St. James Parish Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
Who is running for District Judge, 23rd Judicial District Court, Election Section 2,, with bios, priorities and campaign sites.
Judges
District Judge, 23rd Judicial District Court, Election Section 2, Division AKim Landry (R) · Jason Verdigets (R)
Kim Landry
Landry is an Ascension Parish lawyer who graduated from Southern University Law Center in 1996 and has practiced in the parish since about 2000, handling a wide range of criminal and civil cases and working with Volunteer Ascension, per a WAFB profile from her 2018 court race. No campaign website was found as of September 29, 2026.
Jason Verdigets
Verdigets has served as the Division A judge of the 23rd Judicial District Court since taking office on January 1, 2015, following his November 2014 election, and serves as the court's chief judge, per the court's official website. Before joining the bench he was a felony prosecutor with the 23rd Judicial District Attorney's office, where he was named Louisiana's Drug Prosecutor of the Year in 2012, and also maintained a private general law practice. He is a 1995 graduate of East Ascension High School, earned a bachelor's degree from LSU in 2000, and graduated with honors from Southern University Law Center in 2003.
Two Republicans qualified for this seat on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Kim Landry and Jason Verdigets; voters choose one, per the Louisiana Secretary of State's certified candidate list for Ascension Parish. Verdigets has served as the sitting Division A judge of the 23rd Judicial District Court since taking office on January 1, 2015, per the court's official website. Every voter in Ascension Parish, Assumption Parish and St. James Parish elects this seat, since Louisiana district judges are elected district-wide across the 23rd Judicial District (La. R.S. 13:477).
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