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4 candidates are tracked for District Attorney, 1st Judicial District on the November 3, 2026 ballot: James E. Stewart Sr., Alan Seabaugh, Patricia "Pat" Gilley and Lauren Ray Anderson. Candidate information follows official Caddo Parish election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Incumbent District Attorney James E. Stewart Sr., first elected in 2015 and reelected in 2021, faces three challengers on the November 3, 2026 ballot: state Senator Alan Seabaugh, Patricia "Pat" Gilley (who also ran for the office in 2020), and Lauren Ray Anderson, per the Secretary of State's certified candidate list for Caddo Parish.
Stewart has served as a prosecutor, district judge and state appellate court judge, and was first elected Caddo Parish District Attorney in 2015 following the death of the previous district attorney, Charles Scott; he was reelected in 2021, per the Caddo Parish District Attorney's office and KSLA. His office has established a Special Victims Unit, expanded its Victim's Assistance Program, launched a youth diversion program called The Harbor with Volunteers for Youth Justice, and created the office's first formal pre-trial diversion department, per KSLA.
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Seabaugh is a Shreveport attorney who served 13 years in the Louisiana House of Representatives before his 2023 election to the Louisiana State Senate representing District 31, per The Hayride. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Alan Seabaugh.
Gilley is an attorney who previously ran for Caddo Parish District Attorney in 2020, receiving more than 32,000 votes, per SettleTalk. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Patricia "Pat" Gilley.
Lauren Ray Anderson appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for District Attorney, 1st Judicial District, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Lauren Ray Anderson.
