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Every race on Lafayette Parish’s Tuesday, November 3, 2026 ballot — registration deadlines, early voting, who’s running where it’s known, and a plain explanation of how the two different election systems on this one ballot work.

—days until Election Day

Tuesday, November 3, 2026 is Louisiana’s open primary for every race on this ballot exceptU.S. Senate. Open-primary races that don’t resolve outright — no candidate over 50% — go to a December 12, 2026 general election between the top two finishers, regardless of party. The Senate race is a general election already and is decided in one round on November 3, with no December runoff. Candidate qualifying closes Friday, August 7, 2026, so no field on this ballot is final until then. See how the ballot works below.

Registration deadlines

In person, by mail, or at an OMV office
October 5
Online via GeauxVote
October 13

Early voting

October 20 – October 27

Registrar of Voters Office

1010 Lafayette St., Suite 313, Lafayette, LA 70501

8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m., Oct. 20–27 (closed Sunday, Oct. 25)

Martin Luther King Recreation Center

309 Cora Dr., Lafayette, LA 70503

8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m., Oct. 20–27 (closed Sunday, Oct. 25); state locator flags this site as open limited dates within the window — confirm before travel

East Regional Library

215 La Neuville Rd., Youngsville, LA 70592

8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m., Oct. 20–27 (closed Sunday, Oct. 25); state locator flags this site as open limited dates within the window — confirm before travel

Two of these three sites are flagged by the Secretary of State as open on limited dateswithin the window above — the state doesn’t say which days. Confirm before you travel by calling the Lafayette Parish Registrar of Voters at (337) 291-7140.

What’s on your Lafayette ballot

69 races, grouped the way they appear in the office directory. Federal, parish-wide, and school board races are shown in full below; judicial, ward, and municipal races are grouped under each heading — click to expand.

Federal2 races

  • U.S. SenatorJulia Letlow, Jamie Davis — known so far; qualifying closes Aug. 7

    The May 16 closed party primary and June 27 runoff settled the two party nominees. Independent and minor-party candidates qualify directly for the general election, so the November 3 field is not final until qualifying closes.

  • U.S. Representative, 3rd DistrictCandidates TBD — qualifying closes Aug. 7

Parish-wide1 race

School Board1 race

Judicial15 seats
Justices of the Peace & Constables18 seats
Municipal32 seats

Broussard

Carencro

  • Carencro MayorCandidates TBD — qualifying closes Aug. 7
  • Carencro Council Member — seat held by Jordan ArceneauxCandidates TBD — qualifying closes Aug. 7

    At large: all five Carencro council seats are elected citywide, and the top five finishers are seated. There are no council districts, so seats are listed here by their current officeholder.

  • Carencro Council Member — seat held by Antoine Babineaux Jr.Candidates TBD — qualifying closes Aug. 7

    At large: all five Carencro council seats are elected citywide, and the top five finishers are seated. There are no council districts, so seats are listed here by their current officeholder.

  • Carencro Council Member — seat held by Danielle CaprittoCandidates TBD — qualifying closes Aug. 7

    At large: all five Carencro council seats are elected citywide, and the top five finishers are seated. There are no council districts, so seats are listed here by their current officeholder.

  • Carencro Council Member — seat held by Taylor L. JamesCandidates TBD — qualifying closes Aug. 7

    At large: all five Carencro council seats are elected citywide, and the top five finishers are seated. There are no council districts, so seats are listed here by their current officeholder.

  • Carencro Council Member — seat held by Alfred SinegalCandidates TBD — qualifying closes Aug. 7

    At large: all five Carencro council seats are elected citywide, and the top five finishers are seated. There are no council districts, so seats are listed here by their current officeholder.

Duson

  • Duson MayorCandidates TBD — qualifying closes Aug. 7
  • Duson Alderman — seat held by Coby DuhonCandidates TBD — qualifying closes Aug. 7

    Duson elects five aldermen. We could not confirm from the town or the Secretary of State whether these seats are at large or districted, so they are listed by current officeholder rather than by a district number we can't verify.

  • Duson Alderman — seat held by Steve HanksCandidates TBD — qualifying closes Aug. 7

    Duson elects five aldermen. We could not confirm from the town or the Secretary of State whether these seats are at large or districted, so they are listed by current officeholder rather than by a district number we can't verify.

  • Duson Alderman — seat held by Glenn CormierCandidates TBD — qualifying closes Aug. 7

    Duson elects five aldermen. We could not confirm from the town or the Secretary of State whether these seats are at large or districted, so they are listed by current officeholder rather than by a district number we can't verify.

  • Duson Alderman — seat held by Carolyn RichardCandidates TBD — qualifying closes Aug. 7

    Duson elects five aldermen. We could not confirm from the town or the Secretary of State whether these seats are at large or districted, so they are listed by current officeholder rather than by a district number we can't verify.

  • Duson Alderman — seat held by Wade RobinCandidates TBD — qualifying closes Aug. 7

    Duson elects five aldermen. We could not confirm from the town or the Secretary of State whether these seats are at large or districted, so they are listed by current officeholder rather than by a district number we can't verify.

