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Criminal District Court · Section D · Re-Election 2026

Kimya Holmes

Judge, Criminal Court, Section D ◆ Re-Election Campaign

20 years a trial lawyer. 85 jury trials as counsel. 100 jury trials presided since taking the bench in 2021. More criminal jury trials than any judge in Louisiana in 2024 and 2025. New Orleans native. One unwavering standard for every case that comes before her.

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Judge Kimya M. Holmes in the courtroom in front of the Louisiana state seal
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About the Judge

An Efficient & Proven
Judge Already
Doing the Work

Judge Kimya M. Holmes is a New Orleans native, a 1992 graduate of Eleanor McMain Magnet School, and a 2000 graduate of Southern University Law Center. She brought two decades of trial work to the bench in 2021 and now seeks re-election after a first term marked by sustained trial volume, demanding caseloads, and measured rulings.

Before the robe, Holmes served as an Orleans Parish Assistant District Attorney. Then capital defense as senior staff at the Capital Defense Project of Southeast Louisiana. First Chair qualified in capital cases. Federal CJA Panel. The kind of preparation Section D was built on.

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The Bench in Numbers

What Five Years on
Section D Looks Like.

A working courtroom. A docket that moves. A judge who already knew how to try a case before she ever heard one.

01

100+ Jury Trials
Presided Since 2021

More criminal jury trials than any judge in the State of Louisiana in 2024 and 2025.

02

Drug Court
That Works

Section D runs a high-risk, high-need Drug Court program serving the population the criminal justice system most often fails.

03

Second-Lowest
Jail Population

Section D carries the second-lowest jail population in Criminal District Court. Bond decisions made with care. Dockets that move.

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The Coalition

The Names That Stood
With Judge Holmes

Dozens of leaders, civic organizations, and labor and faith communities endorsed Judge Holmes in her first election. The 2026 coalition is being built on the same foundation.

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