New Orleans voters officially tapped "jailhouse lawyer" Calvin Duncan as their new Criminal District Clerk of Court in Saturday's unexpectedly fascinating race. Why it matters: The votes in that race and several others mark the end of Louisiana's 2025 elections.

Calvin Duncan is now in charge of keeping the records of the very office that stonewalled him from getting his own when he was fighting his conviction in court.

A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city's chief criminal court record keeper.