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4 candidates are tracked for St. Tammany Parish Sheriff on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Robert Hodges, Scott Illing, David Maki and Daniel Seuzeneau. Candidate information follows official St Tammany Parish election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Four candidates qualified for this seat on the November 3, 2026 ballot, three Republicans and one running with No Party affiliation: Robert Hodges, Scott Illing and Daniel Seuzeneau, Republicans, and David Maki, No Party; voters choose one, per the Louisiana Secretary of State's certified candidate list for St. Tammany Parish. The winner will serve the remainder of a term through 2028 following a vacancy in the office; interim Sheriff Bret Ibert, who has led the agency since the vacancy, is not a candidate, per WWL-TV.
Republican
Hodges retired in 2025 as Superintendent (Colonel) of Louisiana State Police after a 31-year career, having become superintendent in 2024 and overseen the launch of Troop NOLA, per WWL-TV. He has lived in St. Tammany Parish for 25 years, 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 Robert Hodges.
Republican
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 or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Scott Illing.
No Party
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 or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for David Maki.
Republican
Seuzeneau resigned as interim police chief of the Slidell Police Department to run for sheriff, after more than 20 years with the department rising from patrol officer to interim chief, and previously served with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office, per WWL-TV. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Daniel Seuzeneau.