By Tracie Burke | Motion to Quash LLC | May 26, 2021
Integrity is a top issue facing Louisiana voters. Unfair business practices and long standing financial connections are breeding grounds for corruption. See how candidates score on integrity for State Senatorial 7th District for 2021.
We based the candidate integrity scores on these three principles:
- Campaign Contributions Issued
- Campaign Contributions Received
- Disclosures/Conflicts of Interest
Click here to view the SCORECARD. You can download and print the complimentary spreadsheet. Click on the grades tab to view each Candidate’s folder.
METHODOLOGY
Candidates are graded on the number of critical issues for anti-corruption listed in the candidate scorecard, as divided into three overarching principles. We believe all of these issues are crucial for candidate integrity.
We assigned a total possible score of 5 for each principle. For the sake of consistency, we treat individual issues equally: calculating fewer of these critical issues gets candidates a higher score—and only when they score 15 for the whole package do they score 100 percent.
We compiled candidate information from their campaign websites, in interviews, or from public and private sources.
Campaigns are dynamic. We welcome your feedback—if you see a candidate’s position has changed, send us an email to info@motiontoquash.org with the new information.
Louisiana State Senate District 7, Special Primary
June 12, 2021
Note: This Special Primary Election is an all-party primary, in which all candidates from each party compete to receive a majority vote. If no candidate receives 50% of the total votes cast, the top two vote recipients will advance to a Special General Election on July 10, 2021.
Early Voting for Primary Election- Friday, May 28, 2021 – Saturday, June 5, 2021
Primary Election Day- Saturday, June 12, 2021
General Runoff Date (if applicable)- Saturday, July 10, 2021
Important Links:
https://ballotpedia.org/Louisiana_State_Senate_District_7
https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/Pages/default.aspx/
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