City Judge City Court, Division B, City of Lake Charles
Lake Charles city, Louisiana
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · Primary election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 68 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 81,143 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(4,611,961 ÷ 81,143) ÷ ln(50,000) = 68.67, measured against a statewide vote in LA (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Deciding traffic tickets and fines
- Deciding small claims cases
- Ruling on city code violations
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Housing Affordability, Civil Rights,
Candidates
No Party · Incumbent · declared
Ron Richard serves as a judge on the Lake Charles City Court.
Republican · declared
Walter Sanchez is a Republican attorney who has served as a judge pro tempore in Lake Charles and Sulphur.
Source: voterportal.sos.la.gov