-year internship at Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Texas, followed by a four-year residency at the Texas A&M Department of Orthopedic Surgery and a one-year fellowship at Harborview Trauma Center in Seattle, Washington. In 2006, Greene joined the Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic, where he was still employed at the time of his 2017 Public Service Commission campaign. From 2013 to 2015, Greene served as chief of surgery at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital.[1][2]
Education
- Bachelor's - Louisiana State University (1996)
- M.D. - Louisiana State University (2000)
- M.B.A. - Yale University (2016)
Political career
Louisiana Public Service Commission (2017 - present)
Greene was first elected to the public service commission in October 2017, when he defeated interim commissioner Damon Baldone (R) and Lenar Whitney (R) in a special election to fill the seat of commissioner Scott Angelle (R), who had resigned to accept a position with the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
Elections
2024
See also: Louisiana Public Service Commission election, 2024
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
General election
The primary will occur on November 5, 2024. The general election will occur on December 7, 2024. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Public Service Commission District 2
Incumbent Craig Greene is running in the primary for Louisiana Public Service Commission District 2 on November 5, 2024.
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2018
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Craig Greene (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2017
Louisiana held an election for the seat representing District 2 on the Louisiana Public Service Commission on October 14, 2017. This special election was called after the previous commissioner, Scott Angelle, was appointed to a position in the federal government by President Donald Trump.
Craig Greene (R) defeated incumbent Damon Baldone (R) and Lenar Whitney (R) in the election to Louisiana Public Service Commission, District 2.
| Election to Louisiana Public Service Commission, District 2, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Craig Greene |
54.94% | 43,000 | |
| Republican | Damon Baldone Incumbent | 24.35% | 19,058 | |
| Republican | Lenar Whitney | 20.71% | 16,207 | |
| Total Votes | 78,265 | |||
| Source: Secretary of State of Louisiana | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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