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2 candidates are tracked for Lafayette Parish School Board, District 2 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Robert "Ted" Davidson and Stasia Herbert-McZeal. Candidate information follows official Lafayette Parish election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Special election to permanently fill the seat vacated by Chad Desormeaux's resignation; the board appointed Robert 'Ted' Davidson as interim representative on April 15, 2026 pending this election. District 2 covers Lafayette Parish north of Gloria Switch Road, including Carencro, per the Acadiana Advocate. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Robert "Ted" Davidson is a Republican candidate for Lafayette Parish School Board, District 2. He is a retired educator who spent 36 years at Acadiana High School as a teacher, track coach and football coach before retiring in 2018, and has lived in Carencro for 35 years, per the Acadiana Advocate. The school board appointed him interim District 2 representative on April 15, 2026 pending this special election, per the same report. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Robert "Ted" Davidson.
Stasia Herbert-McZeal is a Democratic candidate for Lafayette Parish School Board, District 2. She is the director of distance education at South Louisiana Community College, per a 2019 Acadiana Advocate profile from a prior District 2 campaign. She previously ran for the District 2 seat in 2023, losing to then-incumbent Chad Desormeaux. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Stasia Herbert-McZeal.
