Louisiana › St Landry Parish › 27th Judicial District Court Judge, Election Section 1, Division C
4 candidates are tracked for 27th Judicial District Court Judge, Election Section 1, Division C on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Jarvis J. Claiborne, Charlee Renaud Lear, Greta Malbrough Marion and Ogden L. Pitre. Candidate information follows official St Landry Parish election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Four Democrats qualified for this seat on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Jarvis J. Claiborne, Charlee Renaud Lear, Greta Malbrough Marion and Ogden L. Pitre; voters choose one, per the Louisiana Secretary of State's certified candidate list for St. Landry Parish. Claiborne previously ran for this same Division C seat in a three-way 2023 Democratic primary that Charles Cravins won with about 60 percent of the vote, per KLFY's coverage of that race.
Democratic
Claiborne has practiced law in St. Landry Parish for nearly 40 years as a public defender, criminal defense attorney and personal injury lawyer, per his campaign website. He has also worked as a coach and mentor for local youth sports leagues in Opelousas, per the same source. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Jarvis J. Claiborne.
Democratic
Lear is a U.S. Army veteran, an Opelousas native, and has practiced law in Louisiana for 17 years, per St. Landry Now. She owns the Law Offices of Charlee R. Lear and was sworn in in November 2025 as the Hearing Officer for the newly created St. Landry Parish Bureau of Administrative Adjudication, which hears parish civil ordinance cases such as illegal dumping and animal control violations, per the same source. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Charlee Renaud Lear.
Democratic
Greta Malbrough Marion appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for 27th Judicial District Court Judge, Election Section 1, Division C, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Greta Malbrough Marion.
Democratic
Pitre is an assistant district attorney and felony prosecutor in Divisions B and D of the 27th Judicial District Court, a position he has held since November 2023, per the St. Landry Parish District Attorney's office. He grew up in Opelousas, graduated from Opelousas High School, and holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Southern University at Baton Rouge, an MBA in finance from the University of Houston, and a law degree from Loyola University New Orleans, per the same source. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Ogden L. Pitre.