Alonzo Knox
Alonzo Knox (Democratic Party) is a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing District 93. He assumed office on April 10, 2023. His current term ends on January 10, 2028.
Knox (Democratic Party) ran in a special election to the Louisiana House of Representatives to represent District 93. He won in the special general election on March 25, 2023.
Knox won re-election to the Louisiana House of Representatives to represent District 93 outright in the primary on October 14, 2023, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Biography
Alonzo Knox was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Knox served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1989 to 2006.[1] He earned an A.A. in law enforcement from Southern University of Baton Rouge, a B.A. from Southern University of Baton Rouge in 1995, and an M.B.A. from Trinity University in 2004.[1][2]
Knox's career experience includes owning Backatown Coffee Parlour and working as a readjustment specialist with the Department of Veterans Affairs . He has been affiliated with Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., the Preservation Resource Center, and the Historic Faubourg Treme Association.[1]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Knox was assigned to the following committees:
- Administration of Criminal Justice Committee
- Civil Law and Procedure Committee
- House Retirement Committee
Elections
2023
Regular election
See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2023
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. Alonzo Knox (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Knox in this election.
Special election
See also: Louisiana state legislative special elections, 2023
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.
General election
Special general election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 93
Alonzo Knox defeated Sibil Fox Richardson in the special general election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 93 on March 25, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alonzo Knox (D) | 54.3 | 1,718 |
 | Sibil Fox Richardson (D)  | 45.7 | 1,443 | |
| Total votes: 3,161 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 93
The following candidates ran in the special primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 93 on February 18, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sibil Fox Richardson (D) | 37.2 | 760 |
| ✔ | | Alonzo Knox (D) | 30.6 | 625 |
 | Steven Kennedy (D) | 10.5 | 214 | |
| Morgan Clevenger (D) | 10.3 | 211 | |
 | Matthew Hill (R) | 7.0 | 142 | |
| Naj Wallace (D) | 4.4 | 89 | |
| Total votes: 2,041 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Seth Bloom (D)
2021
See also: City elections in New Orleans, Louisiana (2021)
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.
General election
General election for New Orleans City Council District C
Freddie King III defeated Stephanie Bridges in the general election for New Orleans City Council District C on December 11, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Freddie King III (D) | 62.2 | 6,390 |
 | Stephanie Bridges (D) | 37.8 | 3,885 | |
| Total votes: 10,275 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for New Orleans City Council District C
The following candidates ran in the primary for New Orleans City Council District C on November 13, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Freddie King III (D) | 44.0 | 5,804 |
| ✔ | | Stephanie Bridges (D) | 15.7 | 2,069 |
 | Frank Perez (D) | 11.6 | 1,532 | |
| Alonzo Knox (D) | 11.2 | 1,477 | |
 | Stephen Mosgrove (D) | 9.1 | 1,199 | |
| Barbara Waiters (D) | 5.2 | 688 | |
| Vincent Milligan Jr. (No party preference) | 3.2 | 416 | |
| Total votes: 13,185 | |||
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Campaign themes
2023
Regular election
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Special election
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2021
Alonzo Knox completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Knox's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Alonzo Knox is a Louisiana native and Marine Combat Veteran who fought in Operation Desert Storm. He went on to obtain a Law Enforcement and Political Science Degree from Southern University Baton Rouge and an MBA from Trinity University. He is the owner of Backatown Coffee Parlour with his wife of 18 years, Jessica. He has experience in government at the National, State, and local level serving as the Legislative Correspondent for U.S. Senator John Breaux in his DC Office. He worked with then State Representative Sharon Weston Broome (now Baton Rouge Mayor). He also was a local City Commissioner on the New Orleans Historic Districts Landmark Commission. He is a long-term resident of Treme in District C and co-founded the Treme Fall Festival to preserve culture and the Marketplace at Armstrong Park to address food deserts after Hurricane Katrina. He will be laser focused on reducing crime and preserving our community.
- Reduce and Solve Crime - New Orleans has one of the lowest crime clearance rates for cities of our size. Our forensic programs are severely underdeveloped with important modern policing tools like DNA testing labs, ballistic testing equipment, and rape kit testing being underfunded, understaffed, or in the case of DNA Testing, nonexistent. As someone with a degree in Law Enforcement, I want to work to urgently utilize funds from the American Recovery Act to create modern crime solving capacity for our city. Victims of crime deserve justice, and falsely accused New Orleans residents deserve to be exonerated – forensics can do both of those things.
- Implement Mental Health and Addiction Crisis Outreach Teams - New Orleans has a mental health and substance abuse crisis. Many calls regarding this crisis have to be manned by NOPD which keeps them from handling and solving violent crimes. I will work to provide funding so that 911 calls regarding mental health and substance abuse issues should be routed to paramedics, mental health/substance abuse clinicians and peer specialists.
- Creation of the Office of Nightlife and Culture - The Office of Nightlife and Culture would be based on similar offices in cities like New York and San Francisco and would be tasked with after 5pm permitting, code enforcement, and supporting our small businesses and culture bearers. The commission would also handle noise complaints in a way that respects our neighbors’ right to sleep and peace but also protects the cities right to music and cultural celebrations. The office would also handle permits for cultural events, such as secondlines, and would streamline the current lengthy permitting process.
As a Veteran and a former Readjustment Specialist at the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) who worked hard to help homeless veterans, I am very passionate about targeting the root causes of homelessness and crime. With my experience at VA and my previous experience as the Community Engagement Director at New Orleans Police and Justice Folundation coupled with my law enforcement degree, I will be laser focused on addressing those root causes including providing more mental health resources, substance abuse resources, and funding better technology to fight and solve crime. These resources can truly help preserve our community by rehabilitating citizens and making neighborhoods safe.
District C which includes the Central Business District, Algiers, French Quarter, Marigny, Treme, St. Roch and Bywater neighborhoods are the financial and cultural base of New Orleans.
Elected officials must have a background of service with integrity and humility. So many officials want to be more to be seen as a winner or as somebody without a desire to do more for others. Officials have to be able to showcase humility by accepting criticism graciously similar to someone who owns a business. Criticism may sting but it can most often bring about better solutions. Officials should also have integrity to build trust in the community by working hard to do what they propose.
Represent the people of District C so that they can live in safe, thriving neighborhoods.
Ronald Reagan was shot when I was about 10 years old.
At the age of 15 I started working at McDonalds and worked there for 3 years.
Because District C is New Orleans financial, business, and cultural base, whomever holds the District C Council seat must be well versed in business with a keen understanding of financial practices and concerns of businesses and they must also understand the many cultural aspects that must be preserved and balance this with residents quality of life.
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2023
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 20, 2021
- ↑ Louisiana House of Representatives, "State Representative Alonzo L. Knox," accessed April 10, 2023
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| Preceded by Royce Duplessis (D) |
Louisiana House of Representatives District 93 2023-Present |
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