Link to Campaign Finance website:  http://www.ethics.state.la.us/cf.htm

CANDIDATE INFORMATION

Special Elections for Vacancies and Propositions:  Oct. 17, 2009, primary election; Nov. 14, 2009, general election

• Qualifying period: Aug. 12 - 14 2009.
• State candidates qualify in the executive offices of the Secretary of State, 8585 United Plaza Blvd., Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• Local and municipal candidates qualify with the clerk of court in the parish in which they are registered to vote.
• Click here for a list of qualifying fees. Payment must be in the form of cash or by certified or cashier's check on a state or national bank or credit union, United States Postal money order or money order issued by a state or national bank or credit union.
• Click here to download the qualifying form. 
• Early Voting is Oct. 3 - 10, 2009 (except Sunday), 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. for the Oct. 17, 2009, primary election.
• Early Voting is Oct. 31 - Nov. 7, 2009 (except Sunday), 8:30 a.m - 6 p.m. for the Nov. 14, 2009, general election.

Candidate Database - search candidate information

ZIP File of All Candidates - includes name, address, party affiliation data.

Campaign Finance Reports, Lobbyists and Political Action Committees

• Campaign Finance Reports - including reports from incumbent statewide elected officials are available for on-line viewing at The Louisiana Ethics Administration Program. In addition, lists of registered lobbyists and political action committees are available.
• Federal Elections Commission Web Site - has copies of actual financial disclosure reports filed by House, Senate and Presidential campaigns, Parties and PACs from 1993 to the present.