Avoyelles Parish District Attorney 12th Judicial District Court
Avoyelles Parish, 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 · 72 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 38,905 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 ÷ 38,905) ÷ ln(50,000) = 72.07, 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 which crimes get charged and which are dropped
- Making plea deals and asking for sentences
- Working with police on criminal cases
Affects: Anti-Corruption, Public Safety and Crime Control, Gun Control,
Candidates
Republican · declared
Chad Guillot is Avoyelles Parish District Defender and a Marksville criminal-defense attorney. He holds a J.D. from Southern University Law Center and focuses on public defense and criminal law.
Republican · declared
Jonathan T. Gaspard is an Assistant District Attorney in Avoyelles Parish and former Hessmer village magistrate. He holds degrees from LSU and Southern University Law Center and emphasizes public safety and rapid case disposition.
Sources: voterportal.sos.la.gov · kalb.com · sos.la.gov