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2 candidates are tracked for Judge, 1st Parish Court, Division A on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Salvador "Sal" Brocato III and Michael Marsiglia. Candidate information follows official Jefferson Parish election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Two Republicans qualified for this seat on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Salvador "Sal" Brocato III and Michael Marsiglia; voters choose one, per the Louisiana Secretary of State's certified candidate list for Jefferson Parish. The seat is open; the Jefferson Parish Clerk of Court's roster of First Parish Court judges lists a different sitting judge in Division A.
Brocato has spent more than 27 years in courtroom litigation, including work as a Special Agent with the Louisiana Attorney General's Office, a law enforcement officer with NOPD and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, and as Assistant General Counsel to the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office, per his campaign website. He has also served as First Parish Court's appointed Traffic Hearing Officer, handling more than 16,500 docketed matters and presiding over 10 full trials, per the same source.
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Marsiglia has more than 20 years of legal experience in civil and criminal courts and has served the past decade as a Traffic Hearing Officer in First Parish Court, per his campaign website. He is adjunct faculty at Tulane University School of Law, teaching negotiation and advocacy, and has served as counsel to the State of Louisiana, the Parish of Jefferson, the City of Gretna, and the Jefferson Parish School Board, among other public bodies, per the same source.
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