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2 candidates are tracked for District Judge, 14th Judicial District Court, Election Section 1, Division J on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Sa Trica Williams Bensaadat and Brittany Bell Chavis. Candidate information follows official Calcasieu Parish election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Sa Trica Williams Bensaadat and Brittany Bell Chavis, both Democrats, qualified for this seat on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's certified candidate list for Calcasieu Parish. The seat is currently held by Judge Cynthia Clay Guillory, per the 14th Judicial District Court's own website; she is not a candidate in this race.
Democratic
Sa Trica Williams Bensaadat appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for District Judge, 14th Judicial District Court, Election Section 1, Division J, 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 Sa Trica Williams Bensaadat.
Democratic
Chavis earned a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts from McNeese State University in 2009 and a Juris Doctor from Southern University Law Center in 2012, and was licensed to practice law in Louisiana that October, per her law firm's website. She worked as a law clerk for the 14th Judicial District Court from 2012 to 2014, then as an Assistant District Attorney for Calcasieu Parish from 2014 to 2019, handling misdemeanor, juvenile and felony cases including thefts, drug cases, burglaries and homicides, per the same source. She now runs Chavis Law, LLC, her own practice in Lake Charles focused on family law and criminal law. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Brittany Bell Chavis.