Beau Higginbotham
- ️Tue Nov 04 2014
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Beau Higginbotham
Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court Section 3 Division C
Tenure
2015 - Present
Term ends
2026
Years in position
10
Prior offices
Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court
Elections and appointments
Education
Contact
Beau Higginbotham is a judge for Section 3, Division C of the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court. He assumed office in 2015. His current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Higginbotham (Republican Party) ran for election for the 2nd District judge of the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal. He lost in the primary on November 8, 2022.
Higginbotham was the former Section 2, Division M judge for the 19th Judicial District in Louisiana. He defeated Cleveland Coon in the 2014 election.[1][2][3]
Education
Higginbotham received undergraduate degrees in business and marketing from Louisiana State University and a J.D. degree from the Southern University Law Center.[4]
Career
- 2015-present: Judge, 19th Judicial District
- 2003-2014: Assistant district attorney[4]
Elections
2022
See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
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.
General election
Nonpartisan primary election
2020
See also: City elections in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2020)
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
The primary election was canceled. Beau Higginbotham (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2019
See also: Municipal elections in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana (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
2014
- See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Higginbotham ran for election to the 19th Judicial District.
Primary: He was successful in the primary on November 4, 2014, receiving 29.0 percent of the vote. He competed against Cleveland Coon, Mike Davis (Louisiana), R. Chris Oetjens, and Jamie Morain Zanovec.
General: He defeated Cleveland Coon in the general election on December 6, 2014, receiving 52 percent of the vote.[1][5][6]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Beau Higginbotham did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Beau Higginbotham did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Beau Higginbotham did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "November 4, 2014 General Election Candidates," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2014 general election," accessed December 8, 2014
- ↑ Judicial selection in Louisiana
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Beau Higginbotham campaign website, "Meet Beau," archived September 16, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Unofficial Election Results, Results for Election Date: 11/4/2014," accessed November 7, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2014 general election," accessed December 8, 2014
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