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2 candidates are tracked for Judge, Criminal District Court, Section D on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Kimya Holmes and Simone Levine. Candidate information follows official Orleans Parish election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Two Democrats qualified for this seat on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Kimya Holmes and Simone Levine; voters choose one, per the Louisiana Secretary of State's certified candidate list for Orleans Parish. Holmes is the sitting Section D judge. Levine currently serves as judge of Section A, a seat the Legislature eliminated in 2026 as part of a three-seat reduction of the court, per Fox 8, and is running for Section D instead of seeking reelection to her own seat.
Democratic
Holmes serves as Deputy Chief Judge and Presiding Judge of Section D of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, per the court's official website. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 10, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Kimya Holmes.
Democratic
Levine currently serves as judge of Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, Section A, and has presided over hundreds of felony cases, per her campaign website. She previously worked as director of Court Watch NOLA for more than six years, as a deputy in the Office of the Independent Police Monitor, and as a criminal defense attorney, public defender and prosecutor, per the same source.
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