2025 Louisiana Senate District 23 special election

{{Short description|none}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2025}}

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2025 Louisiana Senate District 23 special election

| country = Louisiana

| type = by-election

| ongoing =

| previous_election = 2023 Louisiana State Senate election#District 23

| previous_year = 2023

| election_date = February 15, 2025 (Louisiana primary)
March 29, 2025 (runoff, cancelled)

| next_election = 2027 Louisiana State Senate election#District 23

| next_year = 2027

| seats_for_election = Louisiana Senate
District 23

| turnout = 14.1% (unofficial)

| party1 = Republican Party of Louisiana

| candidate1 = Brach Myers

| popular_vote1 = 6,769

| percentage1 = 54.76%

| party2 = Republican Party of Louisiana

| candidate2 = Jesse Regan

| popular_vote2 = 5,591

| percentage2 = 45.24%

| map_image = 252px

| map_caption = Results by precinct

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Myers:

{{legend|#E27F7F|50–60%}}

{{legend|#D75D5D|60–70%}}

{{legend|#D72F30|70–80%}}

{{legend|#C21B18|80–90%}}

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Regan:

{{legend|#FF9A50|50–60%}}

{{legend|#EE8E50|60–70%}}

Tie:

{{legend|#AE8BB1|50%}}

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| title = Senator

| before_election = Jean-Paul Coussan

| before_party = Republican Party of Louisiana

| after_election = Brach Myers

| after_party = Republican Party of Louisiana

}}

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A special election was held in the U.S. state of Louisiana to elect a new member for District 23 in the Louisiana Senate, representing Lafayette Parish. The primary was held on February 15, with a runoff general election scheduled on March 29, if it were to be necessary. The election filled a vacancy caused by the election of incumbent Republican Jean-Paul Coussan to the Louisiana Public Service Commission.{{cite web |title=Louisiana Public Service Commission election, 2024 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Louisiana_Public_Service_Commission_election,_2024 |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=14 February 2025}} The election took place concurrently with a special election in District 14.{{cite news |last1=Pfiel |first1=Alyse |title=Primary and runoff election dates set for two open Louisiana Senate seats |url=https://www.nola.com/news/politics/legislature/primary-and-runoff-dates-set-two-open-louisiana-state-senate-seats/article_cf467a66-b8c3-11ef-9afb-0bc83b37334f.html |access-date=14 February 2025 |work=Nola |date=12 December 2024}} State representative Brach Myers was elected senator outright in the first round with 54.7 percent of the vote against Republican Jesse Regan, necessitating a special election to fill his seat in House District 45.