Sheriff
Kenneth Goss (Democrat) won with 54.6% of the vote.
27,236 votes cast.
Acadia Parish
Local election results for Saturday, October 22, 1983. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.
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Parish offices
Assessor
Russel L. Benoit (Democrat) won with 51.7% of the vote.
25,466 votes cast.
Coroner
Mark H. Dawson (Democrat) won with 61.9% of the vote.
25,428 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 2
D. J. Dupuis (Democrat) won with 55.0% of the vote.
1,443 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 3
Homer Scheufens (Democrat) won with 58.3% of the vote.
1,365 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 5
Joe Baronet (Democrat) won with 51.3% of the vote.
1,969 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 6
No one got a majority, so Paul Marx (Democrat) and Katry Martin (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,392 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 7
Emerson P. Abshire (Democrat) won with 57.3% of the vote.
1,768 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 8
LeRoy Breaux (Democrat) won with 56.2% of the vote.
1,948 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 9
John "Tyrone" Julian (Democrat) won with 52.2% of the vote.
1,415 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 11
No one got a majority, so John K. Meyer (Democrat) and Charles Arceneaux (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,841 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 13
Clarence L. Richard (Democrat) won with 50.4% of the vote.
1,645 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 14
No one got a majority, so Claude Courville (Democrat) and Geroge Herbert Francois, Sr. (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,736 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 15
Gerald W. Fruge (Democrat) won with 59.5% of the vote.
2,009 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 16
No one got a majority, so Larry Regan (Democrat) and Jake Trahan (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,846 votes cast.
State Legislature
State Representative, 41st Representative District
Dale Sitting (Democrat) won with 50.3% of the vote.
This race covers 3 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Acadia Parish: Dale Sitting 46.0%, Roy Wimberley 54.0%.
17,987 votes cast.
State Representative, 42nd Representative District
Donald J. Thibodeaux (Democrat) won with 61.0% of the vote.
This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Acadia Parish: Donald J. Thibodeaux 60.7%, John A. Foux 16.5%, Joseph "Tater" Signorelli, Jr. 17.9%, Lawrence "Val" Vallery, Jr. 4.8%.
17,496 votes cast.
Courts and judges
District Judge, 15th Judicial District Court, Division K
Bennett J. Gautreaux (Democrat) won with 68.7% of the vote.
This race covers 3 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Acadia Parish: Bennett J. Gautreaux 64.8%, Sylvia Cooks 35.2%.
100,802 votes cast.
Justice of the Peace, Justice of the Peace Ward 2
Berchman Perrodin (Democrat) won with 69.5% of the vote.
1,487 votes cast.
Justice of the Peace, Justice of the Peace Ward 3
Elton "Bee" Cormier (Democrat) won with 57.9% of the vote.
3,662 votes cast.
Justice of the Peace, Justice of the Peace Ward 7
Geneva L. Fontenot (Democrat) won with 63.2% of the vote.
1,387 votes cast.
Constable, Justice of the Peace Ward 2
No one got a majority, so Valjene "Geno" Richard (Democrat) and James Curtis Meche, Sr. (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,580 votes cast.
Constable, Justice of the Peace Ward 3
Ferdie "To To" Barousse (Democrat) won with 55.0% of the vote.
3,546 votes cast.
Constable, Justice of the Peace Ward 7
A. B. Savoy (Democrat) won with 53.2% of the vote.
1,313 votes cast.
Other races
Education Superintendent
Thomas G. "Tom" Clausen (Democrat) won with 54.5% of the vote.
This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Acadia Parish: Thomas G. "Tom" Clausen 52.0%, J. Kelly Nix 48.0%.
1,404,421 votes cast.