Mandeville, Louisiana sample ballot 2026

Robert Hodges is a graduate of LSU with a degree in Criminal Justice and served as an Intelligence Officer in the Louisiana Army National Guard, per his campaign site. He spent 31 years with the Louisiana State Police, rising from patrol officer to being appointed Superintendent by Gov. Jeff Landry, and oversaw about 2,800 employees and a budget of $650 million in that role, per his campaign site. He has lived in St. Tammany Parish for nearly 25 years, per his campaign site.

Illing has a multi-agency law enforcement career spanning service as a reserve Covington police officer, a reserve East Baton Rouge Sheriff's deputy, a Louisiana State Police trooper, a Homeland Security Investigations supervisory special agent, and an appointed U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Louisiana beginning in 2018, per WWL-TV. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026.

Maki is a retired St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office lieutenant with a 20-year career at the agency, including service in the Uniformed Patrol Division, the SWAT team, Bomb Squad command, and work with an FBI stabilization unit, and is a U.S. Army veteran, per WWL-TV. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026.

Daniel Seuzeneau spent more than two decades with the Slidell Police Department, serving as patrol officer, detective, major case sergeant, SWAT hostage negotiator, Chief Administrative Officer and ultimately Chief of Police, per his campaign site. As Chief Administrative Officer he managed a budget of more than $18 million, and he holds an MBA, per his campaign site. He was named Officer of the Year in 2013, per his campaign site.

"Ben" Clayton is an attorney with more than 39 years of experience in St. Tammany and Washington Parishes, including 26 years running his own law firm, and is a past president of the Slidell Bar Association, per his campaign site. He holds a history degree from the University of New Orleans and a law degree from Loyola University.

Jason Cuccia is a career prosecutor and lifelong Southeast Louisiana resident who earned his law degree from Tulane while working full time, with more than 15 years of experience and over 120 jury trials, per his campaign site. He has served as an Assistant District Attorney in the 22nd Judicial District.

Theophile "Theo" Jones is a former Assistant Public Defender for the 22nd Judicial District Court who has also practiced civil defense law, and is a U.S. Army veteran, per his campaign site. He was born in Bogalusa and raised in Franklinton.

Amanda A. Trosclair is a longtime attorney in the 22nd Judicial District who rose through the court's Public Defender's Office and served nearly a decade as a court Hearing Officer, per her campaign site. She is a graduate of LSU's Paul M. Hebert Law Center and currently serves as president of the 22nd Judicial District Court Bar Association.

Angelina Valuri currently serves as a felony prosecutor and Assistant District Attorney with the 22nd Judicial District, per her campaign site. She spent 13 years as a detective with the Gainesville, Florida police department before earning her law degree from LSU in 2016 and beginning her legal career at the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office, per the same source.

Whitney Germany is a lifelong resident of St. Tammany Parish who has worked as a deputy court administrator, an assistant district attorney and a civil litigation attorney, and currently serves as an assistant public defender, per her campaign site. She was elected by her peers as Criminal Section Head of the 22nd Judicial District Bar Association for three consecutive years, per the same source. She holds a B.A. from Southeastern Louisiana University and a J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, per her campaign site.