Julie Skinner Stokes (born January 23, 1970) is an American politician and Certified Public Accountant who served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for the 79th district from 2013 to 2020.
[2] On March 2, 2013, Stokes won a special election to the Louisiana House to succeed fellow Republican Tony Ligi, who resigned from office to become director of the Jefferson Business Council.
Allison Bent Bowler, the chief financial officer at Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans received nine percent of the vote.
[7] On November 6, 2018, Stokes finished in fifth place with 163,769 votes (11 percent) in the special election to fill the position of secretary of state, vacated by Republican Tom Schedler.
The two top vote-getters, Republican interim secretary Kyle Ardoin and Democrat Gwen Collins-Greenup, met in a December 8 runoff contest.