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70076

Who was on the ballot in 70076?

St. John The Baptist Parish, LA

Reported by The Ballot Brief Editorial Team. Updated as public election and video sources change.

As of November 4, 2026, local outlets reported winners in 1 of 4 races and results on 10 of 10 ballot questions on this page; Louisiana certifies on November 17. Fields below show the November 3, 2026 general election ballot. Certified results will appear here as election offices certify them. Louisiana certifies the general election by November 17, 2026; county canvasses are due November 9. Official results: voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical.

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4 races and 10 ballot questions in your ZIP preview.

About this preview
County and municipal contests depend on your exact address: use the address lookup below for the full slate. Every race links to official sources on the Louisiana voter hub.

Who won in St. John the Baptist Parish? The official answers come November 17.

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The Secretary of State certifies the result. Winners appear on this page that day.

What local news is reporting

Not official yetUpdated November 4, 2026

One line per race on this page, each cited to the outlet that reported it. We do not call races. Official running count: Louisiana official results.

U.S. House, District 6
Heads to a runoff: Chauna Banks and Blake Miguez, WAFB reported.WAFB, “Chauna Banks, Blake Miguez advance to runoff for Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
U.S. Senate
Julia Letlow won the race for U.S. Senate, KATC reported.KATC, “Louisiana election results: Letlow, Johnson, Higgins, Carter, other races decided”, November 3, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
District Judge, 40th Judicial District Court, Election Section 1, Division B
No report found yet
District Judge, 40th Judicial District Court, Election Section 2, Division A
No report found yet
Ballot measures
Amendment 1: One-Time Transfer of Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption for Surviving Spouses
Passed with 75% yes, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
Amendment 2: Lower Millage Rate Without Losing Authority to Adjust to the Maximum
Failed with 43% yes, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
Amendment 3: Prohibit Post-Conviction Bail for Aggravated Offenses Against a Minor
Passed with 70% yes, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
Amendment 4: Lifetime Limit on Governor Service Beyond One and One-Half Terms
Passed with 57% yes, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
Amendment 5: State Retirement Systems and Nonrecurring State Money
Failed with 60% no, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
Amendment 6: Local Option Property Tax Exemption for Homeowners 65 and Older
Passed with 65% yes, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
Amendment 7: Public Funds for Drinking Water Utility Service Lines
Passed with 64% yes, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
Amendment 8: Prohibit Expropriation of Property by a Foreign Adversary
Passed with 63% yes, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
Amendment 9: Raise the Income Limit for the Special Property Tax Assessment Level to $150,000
Passed with 60% yes, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
Amendment 10: Optional Property Tax Exemption for Rehabilitated Blighted or Derelict Property
Failed with 47% yes, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.

Reports are checked daily until Louisiana certifies on November 17; a certified winner replaces the report on that day.

