Sarah Crawford

sarah.crawford@shreveporttimes.com

The runoff election to complete the unfinished business from Tuesday’s primary election will take place Saturday, Dec. 10.

Early voting will be available from Saturday, Nov. 26, to Saturday, Dec. 3. The last day to register to vote in the runoff election was Wednesday.

Unlike most states, Louisiana doesn't narrow candidate fields in state and local races with a primary election before the general election. Instead, the state's primary election for these offices coincides with the October or November election, and all candidates regardless of party appear on the same ballot. A runoff election is held about a month later among top vote-getters if no single candidate secures enough votes to win outright, usually a majority.

In this year's runoff, voters statewide will decide between Democrat Foster Campbell and Republican John Kennedy to take the second U.S. Senate position alongside Sen. Bill Cassidy. The winner will fill the vacated spot of Sen. David Vitter.

Locally, the 4th Congressional District race has been narrowed from eight candidates to Republican Mike Johnson and Democrat Marshall Jones. The district spans 15 parishes, from Northwest Louisiana down to West Central Louisiana.

Ree J. Casey-Jones and Andrew Randall Jr., both Democrats, will vie for Caddo Parish Juvenile Court judge.

The Town of Benton will choose a mayor, and the Town of Haughton will finalize its board of aldermen, according to the Bossier Parish Clerk of Court's Office.

In DeSoto Parish, a District 4 Justice of the Peace race is headed to a runoff. In Webster, the Town of Cotton Valley will decide its mayor, and a runoff will be held for the Village of Dixie Inn Board of Aldermen.

For more information, visit the Secretary of State’s website, www.sos.la.gov.