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Statewide

GovernorScott A. Angelle, Breaux

Bridge, RepublicanBeryl Billiot, Kentwood, No

Party“Jay” Dardenne, Baton

Rouge, RepublicanCary Deaton, Metairie,

DemocratJohn Bel Edwards, Amite,

DemocratJeremy “JW” Odom, Natch-

itoches, No PartyEric Paul Orgeron, Meta-

irie, OtherS L Simpson, Shreveport,

DemocratDavid Vitter, Metairie, Re-

publican

Lieutenant GovernorElbert Lee Guillory, Repub-

licanMelvin L. “Kip” Holden,

Democrat“Billy” Nungesser, Repub-

licanJohn Young, Republican

Secretary of State“Tom” Schedler, Republi-

can“Chris” Tyson, Democrat

Attorney GeneralGeraldine “Geri” Brous-

sard Baloney, DemocratJames D. “Buddy” Cald-

well, RepublicanIsaac “Ike” Jackson, Demo-

crat“Jeff” Landry, Republican“Marty” Maley, Republican

TreasurerJohn Kennedy, RepublicanJennifer Treadway, Repub-

lican

Commissioner ofAgriculture and Forestry

“Charlie” Greer, DemocratAdrian “Ace” Juttner,

GreenJamie LaBranche, Republi-

canMichael G. “Mike” Strain,

Republican

Commissioner ofInsurance

“Jim” Donelon, RepublicanDonald Hodge Jr., Demo-

cratCharlotte C. McDaniel

McGehee, DemocratMatt Parker, Republican

District/regional/multiparish races

BESE District 4 (All or part of Bienville,

Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto,Natchitoches, Red River, Sa-bine, Vernon, Webster andWinn parishes.)

Tony Davis, RepublicanMary Johnson Harris, Re-

publicanGlynis Johnston, Republi-

can

State Senator 36thSenatorial District

(All or part of Bossier andCaddo parishes.)

Henry Burns, Republican

Ryan Gatti, RepublicanTodd Hollenshead, Demo-

crat

State Senator 38thSenatorial District

(All or part of Caddo andDeSoto parishes.)

Richard “Richie” Burford,Republican

Cloyce Clark, RepublicanJohn Milkovich, DemocratJemayel Warren, Democrat

State Representative 1stRepresentative District


“Mike Chicken Command-er” Boyter, Democrat

James H. “Jim” Morris, Re-publican

State Representative 2ndRepresentative District


Samuel L. “Sam” JenkinsJr., Democrat

Terence Vinson, Democrat

State Representative 4thRepresentative District

(Caddo Parish)Cedric B. Glover, Demo-

cratReginald Johnson, Demo-

cratFred Moss IV, Democrat


(Caddo Parish)Alan Seabaugh, RepublicanEileen Velez, Democrat


(All or part of Caddo, DeS-oto, and Sabine parishes.)

