Antoine Pierce
Antoine Pierce (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Louisiana. He lost in the primary on November 3, 2020.
Pierce completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Pierce received a bachelor's degree in general studies from Western International University, an undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in 2018, and, as of the 2020 election, anticipated graduating with an advanced degree from Louisiana State University in May 2020. He is the founder of Better Boys Initiative, Inc., a nonprofit arts organization serving teenagers in Baton Rouge. Pierce has been associated with the Urban Congress on African American Boys in Baton Rouge, the Urban Leadership Development Initiative, and the Advisory Board for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.[1][2]
Elections
2020
See also: United States Senate election in 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
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Louisiana
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate Louisiana on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bill Cassidy (R) | 59.3 | 1,228,908 |
 | Adrian Perkins (D) | 19.0 | 394,049 | |
 | Derrick Edwards (D)  | 11.1 | 229,814 | |
 | Antoine Pierce (D) | 2.7 | 55,710 | |
 | Dustin Murphy (R) | 1.9 | 38,383 | |
 | David Drew Knight (D) | 1.8 | 36,962 | |
 | Beryl Billiot (Independent) | 0.8 | 17,362 | |
 | John Paul Bourgeois (Independent) | 0.8 | 16,518 | |
 | Peter Wenstrup (D) | 0.7 | 14,454 | |
 | Aaron Sigler (L) | 0.5 | 11,321 | |
 | M.V. Mendoza (Independent) | 0.4 | 7,811 | |
| Melinda Mary Price (Independent) | 0.4 | 7,680 | ||
 | Jamar Myers-Montgomery (Independent) | 0.3 | 5,804 | |
 | Reno Jean Daret III (Independent) | 0.2 | 3,954 | |
 | Xan John (Independent) | 0.1 | 2,813 | |
| Total votes: 2,071,543 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Greg Fitch (Independent)
- Dartanyon Williams (D)
2016
| Baton Rouge Metro Council District 8, Primary Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Buddy Amoroso Incumbent |
66.28% | 8,489 | |
| Democratic | Antoine Pierce | 22.82% | 2,922 | |
| Democratic | Wendell Piper | 10.90% | 1,396 | |
| Total Votes | 12,807 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed November 8, 2016 | ||||
2015
Elections for the Louisiana House of Representatives took place in 2015. A primary election was held on October 24, 2015, with a general election held in districts where necessary on November 21, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was September 10, 2015, at 4:30 p.m. CDT.[3]
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% 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.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article. Incumbent Darrell Ourso (R) faced Antoine Pierce (D), Rick Bond (R), Rick Edmonds (R), and Rusty Secrist (R) in the October 24 blanket primary. Ourso and Edmonds advanced to the November 21 runoff, where Edmonds won election.[4][5]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 66 Primary Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Darrell Ourso Incumbent |
37.7% | 4,660 | |
| Republican | Rick Edmonds |
23.2% | 2,869 | |
| Republican | Rick Bond | 15.6% | 1,924 | |
| Democratic | Antoine Pierce | 15.3% | 1,889 | |
| Republican | Rusty Secrist | 8.2% | 1,007 | |
| Total Votes | 12,349 | |||
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 66 Runoff Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Rick Edmonds |
52.1% | 7,109 | |
| Republican | Darrell Ourso | 47.9% | 6,540 | |
| Total Votes | 13,649 | |||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Antoine Pierce completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pierce's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I'm a proud alumnus of Louisiana State University. Geaux Tigers! I earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Child and Family Studies. I am expecting to graduate with a Master of Public Administration degree with a concentration in Public Policy in May of 2020. I'm an advocate for traditional public schools and I firmly believe in the importance of every child receiving a quality education regardless of their zip code.
I'm a lover of the arts, particularly the performing arts. I have dedicated my life to being a positive role model for the youth of our city and state. I fight every day to remove the barriers to success for those who are less fortunate and to ensure that the next generation has an opportunity to achieve the heights of their dreams in our city, state, and country.
I will always be a voice for freedom, justice, and equality for all people.- I'm running to be a voice for all people, especially those who are working poor and middle class.
- I'm running to be a voice for those who feel unheard by our elected officials in Congress.
- This campaign is 100% people powered. No corporate PAC donations or major industry money will influence my decisions in the U.S. Senate.
Wages
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Environment
This book certainly provides a great glimpse into my political philosophy and my approach to leadership in this political era.
They should all embody a willingness to hear from the people and to serve those who have elected them to be their voices in Congress.
I'll gladly be a one term Senator if my longevity in office means betraying my community or my core values. My ambition has never been more important to me than my integrity.
They are responsible for passing legislation that is supposed to be fair and representative of the values of all of their constituency, not just their respective party's agenda.
Nothing this world or the U.S. Senate can offer me is more important than my integrity.
Adaptive Leadership
The Meritocracy Trap
The Color of Law
The Death of Expertise
Tears We Cannot Stop
What the Truth Sounds Like
Seeing Like a State
You're More Powerful Than You Think
That's why I've made it my life's mission to get out of poverty and to help others find their way out..
We must do some serious introspection and recognize that despite our nuanced differences, there is a singular thread that connects us all. That thread is our humanity.
The U.S. Senate makes extremely important decisions about the governance of our country including U.S. Supreme Court confirmation, federal judgeship appointments, cabinet confirmations, and impeachment. These responsibilities are in addition to the role of passing legislation for the good of the country and providing a separate, but coequal check on the executive branch.
I think it's more important to have compassion for one's constituents and integrity to be honest and fair than it is to have experience. I'd choose a candidate with no experience that shares my values and speaks to the issues that are important to me over a career politician who ignores my needs for political expedience.
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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2016
Pierce's campaign website listed the following themes for 2016:
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| —Antoine Pierce (2016), [7] | ||
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Antoine Pierce, "About," accessed September 6, 2016
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 24, 2020
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2015 Elections," accessed January 2, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed October 13, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," accessed November 1, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Antoine Pierce, "My Values," accessed September 6, 2016
