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Richard Ducote (Republican Party) ran for election to the Louisiana House of Representatives to represent District 77. He did not appear on the ballot for the primary on October 14, 2023.
Ducote was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He obtained a B.S. from Tulane University in 1974, a J.D. from Loyola School of Law in New Orleans in 1978, and an LL.M. from Loyola Chicago School of Law in 2011.
Ducote practiced law for 41 years. He has been a special assistant district attorney in 19 parishes and tried cases in over 50 Louisiana courts and in 46 states. He also worked as the assistant general counsel in the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.
Ducote is licensed to practice law in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, the U.S Supreme Court; the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 9th Circuits; the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Louisiana, the Middle District of Louisiana, the Western District of Louisiana, the Northern District of Texas, the Eastern District of Texas, the District of Colorado, the Northern District of Ohio, and the Western District of Pennsylvania.
As of 2019, Ducote was a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the 22nd JDC Bar Association, the National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges, and the Association of Family & Conciliation Courts.
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
The primary election was canceled. Mark Wright (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
William J. Crain defeated Hans J. Liljeberg in the special general election for Louisiana Supreme Court 1st District on November 16, 2019.
 | William J. Crain (R) | 57.3% | 127,211 Votes✔ |
 | Hans J. Liljeberg (R) | 42.7% | 94,875 Votes |
| Total votes: 222,086 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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William J. Crain and Hans J. Liljeberg defeated Scott Schlegel and Richard Ducote in the special primary for Louisiana Supreme Court 1st District on October 12, 2019.
| William J. Crain (R) | 38.6% | 73,534 Votes✔ |
| Hans J. Liljeberg (R) | 32.5% | 61,859 Votes✔ |
 | Scott Schlegel (R) | 17.5% | 33,242 Votes |
| Richard Ducote (R) | 11.5% | 21,810 Votes |
| Total votes: 190,445 | ||||
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