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2023 United States Gubernatorial Elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7, 2023, in the states of Kentucky and Mississippi, with an election having occurred in Louisiana on October 14. These elections form part of the 2023 United States elections. The last regular gubernatorial elections for all three states were in 2019 United States gubernatorial elections, 2019. In Louisiana, term-limited incumbent John Bel Edwards was succeeded by Jeff Landry, flipping the seat from Democratic Party (United States), Democratic to Republican Party (United States), Republican control. In Kentucky, Democrat Andy Beshear won re-election to a second term. In Mississippi, Republican Tate Reeves won re-election to a second term. Partisan composition Going into the election, there were 26 Republican governors and 24 Democratic governors in the United States. This class of governors was made up of 1 Republican and 2 Democrats. Democrats were defending two governorships in states Donald Trump won in 2020 (Ken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Mississippi Gubernatorial Election
The 2023 Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2023, to elect the governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Mississippi Republican Party, Republican governor Tate Reeves won re-election to a second term, defeating Mississippi Democratic Party, Democratic nominee, Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley. Primary elections were held on August 8. Reeves won the Republican nomination, while Presley won the Democratic nomination unopposed. The race was considered to be competitive, with Reeves moderately favored. Reeves won re-election, but this was the best performance for a Democrat, the worst for a Republican, and the closest Mississippi gubernatorial election since 1999 Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1999. It was also the closest ever gubernatorial election in the state won by a Republican, and the closest gubernatorial election in the 2023 United States gubernatorial elections, 2023 cycle. Background This was the first Mississippi gubernatorial ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Nelson (politician)
Richard James Nelson (born May 20, 1986) is an American politician and current Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Revenue, appointed by Governor Jeff Landry. He is an engineer, attorney and former Representative of the Louisiana House of Representatives representing Louisiana's 89th district from January 13, 2020, to January 8, 2024. He was a candidate for governor of Louisiana in the 2023 Louisiana elections. Early life and education Richard Nelson was born on May 20, 1986, in McAllen, Texas, to Michael and Deborah Nelson. He is the second of four children. Nelson graduated from Mandeville High School in 2004. While in high school, he also became an Eagle Scout. Nelson graduated ''summa cum laude'' from Louisiana State University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Biological engineering. He graduated from Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 2010. Nelson was a member of the Louisiana Law Review and Order of the Coif. Career After he graduated law school, Nelson joined t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Hewitt
Sharon Woodall Hewitt (born September 1958) is a former Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate for the 1st district, which encompasses portions of St. Tammany, Orleans, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard Parishes. In January 2016, she succeeded fellow Republican A. G. Crowe, who did not pursue a third term in the primary election held on October 24, 2015. She chaired the Republican Legislative Delegation in the state senate. Hewitt was a candidate in the 2023 Louisiana gubernatorial election. Background and personal life Hewitt attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, receiving her Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering in 1981. Hewitt and her husband, Stan, have two sons. They are members of Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Slidell. Career After graduating from LSU, Hewitt started her career working in the field as a technical contributor, in which capacity she assisted in the installation of the first electrical submersible pump in the Gulf of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Schroder
John Michael Schroder Sr. (born February 23, 1961) is an American businessman from Covington, Louisiana, Covington, Louisiana who served as Louisiana State Treasurer, state treasurer from 2017 to 2024. He was formerly a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 77 in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, St. Tammany Parish in suburban New Orleans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Schroder was a candidate for Governor of Louisiana in 2023 Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2023, receiving 5.3% of the vote coming in fourth place. Career Schroder vacated his House seat on June 8, 2017, to devote full-time to his campaign for Louisiana State Treasurer, Louisiana state treasurer in the Louisiana State Treasurer special election, 2017, special election set for October 14, 2017, to fill the position vacated on January 3 by U.S. Senator John Kennedy (Louisiana politician), John Kennedy. In his statement of candidacy, Schroder said that h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Wilson (politician)
