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21st Judicial District voters send 2 juvenile court judge candidates to runoff

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The race for a new juvenile court judge for the 21st Judicial District Court heads to a runoff, according to complete but unofficial results on the Louisiana Secretary of State’s website.
Candidates headed to runoff:
  • Jenny Richardson Fore (Republican): 13,328 votes
  • Jessica Ledet (Republican): 8,727 votes

The race heads to a runoff on May 3 after voters in Livingston, St. Helena, and Tangipahoa parishes went to the polls on Saturday, March 29. The runoff will determine the new judge for Division I, a juvenile court within the district court system currently held by Judge Mary C. Devereux.

District Judge Race on March 29:

Three Republican candidates qualified in January to run for the open position in the March election:

  • Rebecca Davis-Lee (Republican)
    • Graduated from Loyola Law School.
    • Member of Children’s Justice Task Force.
    • She said her passion is juvenile justice, believing that it starts with the children to break generational cycles of crime and poverty.
    • Read more on Davis-Lee’s campaign website.
  • Jenny Richardson Fore (Republican)
    • Graduated from LSU in 2010 and graduated from Southern University Law Center in 2013.
    • Has represented children in juvenile court for the last decade.
    • She said she understands what it takes to fight the rise in youth crime from a legal standpoint.
    • Read more on Richardson Fore’s Facebook page for her campaign.
  • Jessica C. Ledet (Republican)

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