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Jefferson Hughes
Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court · 5th District
Background: Hughes clerked for Judge Frank Polozola and was an attorney in private practice before becoming a judge.
At a glance
- Court
- Louisiana Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- 5th District
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Elected (first elected 2012)
- Appointed by
- Not applicable (elected)
- Appointment date
- Not applicable (elected)
- Took office
- February 1, 2013
- Current term ends
- December 31, 2028
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 6, 2018
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Republican
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Mild Republican (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: Louisiana State University
- Law: Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
- Prior offices
- Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 3rd District Division C (Successor: Ernest G. Drake)
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Partisan electionVoters elect the justices; candidates' party labels appear on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on Jefferson Hughes’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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