Joseph Bouie
2020 - Present
2028
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Joseph Bouie (Democratic Party) (also known as Doc) is a member of the Louisiana State Senate, representing District 3. He assumed office on January 13, 2020. His current term ends on January 10, 2028.
Bouie (Democratic Party) won re-election to the Louisiana State Senate to represent District 3 outright in the primary on October 14, 2023, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Bouie is a former Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing District 97 from 2014 to 2020. He was first elected to the chamber by default when Eugene Green (D) withdrew from the November 4, 2014, special election on September 29, 2014, leaving no other competition.[1] He also ran unsuccessfully for the city council of New Orleans, Louisiana in 2014.[2][3]
Bouie was a Democratic candidate for At-large Division 1 representative on the New Orleans City Council in Louisiana. Bouie was defeated in the primary election on October 14, 2017.
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Bouie was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Insurance Committee
- Judiciary B Committee
- Local & Municipal Affairs Committee, Chairman
- Revenue & Fiscal Affairs Committee
- Senate & Governmental Affairs Committee
- Joint Capital Outlay Committee
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2021-2022
Bouie was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Insurance Committee
- Judiciary B Committee, Vice chair
- Natural Resources Committee
- Revenue & Fiscal Affairs Committee
- Joint Capital Outlay Committee
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2019-2020
Bouie was assigned to the following committees:
- Joint Capital Outlay Committee
- House Education Committee
- Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs Committee
- Ways and Means Committee
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2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Bouie served on the following committees:
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| • Civil Law and Procedure |
| • House and Governmental Affairs |
| • Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
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
The primary election was canceled. Joseph Bouie (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
Endorsements
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bouie in this election.
2019
See also: Louisiana State Senate 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.
General election
General election for Louisiana State Senate District 3
Joseph Bouie defeated John Bagneris in the general election for Louisiana State Senate District 3 on November 16, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joseph Bouie (D) | 59.6 | 20,734 |
| John Bagneris (D) | 40.4 | 14,027 | ||
| Total votes: 34,761 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana State Senate District 3
Joseph Bouie and John Bagneris defeated Kathleen Doody and Brandon Gregoire in the primary for Louisiana State Senate District 3 on October 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Bouie (D) | 44.3 | 12,639 |
| ✔ | John Bagneris (D) | 29.1 | 8,295 | |
| Kathleen Doody (R) | 18.5 | 5,287 | ||
 | Brandon Gregoire (D) | 8.0 | 2,287 | |
| Total votes: 28,508 | |||
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2017
The city of New Orleans, Louisiana, held primary elections for mayor and seven city council seats on October 14, 2017. A general election took place on November 18, 2017, for races where no candidate received 50 percent of the primary vote. The filing deadline for this election was July 14, 2017.[4][5] Helena Moreno (D) defeated Joseph Bouie (D) and Kenneth Cutno (D) in the primary election for the At-large Division 1 seat on the New Orleans City Council.
| New Orleans City Council, At-large Division 1 Primary Election, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Helena Moreno |
65.60% | 49,887 | |
| Democratic | Joseph Bouie | 28.41% | 21,610 | |
| Democratic | Kenneth Cutno | 5.99% | 4,555 | |
| Total Votes | 76,052 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Saturday, October 14, 2017," accessed October 14, 2017 | ||||
2015
Elections for the Louisiana House of Representatives 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.[6]
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 Joe Bouie (D) defeated MissKeith Prevost (D) in the October 24 blanket primary. Eustis Guillemet Jr. (R) was disqualified before the primary.[7][8]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 97 Primary Election, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Joe Bouie Incumbent |
88% | 9,491 | |
| Democratic | MissKeith Prevost | 12% | 1,289 | |
| Total Votes | 10,780 | |||
2014
State House
A special election for the position of Louisiana House of Representatives District 97 was called for November 4, concurrent with the 2014 Louisiana Congressional elections, with a runoff if necessary on December 6. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was August 22.[9]
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 was vacant following Jared Brossett's (D) election to the New Orleans City Council.
