Nancy Landry (R) and Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) are running in the Nov. 18 general election for Louisiana Secretary of State. Incumbent Kyle Ardoin (R) did not run for re-election.
Louisiana’s Secretary of State is the state’s chief election officer. According to Louisiana Illuminator’s Greg LaRose, the winner of the 2023 election “should expect a fairly intense spotlight” since they would be responsible for “replacing the voting machines the state uses, a process current office holder Kyle Ardoin has had to restart twice.”
Landry and Collins-Greenup advanced from the all-party primary on Oct. 14, 2023. Landry received 19.4% of the vote, followed by Collins-Greenup with 19.2%. In Louisiana, if no candidate wins more than 50% in the primary, the top two vote-getters advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
