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2 candidates are tracked for District Attorney, 4th Judicial District on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Mennon Campbell Jr. and Alvin Sharp. Candidate information follows official Ouachita Parish election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Mennon Campbell Jr. and Alvin Sharp, both Republicans, qualified for this seat on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's certified candidate list for Ouachita Parish. The sitting district attorney, Robert S. Tew, per the 4th Judicial District Attorney's office website, is not a candidate in this race. Sharp is a former 4th Judicial District Court judge who retired from the bench in February 2026, per KTVE, before announcing his candidacy for district attorney.
Campbell is a criminal trial attorney and lifelong Ouachita Parish resident who previously served as an Assistant District Attorney and has 16 years of criminal trial experience, having tried more than 100 criminal cases, per his campaign website.
2026 priorities (per the campaign site)
- Campaigns on holding violent and repeat offenders accountable through timely prosecution while prioritizing victim support
- Says he wants to build an accessible and transparent district attorney's office that is responsive to victims, families, law enforcement and residents
- Campaigns on partnering with schools and community organizations to prevent crime through education and youth engagement
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-10.
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Sharp retired in February 2026 after 30 years as a judge on the 4th Judicial District Court, serving Ouachita and Morehouse Parishes, per KTVE. His tenure included creating Night Court in Monroe City Court and later expanding it into the district court, and he served as Chief Judge of the district in 2007 and 2008, per the same source. Before the bench, he worked as a federal judicial law clerk, Monroe City Prosecutor, Monroe City Attorney, and general counsel for the Monroe City School Board, and holds a 1986 bachelor's degree from Southern University, a 1989 law degree from Southern University Law Center, and a 1990 LL.M. from Emory University School of Law, per KTVE. After retiring from the bench, he announced his candidacy for district attorney of the 4th Judicial District, per Monroe Free Press. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Alvin Sharp.