Lawrence A. “Larry” Ba-gley, Republican

Robert S. “Steve” Casey,Republican

Perry D. McDaniel, Repub-lican


(Bossier Parish)“Dodie” Horton, Republi-

can“Mike” McHalffey, Repub-

lican

Caddo Parish

District AttorneyLaLeshia Walker Alford,

DemocratLee Harville, No PartyMark Rogers, DemocratJ. Casey Simpson, Repub-

licanJames E. Stewart Sr., Dem-

ocratDhu Thompson, Republican

SheriffEric Hatfield, Democrat“Steve” Prator, Republican

AssessorArtis Cash, DemocratCharles R. Henington Jr.,

Democrat

Parish CommissionMember District 2

Linda Trevino Goeders,Other

Lyndon B. Johnson, Demo-crat

Michael Thomas, Democrat


Steven Jackson, DemocratMichael Williams, Demo-

cratJohnny Williamson, Demo-

crat


Charlotte Crawley, OtherMatthew Linn, Republican


Lynn D. Cawthorne, Demo-crat

Steffon D. Jones, Democrat


Lea Desmarteau, Republi-can

John Escude’, Republican“Mike” Middleton, Repub-

lican


“Jim” Smith, RepublicanParker G. Ward, Republi-

can


“Ken” Epperson, DemocratJames E. Heard, Democrat

Mooringsport Chief ofPolice

James Alexander, Republi-can

Darell Wall, No Party

Bossier Parish

Clerk of CourtMonica Hudson, Republi-

canJill Sessions, Republican

AssessorBobby W. Edmiston, Re-

publicanPatsy Maggio, Republican

Police Juror, District 4“Sonny” Cook, Republican“John Ed” Jorden, Demo-

crat

Police Juror, District 5Barry Butler, RepublicanJack “Bump” Skaggs, Re-

publican

Police Juror, District 9Charles L. Gray, Democrat“Freddy” Shewmake, Re-

publican

DeSoto Parish

SheriffRodney Arbuckle, No PartyGary Hobbs, No Party

Police Juror District 1ABruce Abram, DemocratCharles “Charlie” Roberts,

Republican

Police Juror District 1CJarrell O. Burch, DemocratRichard L. Tull, Republican

Police Juror District 2Robert “Rob” Baker Jr., No

PartyJim “Jimbo” Davlin, Re-

publican“Ken” Kaffka, Democrat

Police Juror District 4ARichard Fuller, DemocratJohn T. Myers, Democrat

Police Juror District 4BJ. Riley Bell, RepublicanJeri A. Burrell, DemocratJeff L. Heard, Democrat

Police Juror District 4CGary Burns, DemocratErnel Jones, DemocratDonald “Donny” Taylor,

Democrat

Police Juror District 6Fred Jones, DemocratRicky McPhearson, Repub-

licanRodriguez Dale Ross, No

Party

Webster Parish

Police Juror District 4“Bruce” Compton, Republi-

canRandy Thomas, Republican

Police Juror District 4“Bruce” Compton, Republi-

canRandy Thomas, Republican

Police Juror District 5Bernard Hudson, DemocratPerry Kirkland, Republican

Police Juror District 6“Jim” Bonsall, DemocratRonald Douglas Sale, Other

Police Juror District 8Nicholas “Nick” Cox, No

PartyHarper Edwards, Republi-

can

Police Juror District 9Beverly “Debbie” Kennon,

DemocratJerri M. Lee, Democrat

Police Juror District 12George Fuller, DemocratBryan Langford, No PartyDustin Moseley, OtherRebecca Shelley Sherrard,

Republican

S A M P L E B A L L O T

Scott Angelle Beryl Billiot Jay Dardenne John BelEdwards

Jeremy Odom

Cary Deaton

S L Simpson David VitterEric PaulOrgeron

This year there are fourconstitutional amendmentson the Saturday ballot, farfewer than the 14 that votershad to decide on last year.From CABL’s perspective,there are two that are highlysubstantive and both dealwith transportation. Thereare two others that, at least tosome degree, involve clarifi-cations about the intent of theconstitution.

And interestingly, twoamendments might look fa-miliar to voters who cast bal-lots last year. One is very sim-ilar to an amendment votersrejected, but some changesthat have occurred since thenmay make the current ver-sion more palatable. The oth-er one makes some languagechanges to the part of the con-stitution that defines “fiscal”legislative sessions. Theseare new changes to that sec-tion right on the heels ofchanges that voters approvedlast year.

In theory, the constitutionshould be a framework forgovernance the Legislaturefollows in enacting statutes.But over the years, our consti-tution has grown to includefar too many provisions thatrestrict the Legislature fromdoing its job. Part of this, weacknowledge, stems from alack of trust and a fear thatrevenues that were generatedfor one intent will be divertedfor use toward another. Oneamendment this year mightbe seen as an example of that.

But mercifully, despite thefact that more than 60 amend-ments were introduced in the2015 legislative session, onlythese four will be on the ballotSaturday. With so many otherimportant decisions to bemade in races for governor,other statewide offices, theLegislature and BESE, votersdeserved this break from thelong list of amendments theyhave grown accustomed toseeing over the years.

Amendment No. 1 — Re-structure “Rainy Day Fund”and create a new fund fortransportation

This amendment essential-ly is designed to help directadditional resources to thestate’s huge infrastructureneeds. It does not raise anynew taxes, but it does makechanges in the state’s BudgetStabilization Fund, more com-monly known as the “RainyDay Fund,” to redirect somerevenues to transportation.

The amendment itself issomewhat complicated, butthe concept is fairly simple.The state currently has a Bud-get Stabilization Fund thatacts something like a savingsaccount with a cap on it. It’sdesigned to help the stateweather budget downturnssuch as the ones we had start-ing in 2009. There are a num-ber of ways the state can de-posit money in the fund, butone of the primary sources isexcess mineral revenues.

Each year we get hundredsof millions of dollars in oil andgas revenue and some yearssignificantly more than that.State law says generally thatwhen those mineral revenuesin any given year exceed $950million the excess dollarsmust be deposited into theBudget Stabilization Fund.That fund has a cap on it, how-ever, and when deposits in itreach four percent of all staterevenue received during theprior fiscal year, it is consid-ered full and any additionaldollars flow back into thestate general fund.

This amendment changesthis significantly. If passed, it

CABL on theConstitutionalAmendmentsCOUNCIL FOR A BETTER LOUISIANA

See CABL, Page 6D

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