NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Friday (Jan. 13) New Orleans Attorney Seth Bloom filed to run for the Louisiana House of Representatives.
After Royce Duplessis won a seat in the State Senate, he left his house seat open.
Bloom posted on Twitter yesterday.
In 2017, Bloom ran for city council and ordered an recount saying there were vote irregularities with absentee ballots. He lost to Jay Banks.
The election for the house seat is February 18th. To vote in the election, all participants must be registered to vote is January 28th.
Here’s a list of other candidates running for office:
- Morgan Clevenger
- Steven Kennedy
- Sibil “Fox” Richardson
- Matthew Hill
- Alonzo Knox
- “Naj” Wallace
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