Joseph "Joe" Bouie (D) was due to face Eugene Green (D) in the special election on November 4.[10] However, Green withdrew from the race on September 29, and the election was immediately called in favor of Bouie.[11]
City council
- See also: New Orleans city council elections, 2014
Elections for the city council of New Orleans, Louisiana consisted of a primary election on February 1, 2014, and a general election on March 15, 2014. Incumbent Stacy Head (D) defeated Eugene Green (D) in the blanket primary. Because she received more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff was not necessary.[12][3]
| New Orleans City Council, At-large Division 1, 2014 | |||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Stacy Head Incumbent |
62.3% | 51,287 | |
| Eugene Green | 37.7% | 31,092 | |
| Total Votes | 82,379 | ||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | |||
Campaign finance summary
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Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Scorecards
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2024
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In 2024, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from March 11 to June 3. Special sessions were convened from January 15, 2024 to January 23, 2024; February 19, 2024 to February 29, 2024; and November 6, 2024 to November 25, 2024.
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2023
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In 2023, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from April 10 to June 8.
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2022
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In 2022, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from March 14 to June 6.
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2021
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In 2021, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from April 12 to June 10.
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2020
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In 2020, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from March 9 to June 1. The session was suspended from March 31 through May 4. A special session convened from June 1 to June 30 and from September 28 to October 23.
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2019
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In 2019, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from April 8 through June 6.
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2018
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In 2018, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from March 12 through May 18.
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2017
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In 2017, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from April 10 through June 8. The legislature held its first special session from February 13 to February 22. The legislature held its second special session from June 8 to June 16.
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2016
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In 2016, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from March 14 through June 6. A special session was held from February 14 to March 9 to address the state's budget gap. A second special session was held from June 6 to June 23.
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2015
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In 2015, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from April 13 through June 11.
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2014
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In 2014, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from March 10 through June 3.
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Endorsements
2017
The following table displays group endorsements issued in New Orleans' 2017 primary election. Endorsing organizations may offer endorsements to more than one candidate in anticipation of a top-two general election or if they believe more than one candidate meets their criteria for official support.
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| Endorser | Mayor | At-large 1 | At-large 2 | A | B | C | D | E |
| Alliance for Good Government[14] | Michael Bagneris | Helena Moreno | Jason Williams (i) | Joe Giarrusso III | Seth Bloom | Kristin Palmer | N/A | N/A |
| Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO[15] | Desiree Charbonnet | Joseph Bouie Helena Moreno |
Jason Williams (i) | Joe Giarrusso III | Jay Banks Timothy David Ray |
Nadine Ramsey (i) | Jared Brossett (i) | James Gray (i) |
| Independent Women's Organization[16] | LaToya Cantrell | Helena Moreno | Jason Williams (i) | Aylin Acikalin Maklansky Joe Giarrusso III |
Seth Bloom Timothy David Ray |
Nadine Ramsey (i) Kristin Palmer |
Jared Brossett (i) | James Gray (i) |
| New Orleans Coalition[17] | Michael Bagneris LaToya Cantrell |
Helena Moreno | Jason Williams (i) | Joe Giarrusso III | Timothy David Ray | Kristin Palmer | Jared Brossett (i) | James Gray (i) |
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedtp - ↑ Louisiana Elections, "Candidate Search" accessed December 14, 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "Unofficial Election Results - 2/1/2014," accessed February 2, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2017 Elections," February 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed July 14, 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
- ↑ New Orleans City Business, "Special legislative election for NOLA seat set," May 2, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ The Times-Picayune, "Joe Bouie elected to 97th District House seat after opponent quits race," September 29-30, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Elections "Candidate Search" accessed December 14, 2013
- ↑ Louisiana Family Forum, "2014 Senate Scorecard," accessed July 11, 2017
- ↑ Twitter, "Alliance for Good Government," accessed September 18, 2017
- ↑ Facebook, "Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO," accessed August 13, 2017
- ↑ The New Orleans Advocate, "Several candidates disqualified in New Orleans, and other area political news," July 30, 2017
- ↑ New Orleans Coalition, "Endorsements," accessed August 22, 2017
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Jean-Paul J. Morrell (D) |
Louisiana State Senate District 3 2020-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Louisiana House of Representatives District 97 2014-2020 |
Succeeded by Matthew Willard (D) |