70076 sample ballot preview

U.S. House, Louisiana District 6
10 candidates
Federal ▾
Monique Appeaning portrait
MA
Monique Appeaning
REP
Biography
Monique Appeaning is a former aide to the Baton Rouge mayor-president and budget analyst for the Louisiana National Guard, running as a Republican candidate for the open Louisiana 6th Congressional District, per her campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Crack down on violent crime and trafficking
  • Tax cuts for working people
  • Rebuild American manufacturing and protect Louisiana agriculture
Campaign siteFull profile
CB
Chauna Banks
DEM
Biography
Chauna Banks served on the East Baton Rouge Metro Council representing District 2 from 2013 to 2024 and has 20 years of experience in education, per an Aug. 12, 2026 WWNO/LPB candidate roundup and her campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Supporting small business, workforce training and job growth
  • Investing in schools and supporting teachers
  • Protecting and expanding access to affordable healthcare
Full profile
Rufus Craig portrait
RC
Rufus Craig
Libertarian
Biography
Craig is the Libertarian candidate, a Baton Rouge attorney who has practiced law since 1984 after graduating from LSU and earning a law degree from Southern University, per the campaign site. Craig has served in leadership with the Libertarian Party of Louisiana and ran for this seat in 2022, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Reduce the national debt
  • End the federal drug war
  • Bring troops home and avoid unnecessary wars
Campaign siteFull profile
Larry Davis III portrait
LD
Larry Davis III
REP
Biography
Davis was born in Baton Rouge and raised in Livingston Parish, graduating from Denham Springs High School, per the campaign site. The campaign site describes him as a lifelong Louisianan and middle-class worker with deeply rooted Christian conservative beliefs, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Economic Growth and Inflation Control
  • Border Security and National Sovereignty
  • Public Safety and Law Enforcement Support
Campaign siteFull profile
"Rick" Edmonds portrait
"E
"Rick" Edmonds
REP
Biography
"Rick" Edmonds is a Louisiana state senator who has represented the Baton Rouge area for over a decade, running as a Republican candidate for the open Louisiana 6th Congressional District, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Protect Louisiana jobs and affordability, including the energy industry
  • Support law enforcement
  • Cut wasteful spending and protect flood insurance and disaster relief
Campaign siteFull profile
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Patrick "Pat" Forbes
DEM
Biography
Patrick "Pat" Forbes is an engineer who worked in Louisiana state government for 20 years, per an Aug. 12, 2026 WWNO/LPB candidate roundup, and has worked on disaster recovery efforts including Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Gustav and the 2016 floods, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Bringing people together to solve problems and deliver results for Louisiana
  • Addressing the rising cost of living for Louisiana families
Full profile
Lindsay "Rubia" Garcia portrait
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Lindsay "Rubia" Garcia
DEM
Biography
Lindsay "Rubia" Garcia of Walker is a former teacher and law school graduate running as a Democratic candidate for the open Louisiana 6th Congressional District, per her campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Lower costs and protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
  • Bring federal funding for roads, bridges, drainage and flood protection
  • Grow manufacturing jobs and support technical education
Campaign siteFull profile
Michael Mebruer portrait
MM
Michael Mebruer
REP
Biography
Michael Mebruer is a traveling medical professional with a master's degree in financial economics from LSU, running as a Republican candidate for the open Louisiana 6th Congressional District, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Fiscal Responsibility: the long-term stability of the economy depends on it
  • Protection of Life
  • Immigration
Campaign siteFull profile
Blake Miguez portrait
BM
Blake Miguez
REP
Biography
Miguez is a small business owner in the oil and gas industry and an incumbent Louisiana State Senator elected in 2023, after previously serving as House Republican Majority Leader, per the campaign site. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University and a national and world champion marksman, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Says he passed a law to ban ultra-processed foods from being served in schools
  • Says he passed a law banning big technology companies' private funding from interfering in Louisiana elections
  • Says he led efforts to pass pro-gun-rights laws in Louisiana, including Constitutional Carry
Campaign siteFull profile
Stephen Wagley portrait
SW
Stephen Wagley
REP
Biography
Wagley is chief operating officer of Delta College, a healthcare training school with campuses across Louisiana, overseeing operations and more than two hundred employees, per the campaign site. Wagley was homeschooled through 12th grade, played football at McNeese State University, and completed a business degree at LSU, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • School choice
  • Veterans' education benefits
  • Workforce development
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Louisiana's 6th Congressional District is open under the state's post-Callais congressional map; Cleo Fields, who held the seat under the prior map, did not qualify for this race. Republicans Monique Appeaning, Larry Davis III, "Rick" Edmonds, Michael Mebruer, Blake Miguez and Stephen Wagley, Democrats Chauna Banks, Patrick "Pat" Forbes and Lindsay "Rubia" Garcia, and Libertarian Rufus Craig qualified - the largest congressional field in the state. Every candidate prints on the November 3, 2026 open-primary ballot; if no one wins a majority, the top two meet in the December 12, 2026 general election, per the Secretary of State's candidate list.
U.S. Senate
2 candidates
Federal ▾
Julia Letlow portrait
JL
Julia Letlow
REP
Biography
Julia Letlow is the sitting U.S. representative for Louisiana's 5th District and the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Louisiana, per the campaign site. She was born and raised in Monroe, holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Louisiana Monroe and a doctorate in communication from the University of South Florida, and previously worked as an educator, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Secure the border and deport criminal illegal aliens
  • Lower costs and make life affordable again
  • Protect parents' rights
Key voting record
Voted no on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the infrastructure package funding roads, bridges, transit, broadband and water systems, which passed the House 228-206 in November 2021. Opposed
Voted no on the Respect for Marriage Act, legislation repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring recognition of marriages that were valid where performed, which passed the House 258-169 in December 2022. Opposed
Campaign siteFull profile
Jamie Davis portrait
JD
Jamie Davis
DEM
Biography
James "Jamie" Davis Jr. is a farmer from Waterproof who runs Davis Farms in Tensas Parish, per the campaign site. He is a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Louisiana, per the campaign site, which says the campaign is for affordability, good-paying jobs, strong schools, rural communities and access to quality health care.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Affordability
  • Opportunity
  • The insurance crisis
Campaign siteFull profile

