Analysis of the March 2025 election results
Reviewing Municipal results and the Constitutional Amendments on the ballot
Hello all,
I hope everyone’s weekend has been enjoyable.
As you may already know, there was an interesting mix of election results from last Saturday (March 29th) here in Louisiana. In this election, there were four constitutional amendments on the ballot and several local/municipal elections in various parts of the state.
So for today’s post, I would to briefly analyze the results of the March 2025 elections in Louisiana.
#1 Lake Charles Mayor election
Lake Charles is currently the 5th largest city in Louisiana and serves as the economic hub of southwest Louisiana. This city held its Mayoral election on March 29th— with incumbent Republican Nicholas Hunter facing stiff competition from 4 other candidates.
The radically far-left, “Louisiana Last” nonprofit Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) pumped in a significant amount of money into unseating Mayor Hunter through its PAC “New Southern Majority”. Despite all of the out-of-state spent against him, Nic Hunter still finished in first for his election by garnering 47% of the vote.
While Hunter was not able to secure an outright majority in this election, he will still head to a run-off against the 2nd placing candidate Marshall Simien Jr.
Hunter’s runoff election for Mayor will take place on Saturday, May 3rd.
#2 Jefferson Parish Council District 1
Last month, the Louisiana First Standard endorsed Tim Kerner Jr. for Jefferson Parish’s Council District 1 election. In this tightly contested election, Kerner placed ahead of Republican establishment candidate Rickey Templet by nearly 1,150 votes. Negative attack ads were frequently utilized in this election by Templet’s campaign, but the people of Jefferson Parish’s 1st Council District 1 saw through the negative ads.
Consequently, Kerner will face Democratic candidate Andrea Manuel. This runoff election will also take place on May 3rd, and Kerner is likely the presumptive favorite heading into the runoff.
#3 Four amendments to the state constitution
While there weren’t any statewide elections on the ballot last month, all Louisiana voters had the chance to vote on 4 amendments to the Louisiana State constitution. The most controversial amendment on the ballot was Amendment #2— a 100+ page revision to Section VII of the Louisiana state constitution.
In the end, Louisiana voters roundly rejected all four of the Amendments. Over four hundred thousands voters rejected each Amendment—leading to nearly 2/3 of Louisiana voters rejected all 4 amendments.
If you’re looking for some in-depth analysis on why the Amendments failed, then check out the articles below (including mine at #3):
“What led to ‘No’ votes on all Louisiana amendments? An elections analyst explains” from WWNO
“Four Lessons From Saturday’s Constitutional Amendments Debacle” from The Hayride
“Did Richard Nelson Just Railroad the Landry Administration?” from The Hayride (by yours truly)
But for this article, the short story is that Governor Jeff Landry, Secretary Nelson, and the Republican Establishment in Louisiana lost a significant amount of support from grassroots conservatives. Louisiana’s Grassroots conservatives did not support the convoluted, “baby steps” approach to Tax reform that Amendment 2 offered and led to the defeat of Amendment #2.
Thank you all for reading, and may Christ Jesus bless the state of Louisiana! Only Louisiana First!