Eliot Barron
Eliot Barron was a 2016 Green Party candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of Louisiana.[1]
Barron was a 2014 Green Party candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 5th Congressional District of Louisiana.[2][3] He was defeated in the open primary on October 19, 2013.[4] He did not receive enough votes to participate in the runoff on December 6, 2014.[5]
Elections
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. A total of seven candidates filed to run and competed in the primary election on November 8, 2016. Incumbent Steve Scalise (R) defeated Lee Ann Dugas (D), Danil Ezekiel Faust (D), Joe Swider (D), Howard Kearney (L), Eliot Barron (G), and Chuemai Yang (I) to win the election.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Steve Scalise Incumbent |
74.6% | 243,645 | |
| Democratic | Lee Ann Dugas | 12.8% | 41,840 | |
| Democratic | Danil Faust | 3.9% | 12,708 | |
| Libertarian | Howard Kearney | 2.9% | 9,405 | |
| Democratic | Joe Swider | 2.8% | 9,237 | |
| Green | Eliot Barron | 2.1% | 6,717 | |
| Independent | Chuemai Yang | 1% | 3,236 | |
| Total Votes | 326,788 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
2014
Barron ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 5th District.[2] Barron ran as a Green Party candidate on November 4, 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Vance McAllister Incumbent | 11.11% | 26,606 | |
| Republican | Ralph Abraham |
23.16% | 55,489 | |
| Republican | Harris Brown | 4.13% | 9,890 | |
| Republican | Zach Dasher | 22.39% | 53,628 | |
| Republican | Clyde Holloway | 7.46% | 17,877 | |
| Republican | Ed Tarpley Jr. | 1.92% | 4,594 | |
| Democratic | Jamie Mayo |
28.22% | 67,611 | |
| Libertarian | Charles Saucier | 0.92% | 2,201 | |
| Green | Eliot Barron | 0.69% | 1,655 | |
| Total Votes | 239,551 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
2013
Barron ran for the U.S. House representing the 5th Congressional District of Louisiana.[2] The election was held to replace Rodney Alexander, who announced his resignation in order to take a position as the next Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs at the end of September 2013.[6] He was defeated in the open primary on October 19, 2013.[4]
| U.S. House, Louisiana District 5 Special Election Open Primary, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Neil Riser |
32% | 33,045 | |
| Republican | Vance McAllister |
17.8% | 18,386 | |
| Republican | Clyde Holloway | 10.9% | 11,250 | |
| Republican | Phillip "Blake" Weatherly | 0.5% | 517 | |
| Republican | Jay Morris | 6.9% | 7,083 | |
| Democratic | Marcus Hunter | 3% | 3,088 | |
| Democratic | Robert Johnson | 9.6% | 9,971 | |
| Democratic | Jamie Mayo | 14.8% | 15,317 | |
| Democratic | Weldon Russell | 2.5% | 2,554 | |
| Libertarian | Henry Herford, Jr. | 0.9% | 886 | |
| Libertarian | S.B.A. Zaitoon | 0.1% | 129 | |
| Green | Eliot Barron | 0.5% | 492 | |
| Independent | Tom Gibbs | 0.3% | 324 | |
| Independent | Peter Williams | 0.3% | 335 | |
| Total Votes | 103,377 | |||
| Source: Official results via Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
Recent news
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Louisiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2016
- Louisiana's 1st Congressional District
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed July 25, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Louisiana Elections and Voting, "Candidate list," accessed August 27, 2014
- ↑ Green Party Watch, "Green candidate joins Louisiana special congressional election," accessed October 8, 2013
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "U. S. Representative -- 5th Congressional District," accessed October 19, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "House Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
- ↑ Nola.com, "Rodney Alexander to join Jindal administration, departure from Congress will trigger special election," accessed August 8, 2013
