QUALIFYING: Who’s running for office in Shreveport in November

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Qualifying for the Nov. 8 open congressional primary election in Louisiana began Wednesday, July 20 and ends Friday, July 22 at 4:30 p.m.

Local and municipal candidates will qualify with the clerk of court in their respective parishes. All candidates for state and federal officers will qualify at the Louisiana State Archives building in Baton Rouge.

In Shreveport, a number of candidates have qualified for a slew of elections, including mayor, and all seven city council seats.

One of Louisiana’s U.S. Senate seats (currently held by Sen. John Kennedy) is also up for grabs, as well as Congressman Mike Johnson’s District 4 seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

*NOTE: This list will be updated throughout the qualifying period.

WHO HAS QUALIFIED

MAYOR OF SHREVEPORT

• Lauren Ray Anderson
• “Tom” Arceneaux
• Mario Chavez
• LeVette Fuller
• Tracy Mendels
• Adrian Perkins
• “Julius” Romano
• Melvin Slack Jr.
• Gregory Tarver
• Darryl Ware

SHREVEPORT CITY COUNCIL - DISTRICT A

• Kinsey Montgomery
• Tabatha “Tab” Taylor

SHREVEPORT CITY COUNCIL - DISTRICT B

• Gary Brooks
• Craig Lee
• Mavice Thigpen

SHREVEPORT CITY COUNCIL - DISTRICT C

• Joseph Carstensen
• “Jim” Taliaferro
• Rebecca Thomas

SHREVEPORT CITY COUNCIL - DISTRICT D

• Grayson Boucher

SHREVEPORT CITY COUNCIL - DISTRICT E

• Alan Jackson
• “Tony” Nations
• Alvin Ray Oliver

SHREVEPORT CITY COUNCIL - DISTRICT F

• James Edward Green

SHREVEPORT CITY COUNCIL - DISTRICT G

• Ursula Bowman
• Carla Buntyn
• Derrick Henderson
• Antonio Washington

U.S. SENATE

• Beryl Billiot
• Gary Chambers Jr.
• Devin Graham
• “Xan” John
• John Kennedy
• Bradley McMorris
• M.V. “Vinny” Mendoza
• “Luke” Mixon
• W. Thomas La Fontaine Olson
• Salvador Rodriguez
• Aaron Sigler
• Syrita Steib
• Thomas Wenn

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - 4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

• “Mike” Johnson

Click here to visit the Louisiana Secretary of State’s website to keep up with who has qualified in real time.

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