Scott

Youngsville

Propositions

No tax propositions or constitutional amendments have been identified for this ballot as of this writing. That’s a confirmed absence, not an unfinished lookup — if one is added before qualifying closes, it will appear here.

Candidates

Qualifying for this ballot closes Friday, August 7, 2026. No field below is final until then. The candidates listed are the ones we can confirm today — the two U.S. Senate party nominees settled in the closed primary and runoff, and the two District Attorney candidates — and anyone else who qualifies before the deadline will be on the ballot with them. Every other race fills in once qualifying closes.

Federal2 races

U.S. Senator

The May 16 closed party primary and June 27 runoff settled the two party nominees. Independent and minor-party candidates qualify directly for the general election, so the November 3 field is not final until qualifying closes.

Known candidates so far. Qualifying closes Friday, August 7 — anyone else who qualifies before then will appear on this ballot too, so this list is not final.

  • Julia Letlow · Republican

    U.S. Representative, Louisiana's 5th Congressional District.

  • Jamie Davis · Democrat

    Third-generation row-crop farmer and small-business owner from Tensas Parish.

U.S. Representative, 3rd District

Candidates post after qualifying closes Friday, August 7.

Parish-wide1 race

District Attorney, 15th Judicial District

Known candidates so far. Qualifying closes Friday, August 7 — anyone else who qualifies before then will appear on this ballot too, so this list is not final.

  • Donald "Don" Landry

    Incumbent District Attorney, 15th Judicial District, first elected in 2020.

  • Kristian Earles

    Former 15th Judicial District judge; left the bench in 2026 and is running for District Attorney.

School Board1 race

Lafayette Parish School Board, District 2 — special election

Candidates post after qualifying closes Friday, August 7.

Judicial15 seats

Candidates post after qualifying closes Friday, August 7, for all 15 of these seats.

Justices of the Peace & Constables18 seats

Candidates post after qualifying closes Friday, August 7, for all 18 of these seats.

Municipal32 seats

Candidates post after qualifying closes Friday, August 7, for all 32 of these seats.

How to vote, and how Louisiana works

This one ballot runs two different election systems at once, and mixing them up will make you misread it.

The U.S. Senate race is a general election, not an open primary. Louisiana ran a closed party primary for that seat back on May 16, 2026, with a runoff on June 27; Bill Cassidy was eliminated in the primary, and Julia Letlow beat State Treasurer John Fleming in the runoff to become the Republican nominee, opposite Democratic nominee Jamie Davis.

That settles the party nominees. It does not settle the ballot. Independent and minor-party candidates don’t run in the party primaries — they qualify directly for the general election, during the same qualifying period as every other race on this ballot. That period closes Friday, August 7, 2026, so the November 3 Senate field is not final until then, and we’ll update this page when it is. What is settled: however many names end up on that line, the Senate race is decided in one round on November 3. There is no December runoff for this seat.

Every other race on this ballot — U.S. House, District Attorney, judicial races, school board, ward offices, and every municipal race — is an open (“jungle”) primary.All candidates for a seat appear together on one ballot regardless of party. If one candidate wins more than 50% of the vote on November 3, they win the seat outright and there’s no second election. If nobody clears 50%, the top two vote-getters — again, regardless of party, so two candidates from the same party can and do advance against each other — move on to the December 12, 2026 general election.

The U.S. House races landed in that second bucket somewhat by accident. Louisiana had planned to run congressional races through closed party primaries this cycle, the same system governing the Senate seat. After the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais forced the state to redraw its congressional map in May 2026, the closed primary for Congress was suspended and House races — including the 3rd District that now covers all of Lafayette Parish — reverted to the standard open primary, on the same November 3 ballot as every local race.

Am I registered to vote?

Check your registration status, polling place, and sample ballot at the Secretary of State’s GeauxVote voter portal.

What do I need to bring to vote?

A Louisiana driver’s license or state ID, a Louisiana Special ID, a U.S. passport, or a military ID. If you don’t have one of those, you can still vote by signing an affidavit at the polls.

Can I vote early, and where?

Yes — early voting for this election runs October 20 through October 27 at the three sites listed above. Any registered voter in the parish can vote early at any of them — you’re not restricted to the site nearest your address.

What happens if my race goes to a runoff?

If no candidate clears 50% of the vote in an open-primary race on November 3, the top two finishers — regardless of party — meet again on the December 12, 2026 general election. The Senate race does not have this second round; it’s decided November 3.

Election dates, registration deadlines, and early-voting hours come from the Louisiana Secretary of State’s official election-dates calendar. Early-voting site addresses come from the Secretary of State’s live early-voting locator, which is also the source of the “limited dates” flag on two of the three Lafayette Parish sites. Registration status, polling places, and district lookups all run through the Secretary of State’s GeauxVote voter portal. U.S. Senate results are reported by the Associated Press and Louisiana Illuminator coverage of the June 27, 2026 runoff; the District Attorney race is reported by The Advocate and KLFY. Candidate campaign-finance disclosures, where linked, come from the Louisiana Ethics Administration. Spotted something off? Let us know.