Shawn D. Wilson is an American politician and transportation official who served as the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development from 2016 to 2023. Wilson unsuccessfully ran for governor of Louisiana in 2023 and came in second place to Republican Jeff Landry in a jungle primary receiving 25.9% of the vote. Early life and career Wilson is from New Orleans. He intended to pursue nursing but changed his path after the death of his father. In 1993, Wilson completed a bachelor's degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He was president of the Student Government Association and was the student member on the University of Louisiana System board. Wilson earned both a master's degree and Ph.D. in Public Administration from Southern University. His 2015 dissertation was titled ''A comparative study of transportation decision making by state and locally elected officials in Louisiana''. James S. Larson was Wilson's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election
The 2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on November 21, 2015, to elect the governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican Party (United States), Republican governor Bobby Jindal was not eligible to run for re-election to a third term because of Term limits in the United States, term limits established by the Louisiana Constitution. Under Louisiana's Nonpartisan blanket primary#Louisiana open primary, jungle primary system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party and voters may vote for any candidate regardless of their party affiliation. As no candidate received a majority of the vote during the primary election on October 24, 2015, a runoff election was held on November 21, 2015, between the top two candidates in the primary. Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system (California and Washington (state), Washington have a similar Nonpartisan blanket primary, "top two primary" system). The runoff election featured Democrat Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Cameron (American Politician)
Daniel Jay Cameron (born November 22, 1985) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 51st attorney general of Kentucky from 2020 to 2024. A member of the Republican Party, Cameron was the first African American and the first Republican since 1943 to be elected to the office. He was also the Republican nominee in the 2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election, losing to Democratic incumbent Andy Beshear. Cameron is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mitch McConnell in 2026. Born in Plano, Texas, Cameron moved to Elizabethtown, Kentucky as a child. He attended the University of Louisville for his undergraduate and legal education. Cameron worked as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove for two years, and was then legal counsel to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell from 2015 to 2017. In September 2020, he was among the final 20 additions to President Donald Trump's updated list of his potential Supreme Court nominees. Cameron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Kentucky Gubernatorial Election
The 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2019, to elect the Governor of Kentucky, governor and Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, lieutenant governor of Kentucky. The Democratic Party (United States), Democratic nominee, Andy Beshear, defeated Republican Party (United States), Republican Incumbent governor Matt Bevin. It was the closest gubernatorial election by votes since 1899. It was the closest race of the 2019 United States gubernatorial elections, 2019 gubernatorial election cycle. This was the only statewide victory in 2019 for Democrats in Kentucky. Beshear won by 0.37 percentage points, receiving 49.20% of the vote to Bevin's 48.83%. Bevin won 97 counties, while Beshear won 23 counties. Beshear also carried only two of the state's six congressional districts, but those districts were the state's two most urbanized, the Louisville-based Kentucky's 3rd congressional district, 3rd and the Lexington-based Kentucky's 6th congressional district, 6th. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Kentucky Gubernatorial Election
The 2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2023, to elect the Governor of Kentucky, governor and Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, lieutenant governor of Kentucky. Incumbent Kentucky Democratic Party, Democratic governor Andy Beshear won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican Party of Kentucky, Republican Attorney General of Kentucky, state Attorney General Daniel Cameron (American politician), Daniel Cameron. If Cameron had won, he would have become Kentucky's first African-American governor. This was the only statewide victory in 2023 for Democrats in Kentucky. This race was one of two Democratic-held governorships up for election in 2023 in a state Donald Trump won in 2020 United States presidential election in Kentucky, 2020. The other was held in 2023 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Louisiana, which Jeff Landry flipped for the Republicans. This was the first gubernatorial election in the state's history in which both major party candida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections Daily
''Decision Desk HQ'' is an American website that focuses on reporting election results in the United States. The company's president is Drew McCoy. ''Decision Desk HQ'' uses an application programming interface (API) to get election results at the same time as they are published on websites provided by election officials. As of April 2025 it currently has United States election coverage partnerships with Nexstar Media Group owned outlets The Hill (newspaper) and NewsNation, as well as ballotpedia for U.S. local election coverage. History ''Decision Desk HQ'', originally named ''Ace of Spades Decision Desk,'' was founded in 2012 by Brandon Finnigan as an alternative to what he deemed "slow" election calls by the Associated Press. It has called major races since the 2012 United States elections, and it first became known for calling the upset defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor during his reelection bid to Virginia's 7th congressional district in 2014. In 2020, ''Decisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