Countywide races in St. John The Baptist Parish

ZIP 70076 sits in St. John The Baptist Parish, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All St. John The Baptist Parish races (2).

District Judge, 40th Judicial District Court, Election Section 1, Division B
2 candidates
County ▾
EC
Eric Carter
DEM
Biography
Eric Carter is on the November 3, 2026 open primary ballot for a seat on the 40th Judicial District Court, Election Section 1, Division B, per the Louisiana Secretary of State's official candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Full profile
NL
Nghana Lewis
DEM
Biography
Nghana Lewis is on the November 3, 2026 open primary ballot for a seat on the 40th Judicial District Court, Election Section 1, Division B, per the Louisiana Secretary of State's official candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Eric Carter and Nghana Lewis are on the November 3, 2026 open primary ballot for this seat on the 40th Judicial District Court, Election Section 1, Division B. Every voter in St. John the Baptist Parish elects this seat, since Louisiana district judges are elected district-wide across the 40th Judicial District (La. R.S. 13:477). Louisiana's open primary elects a candidate outright with a majority of the vote; otherwise the top two finishers meet in a December 12, 2026 runoff. Listed from the Louisiana Secretary of State's official candidate list.
District Judge, 40th Judicial District Court, Election Section 2, Division A
2 candidates
County ▾
VF
Vercell Fiffie
DEM
Biography
Vercell Fiffie serves as the Division A Judge of the 40th Judicial District Court in St. John the Baptist Parish, per his campaign website. His career has included service as an attorney, prosecutor and parish attorney before he joined the bench, per the same source.
Campaign siteFull profile
AP
Atoundra Pierre Lawson
DEM
Biography
Atoundra Pierre Lawson is on the November 3, 2026 open primary ballot for a seat on the 40th Judicial District Court, Election Section 2, Division A, per the Louisiana Secretary of State's official candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Vercell Fiffie and Atoundra Pierre Lawson are on the November 3, 2026 open primary ballot for this seat on the 40th Judicial District Court, Election Section 2, Division A. Every voter in St. John the Baptist Parish elects this seat, since Louisiana district judges are elected district-wide across the 40th Judicial District (La. R.S. 13:477). Louisiana's open primary elects a candidate outright with a majority of the vote; otherwise the top two finishers meet in a December 12, 2026 runoff. Listed from the Louisiana Secretary of State's official candidate list.

Statewide, Louisiana voters also decide 10 ballot questions. See the Louisiana ballot measures guide.

Amendment 1: One-Time Transfer of Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption for Surviving Spouses
Passed with 75% yes, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
Amendment 2: Lower Millage Rate Without Losing Authority to Adjust to the Maximum
Failed with 43% yes, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
Amendment 3: Prohibit Post-Conviction Bail for Aggravated Offenses Against a Minor
Passed with 70% yes, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
Amendment 4: Lifetime Limit on Governor Service Beyond One and One-Half Terms
Passed with 57% yes, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
Amendment 5: State Retirement Systems and Nonrecurring State Money
Failed with 60% no, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
Amendment 6: Local Option Property Tax Exemption for Homeowners 65 and Older
Passed with 65% yes, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
Amendment 7: Public Funds for Drinking Water Utility Service Lines
Passed with 64% yes, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
Amendment 8: Prohibit Expropriation of Property by a Foreign Adversary
Passed with 63% yes, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
Amendment 9: Raise the Income Limit for the Special Property Tax Assessment Level to $150,000
Passed with 60% yes, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.
Amendment 10: Optional Property Tax Exemption for Rehabilitated Blighted or Derelict Property
Failed with 47% yes, WAFB (WVUE) reported.WAFB (WVUE), “Louisiana voters pass 7 of 10 constitutional amendments on ballot”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.

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