2019 Louisiana precinct and election results shapefile.

## RDH Date retrieval
12/29/2020

## Sources
Election results from LA Secretary of State (https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/)
Precinct shapefiles from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program Phase 2 release.

## Fields metadata

Vote Column Label Format
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Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is:
G16PREDCli
The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, S for a special, and R for a runoff.
Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election.
Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below).
Character 7 represents the party of the candidate.
Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name.

Office Codes
AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture
ATG - Attorney General
AUD - Auditor
GOV - Governor
LTG - Lieutenant Governor
INS - Insurance Commissioner
SOS - Secretary of State
TRE - Treasurer

Party Codes
D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively.
See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states.

## Fields
G19GOVRRIS - "Eddie" Rispone (Republican Party)
G19GOVRABR - Ralph Abraham (Republican Party)
G19GOVRLAN - Patrick "Live Wire" Landry (Republican Party)
G19GOVDEDW - John Bel Edwards (Democratic Party)
G19GOVDDAN - Oscar "Omar" Dantzler (Democratic Party)
G19GOVILAN - Gary Landrieu (Independent)

G19LTGRNUN - William "Billy" Nungesser (Republican Party)
G19LTGDJON - Willie Jones (Democratic Party)

G19SOSRARD - Kyle Ardoin (Republican Party)
G19SOSRKEN - Thomas J. Kennedy III (Republican Party)
G19SOSRSMI - Amanda "Jennings" Smith (Republican Party)
G19SOSDCOL - "Gwen" Collins-Greenup (Democratic Party)

G19ATGRLAN - "Jeff" Landry (Republican Party)
G19ARGDJAC - "Ike" Jackson, Jr. (Democratic Party)

G19TRERSCH - John M. Schroder (Republican Party)
G19TREDEDW - Derrick Edwards (Democratic Party)
G19TRENKEN - Teresa Kenny (No Party)

G19AGRRSTR - Michael G. "Mike" Strain (Republican Party)
G19AGRRZAU - Bradley Zaunbrecher (Republican Party)
G19AGRDGR1 - Marguerite Green (Democratic Party)
G19AGRDGR2 - "Charlie" Greer (Democratic Party)
G19AGRDWIL - Peter Williams (Democratic Party)

G19INSRDON - James J. "Jim" Donelon (Republican Party)
G19INSRTEM - "Tim" Temple (Republican Party)

R19GOVRRIS - "Eddie" Rispone (Republican Party)
R19GOVDEDW - John Bel Edwards (Democratic Party)

R19SOSRARD - Kyle Ardoin (Republican Party)
R19SOSDCOL - "Gwen" Collins-Greenup (Democratic Party)

## Processing Steps
Early votes were reported at the parish level. These were distributed by candidate to precincts based on their share of the precinct-level reported vote.
Election results from the following parishes include "alpha" precincts in which voters within the same geographic boundaries are assigned to separate precincts by the first letter of their surname: Ascension, Assumption, Bossier, Caddo, East Baton Rouge, Lafourche, Rapides, St. Charles, St. Landry, Terrebonne
The following precincts were modified to reflect alterations enacted prior to the 2018 election:

Avoyelles: Merge 2-5B/6-1A
Plaquemines: Merge 2-1/2-2, 4-1/4-2, 5-1/5-2
St. Charles: Merge 2-6/2-7, 3-1/3-6, 3-3/3-4, 6-2/6-3, 6-4/6-5
Vermilion: Split 49B-1/49B-2
West Baton Rouge: Split 2-A/2-B; 11-A/11-B