District Attorney, 19th Judicial District

🏛️ What the job does

The district attorney is the state's prosecutor in the 19th Judicial District, which is all of East Baton Rouge Parish. The office has charge of criminal prosecutions brought by the state in the district, represents the state before the grand jury, and serves as its legal adviser there. Louisiana's constitution sets the term at six years, and the district attorney is elected by the district's voters in an open primary. Next election: November 2026.