Richard Moore III (Louisiana)

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Richard Moore III

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Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court Section 2 Division N

Tenure

2005 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

19

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

Louisiana State University

Law

Southern University Law Center

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Richard Moore III is a judge for Section 2, Division N of the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court. He assumed office in 2005. His current term ends on December 31, 2026.

Moore (Republican Party) won re-election for the Section 2, Division N judge of the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court outright in the primary on November 3, 2020, after the primary and general election were canceled.

Elections

2020

See also: City elections in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2020)

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.

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Richard Moore III (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Dale Glover (D)
• Jennifer Moisant (D)

2014

See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Moore III ran for re-election to the 19th Judicial District.
As an unopposed candidate, he was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot.

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Richard Moore III did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Education

Moore received his B.A. from Louisiana State University and his J.D. from the Southern University Law Center.

Career

Moore was admitted to the bar in 1992. He then worked as a private practice lawyer in Zachary, Louisiana, for 13 years. He also served as the Zachary City prosecutor for 10 of those years and as a magistrate judge for the Town of Slaughter for 4 years. He opened his own law practice in 1994. In 2005, he was elected to the district court.

Noteworthy events

Tested positive for coronavirus on August 1, 2020

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See also: Government official, politician, and candidate deaths, diagnoses, and quarantines due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021

On July 3, 2020, Moore's wife, Sheryl DeMetz Moore, announced on Facebook he had been hospitalized due to COVID-19.

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Footnotes

Louisiana courts

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