BATON ROUGE, La. (5/14/2026) — Three Louisiana elected officials are facing recall efforts after petitions were filed with the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office.
The Louisiana recall petitions target Governor Jeff Landry, Attorney General Liz Murrill, and East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards. Baton Rouge community advocate Marian Gbaiwon Hills filed all three efforts.
Under Louisiana law, registered voters can begin the recall process against elected officials. Organizers must collect enough valid signatures within 180 days to trigger a recall election.
State records show no recall effort against a statewide elected official in Louisiana has successfully triggered an election since 1966.
Sid Edwards
The first recall petition filed this year targeted East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards. Hills filed the petition on Jan. 30.
According to the petition, organizers accuse Edwards of failing to provide effective leadership and administration within parish government. The petition also claims Edwards failed to demonstrate transparency and accountability to residents.
Organizers argue Edwards has not acted consistently in the best interest of East Baton Rouge Parish residents. They claim those concerns caused a loss of public confidence in his office.
East Baton Rouge Parish Registrar of Voters Steve Raborn said organizers must collect 47,297 valid signatures. That total represents 20 percent of the parish’s active voting population.
The completed petition must be submitted within 180 days of filing. The deadline falls near the end of July.
After organizers submit signatures, the registrar’s office must certify them before forwarding the petition to the governor. If enough valid signatures are confirmed, the governor must issue an election proclamation within 15 days.
Edwards responded publicly to the recall effort earlier this year. He described the petition as a distraction from progress made by his administration.
“This is just the latest attempt to distract from the fact that in my first year in office we recorded the lowest number of homicides in six years, helped more than 100 homeless individuals off the streets and into rehabilitation, and removed more blight than at any point in our parish’s history,” Edwards said.
Edwards also defended his administration’s direction moving forward.
“I promise the citizens of East Baton Rouge Parish that we are going to keep pushing forward and making progress each and every day,” he said.
Jeff Landry
Hills also launched a statewide recall effort against Governor Jeff Landry.
The petition accuses Landry of promoting policies and rhetoric that organizers say undermine fair representation across Louisiana.
The petition also claims the governor’s priorities focus more on punishment than meaningful community solutions. Organizers argue his actions do not align with the needs of Louisiana residents.
Louisiana law requires organizers to collect signatures from 20 percent of registered voters statewide within 180 days. According to the Secretary of State’s Office, organizers would need approximately 500,884 valid signatures.
If enough signatures are certified, the Secretary of State would oversee the recall election process because the governor is the target of the petition.
Former Governors John Bel Edwards, Bobby Jindal, and Kathleen Blanco all faced recall attempts during their time in office. None of those efforts gathered enough signatures to move forward.
As of this article, Landry has not publicly issued a statement regarding the recall effort.
Liz Murrill
Attorney General Liz Murrill is now the third Louisiana elected official facing a recall petition.
Hills filed the petition against Murrill on May 13. The Secretary of State’s Office confirmed the petition has been accepted.
According to the filing, organizers accuse Murrill of lacking fairness and accountability while using taxpayer dollars to push personal political and religious agendas.
The petition also criticizes Murrill over efforts involving religion in public schools, voting concerns in majority-Black communities, and women’s healthcare decisions.
Organizers must collect signatures from 20 percent of Louisiana’s registered voters within 180 days. According to the Secretary of State’s Office, that equals approximately 500,884 valid signatures.
Once signatures are submitted, parish registrars across Louisiana must verify and certify each signature before a recall election can move forward.
As of this article, Murrill has not publicly issued a statement regarding the recall effort.
If any of the current recall efforts fail, Louisiana law prevents another recall petition against the same elected official for 18 months.
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