Rob Maness
Rob Maness was a 2017 Republican special election candidate for District 77 of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Maness was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Louisiana. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2016.[1] Maness was a Republican candidate for the United States Senate in Louisiana in the 2014 elections.[2] Rob Maness lost the general election on November 4, 2014.[3]
Biography
Education:[3]
- University of Tampa
- Harvard University's Kennedy School
- Air Command and Staff College
- U.S. College of Naval Warfare
Career
Maness retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2011.[3]
Elections
2017
A primary election for the position of Louisiana House of Representatives District 77 was called for October 14, 2017. A general election was held on November 18, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 14, 2017.[4]
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.
The seat became vacant following John Schroder's (R) resignation on June 16, 2017, at the end of the 2017 legislative session.[5]
Rob Maness (R), Casey Revere (R), Mark Wright (R), and Lisa Condrey Ward (no party) faced off in the primary election.[6][7] Since none of the candidates received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters in the primary election, Maness and Wright, faced off in the general election. According to official results, Wright defeated Maness in the general election with 58 percent of the vote. Maness received 42 percent of the vote.[8]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 77, General Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Mark Wright |
58.1% | 4,368 | |
| Republican | Rob Maness | 41.9% | 3,154 | |
| Total Votes | 7,522 | |||
| Source: Official results - Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 77, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Rob Maness (advanced to general election) |
36.6% | 3,126 | |
| Republican | Mark Wright (advanced to general election) |
24.9% | 2,125 | |
| No party | Lisa Condrey Ward | 20.9% | 1,785 | |
| Republican | Casey Revere | 17.5% | 1,494 | |
| Total Votes | 8,530 | |||
| Source: Official results - Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Louisiana's U.S. Senate race as safely Republican. The seat was open following incumbent David Vitter's decision to retire. A total of 24 candidates filed to run and competed in the primary election on November 8, 2016. John Kennedy (R) and Foster Campbell (D) took the top two spots in the election, advancing to the general election on December 10, 2016. Kennedy subsequently defeated Campbell in the general election.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Kennedy |
60.7% | 536,191 | |
| Democratic | Foster Campbell | 39.3% | 347,816 | |
| Total Votes | 884,007 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Kennedy |
25% | 482,591 | |
| Democratic | Foster Campbell |
17.5% | 337,833 | |
| Republican | Charles Boustany | 15.4% | 298,008 | |
| Democratic | Caroline Fayard | 12.5% | 240,917 | |
| Republican | John Fleming | 10.6% | 204,026 | |
| Republican | Rob Maness | 4.7% | 90,856 | |
| Republican | David Duke | 3% | 58,606 | |
| Democratic | Derrick Edwards | 2.7% | 51,774 | |
| Democratic | Gary Landrieu | 2.4% | 45,587 | |
| Republican | Donald Crawford | 1.3% | 25,523 | |
| Republican | Joseph Cao | 1.1% | 21,019 | |
| Independent | Beryl Billiot | 1% | 19,352 | |
| Libertarian | Thomas Clements | 0.6% | 11,370 | |
| Independent | Troy Hebert | 0.5% | 9,503 | |
| Democratic | Josh Pellerin | 0.4% | 7,395 | |
| Democratic | Peter Williams | 0.4% | 6,855 | |
| Democratic | Vinny Mendoza | 0.3% | 4,927 | |
| Independent | Kaitlin Marone | 0.2% | 4,108 | |
| Libertarian | Le Roy Gillam | 0.2% | 4,067 | |
| Republican | Charles Marsala | 0.2% | 3,684 | |
| Independent | Arden Wells | 0.1% | 1,483 | |
| Independent | Bob Lang | 0.1% | 1,424 | |
| Independent | Gregory Taylor | 0.1% | 1,151 | |
| Total Votes | 1,932,059 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
2014
Maness ran for the United States Senate in the 2014 elections.[3] Maness announced his candidacy on May 13, 2013.
He sought the backing of the Senate Conservatives Fund (SCF), a group that backs conservative primary challengers in Senate races, which he said was “a strong supporter of my campaign.”[10][11]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mary Landrieu Incumbent |
42.1% | 619,402 | |
| Democratic | Wayne Ables | 0.8% | 11,323 | |
| Democratic | Vallian Senegal | 0.3% | 3,831 | |
| Democratic | William Waymire Jr. | 0.3% | 4,673 | |
| Republican | Bill Cassidy |
41% | 603,084 | |
| Republican | Rob Maness | 13.8% | 202,556 | |
| Republican | Thomas Clements | 1% | 14,173 | |
| Libertarian | Brannon Lee McMorris | 0.9% | 13,034 | |
| Total Votes | 1,472,076 | |||
| Source: Mary Landrieu and Bill Cassidy headed to a runoff election on December 6, 2014. Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
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Personal
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Maness and his wife have five children and two grandchildren.[3]
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See also
- Louisiana House of Representatives
- Louisiana House of Representatives District 77
- Louisiana state legislative special elections, 2017
- Louisiana State Legislature
- United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2016
- United States Senate
- United States Senate elections in Louisiana, 2014
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- Financial (federal level):
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Footnotes
- ↑ National Journal, "Rob Maness Files for Louisiana Senate Race," December 8, 2015
- ↑ The Times-Picayune, "Sen. Mary Landrieu's new challenger: Air Force veteran from Madisonville" accessed May 17, 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The Times-Picayune, "Sen. Mary Landrieu's new challenger: Air Force veteran from Madisonville" accessed May 17, 2013
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2017 elections," accessed June 27, 2017
- ↑ Advocate, "Covington Rep. John Schroder to leave the Louisiana House and focus on state treasurer's race," June 6, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official results - October 14, 2017," accessed October 14, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed July 17, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official results - November 18, 2017," accessed November 18, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed July 25, 2016
- ↑ The Hill, "GOP Senate fortunes get boost with Cassidy's Louisiana fundraising haul" accessed July 22, 2013
- ↑ The Hill, "Second Republican enters race for Mary Landrieu's seat" accessed July 22, 2013
