John Guidry
1998 - Present
2030
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John Guidry (Democratic Party) is a judge for the 2nd District of the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal. He assumed office on January 1, 1998. His current term ends on December 31, 2030.
Guidry (Democratic Party) won election for the 2nd District judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court outright after the primary scheduled on November 5, 2024, was canceled.
Education
Judge Guidry is a 1983 graduate of LSU and a 1987 cum laude graduate of Southern University Law Center.[1]
Career
Judge Guidry formerly served as a legislative assistant to the Honorable Joseph A. Delpit. He also served as the assistant clerk of the Louisiana House of Representatives and an assistant parish attorney.
Judge Guidry was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1991 and to the State Senate in 1993 as senator for District 14. He was elected to his current position as a judge of the First Circuit Court of Appeals in October 1997. Guidry was elected to a second term in 2002 while teaching appellate advocacy and legal writing classes at Southern University Law Center.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Louisiana Supreme Court elections, 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.
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. John Guidry (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Marcus Hunter (D)
- Leslie Chambers (D)
Endorsements
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2020
See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 2020
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. John Guidry (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2012
Guidry ran for the seat of retiring Chief Justice Catherine Kimball on the Louisiana Supreme Court but was defeated by Jefferson Hughes in the December 8, 2012, runoff election. Guidry received 47.2% of the vote. Guidry previously received 27.5% of the vote in the eight-way general election on November 6, 2012.[2][3][3][4][5][6]
- See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2012
Endorsements
- Louisiana Democratic Party[7]
2010
Guidry defeated Wilson Fields in the October election, receiving 59% of the vote.[8][1]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
John Guidry did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Louisiana Supreme Court 2nd District |
Officeholder Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 2nd District |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 East Baton Rouge Parish Library, "Our African American Legacy," biography Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ The Advocate, "Hughes beats Guidry for Supreme Court," December 9, 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Louisiana Secretary of State: Unofficial Election Results for 12/8/2012 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "election" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ The Advertiser, "Election roundup," November 6, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Candidate Database Scroll to 5th Supreme Court District 1
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State: 2012 Election Dates (dead link)
- ↑ Louisiana Democrats, "Louisiana Democratic Party Endorses Candidates in November 6th Election," October 8, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "October 2, 2010 Election Results, MultiParish," accessed July 13, 2016
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