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  "citation": "R.S. 18:452",
  "heading": "Classification of candidates",
  "text": "Candidates are classified according to the character of the office they seek and are designated as follows:\n\n(1) State candidates are candidates for offices voted on throughout the state or throughout a congressional district, justice of the supreme court, judge of a court of appeal, and candidates for membership on a state board or commission.\n\n(2) Local candidates are candidates for the state legislature and other district offices not included in Paragraph (1) of this Section; parochial offices, including the office of parish judge; and ward offices.\n\n(3) Municipal candidates are candidates for city, town, and village offices.",
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      "name": "LOUISIANA ELECTION CODE"
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      "name": "PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTIONS"
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      "number": "IV",
      "name": "CANDIDATES"
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.",
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