He assumed office in 2015. His current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Beau Higginbotham won election outright against Joe Prokop in the special primary for Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court Section 3 Division C on October 12, 2019. There were no incumbents in this race.
See also: Municipal elections in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana (2019) 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.
Higginbotham ran for election to the 19th Judicial District.#N#Primary: He was successful in the primary on November 4, 2014, receiving 29.0 percent of the vote. He competed against Cleveland Coon, Mike Davis (Louisiana), R. Chris Oetjens, and Jamie Morain Zanovec.#N#General: He defeated Cleveland Coon in the general election on December 6, 2014, receiving 52 percent of the vote.
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Judge Beau Higginbotham has 30 days to amend the lawsuit he filed in December against East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court Doug Welborn. Welborn had told Higginbotham that he lacked the authority to assign civil cases to the criminal court judge after a majority of Higginbotham's fellow 19th JDC judges passed him over for a civil seat on ...
Higginbotham was elected to the 19th JDC Division M seat in fall 2014, then to the Division C seat nearer to his home in fall 2019. A majority of Higginbotham's colleagues decided he lost his seniority on the court when he switched criminal divisions, and lost his right to lay claim to Clark's old civil seat.
Higginbotham is the son of former 1st Circuit Judge Toni Higginbotham and ex-19th JDC Judge Leo Higginbotham.
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