Voters will elect , a new and leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties in Louisiana when early voting begins on Saturday in advance of election day on March 23.
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Republican and Democratic voters can also begin choosing their presidential nominee, but that outcome is a foregone conclusion now that the November election has been set. It will be President Joe Biden versus former President Donald Trump.
, does not take place on Sunday and then resumes on Monday through Saturday the 16th. The voting on each of those days will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at designated locations in each parish.
The Secretary of State expects that about one-fourth of those who cast votes in the election will do so during the early voting period.
Overall, the office expects a 20% to 25% turnout of registered voters for the election.
In St. Tammany and Washington parishes, Collin Sims and Vincent Wynne are vying to fill the term of District Attorney Warren Montgomery, who died last year.
Sims has been the interim district attorney since then, after spending 17 years as a criminal prosecutor. He describes himself as the logical successor to Montgomery, who died from cancer.
Wynne, an attorney in Covington, identifies with his former boss, Walter Reed, who was Montgomery’s predecessor. Reed went to prison on corruption charges, but Wynne said he had run a good office.
Also on the St. Tammany ballot are races for mayor and council seats in Mandeville and Madisonville.
In Jefferson, the ballot includes a race for a judgeship on the 24th Judicial District Court. Three candidates, Jackie Maloney, Jerry Smith, and Lindsey Valenti, are vying for that seat. All are Republicans.
Voters in Grand Isle will decide races for mayor, town council and police chief.
There are also two tax propositions for the city of Gretna. The ballot in Plaquemines Parish includes seven tax propositions.
In Caddo, former Shreveport City Council member John Nickelson, a Republican, faces former State Police Superintendent Henry Whitehorn, a Democrat.
The two men ran against each other in November, but local courts voided Whitehorn’s one-vote victory.
Registered Democrats and Republicans also will elect their party leadership in Louisiana.
Democrats will elect the 210 members of the party’s state central committee. Voters in each of the state’s 105 House districts will elect both a male and a female candidate to the committee.
Republicans will similarly elect 230 members of the party’s state central committee running in a different set of districts.
 is attempting to elect enough Democrats to the state central committee to oust the party’s chair, Katie Bernhardt. She believes she deserves a second term.
On the Republican side, party chair Louis Gurvich said he would run again only if Derek Babcock, secretary of the party’s executive committee, doesn’t win his race for his state central party position in Livingston Parish. If Babcock wins, the state central committee is then expected to elect him as party chair.
Democrats and Republicans will also elect candidates running to serve on each party’s parish executive committee.
In the statewide presidential elections, Republicans can choose among nine candidates, including Trump. Democrats can select among eight candidates, including Biden.
In 39 of the state’s 64 parishes, the only elections on the ballot will be to elect the president and members of the state central committee and parish executive committee. Only registered Democrats and Republicans can vote in those parishes.
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Staff editor Bob Warren contributed to this report.Â
