Chris Delpit
Chris Delpit (Republican Party) ran for election to the Louisiana State Senate to represent District 2. He lost in the primary on October 14, 2023.
Delpit was a 2017 Democratic special election candidate for District 2 of the Louisiana State Senate. In 2015, Delpit was a Democratic candidate for the same seat.
Elections
2023
See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2023
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana State Senate District 2
Incumbent Ed Price won election outright against Chris Delpit in the primary for Louisiana State Senate District 2 on October 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ed Price (D) | 68.1 | 21,018 |
| Chris Delpit (R) | 31.9 | 9,865 | |
| Total votes: 30,883 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Delpit in this election.
2019
See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2019
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 58
Incumbent Ken Brass won election outright against Chris Delpit in the primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 58 on October 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ken Brass (D) | 76.1 | 9,955 |
| Chris Delpit (D) | 23.9 | 3,133 | |
| Total votes: 13,088 | |||
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2017
A special election for the position of Louisiana State Senate District 2 was called for April 29, 2017. A general election was called for May 27, 2017. The filing deadline for political parties to nominate their candidates to run in this election was March 17, 2017.[1]
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
The seat became vacant following Troy Brown's (D) resignation on February 16, 2017, after he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of domestic abuse.[2]
Warren Harang III (D) and Ed Price (D) advanced past Elton M. Aubert (D), Wayne Brigalia (R), Albert Burl III (D), Shannon Comery Sr. (D), Chris Delpit (D), Jerry Jones (D), Edmond Jordan (D), Patrick Lawless (D), Thomas L. Lyons (non-partisan), Willie Massey-Favre (non-partisan), and Jamie Roussell (D) in the special election on April 29, 2017.[3][4] Price defeated Harang in the general election on May 27, 2017.[5][6]
| Louisiana State Senate, District 2, General Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Edward "Ed" Price |
62.6% | 9,224 | |
| Democratic | Warren Harang III | 37.4% | 5,507 | |
| Total Votes | 14,731 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
| Louisiana State Senate, District 2, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Warren Harang III (advanced to general) |
26.5% | 4,001 | |
| Democratic | Edward "Ed" Price (advanced to general) |
22.1% | 3,334 | |
| Democratic | Elton M. Aubert | 15.1% | 2,283 | |
| Republican | Wayne Brigalia | 7% | 1,051 | |
| Democratic | Albert "Ali" Burl III | 6.3% | 957 | |
| Democratic | Patrick Lawless | 4.6% | 699 | |
| Democratic | Edmond Jordan | 4.5% | 675 | |
| Democratic | Jerry Jones | 4.2% | 640 | |
| Democratic | Jamie Roussell | 3.2% | 489 | |
| Democratic | Shannon Comery, Sr. | 2.9% | 436 | |
| Nonpartisan | Thomas L. Lyons | 2.5% | 374 | |
| Democratic | Chris Delpit | 0.6% | 84 | |
| Nonpartisan | Willie Massey-Farve | 0.4% | 54 | |
| Total Votes | 15,077 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
2015
- See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2015
Elections for the Louisiana State Senate took place in 2015. A primary election was held on October 24, 2015, with a general election held in districts where necessary on November 21, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was September 10, 2015, at 4:30 p.m. CDT.[7]
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article. Incumbent Troy Brown (D) defeated Chris Delpit (D) and Eric Weil (I) in the October 24 blanket primary.[8][9]
| Louisiana State Senate, District 2 Primary Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Troy Brown Incumbent |
72% | 23,829 | |
| Democratic | Chris Delpit | 15.7% | 5,208 | |
| Independent | Eric Weil | 12.3% | 4,072 | |
| Total Votes | 33,109 | |||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Chris Delpit did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Chris Delpit did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Qualifying for Special Senate District 2 Election," March 14, 2017
- ↑ Nola, "Troy Brown resigns Louisiana Senate, avoiding expulsion," February 16, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "State Senator 2nd Senatorial District," March 19, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official election results for 4/29/2017," accessed April 29, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "State Senator 2nd Senatorial District," March 19, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official election results for 5/27/2017," accessed April 29, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2015 Elections," accessed January 2, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed October 13, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," accessed November 1, 2015
