Sheriff
L. R. "Pop" Hataway (Democrat) won with 56.7% of the vote.
8,151 votes cast.
Local election results for Saturday, October 22, 1983. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.
L. R. "Pop" Hataway (Democrat) won with 56.7% of the vote.
8,151 votes cast.
Isaac L. "Bud" Nugent (Democrat) won with 90.0% of the vote.
200 votes cast.
No one got a majority, so Thomas "Bud" Brady (Democrat) and W. L. Rambo (Democrat) went to a runoff.
This race covers 3 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Grant Parish: Thomas "Bud" Brady 27.3%, W. L. Rambo 37.4%, Richard Thompson 31.3%, Darrel Thaxton 3.9%.
17,845 votes cast.
No one got a majority, so Rodney Dowty (Democrat) and Ima Marie Dubois (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,087 votes cast.
No one got a majority, so Ora C. O'Quinn (Democrat) and Carmen "Betsy" James (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,008 votes cast.
No one got a majority, so Reginald Dryden (Democrat) and Roger E. Davis (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,020 votes cast.
Donald C. Bankston II (Democrat) won with 56.9% of the vote.
436 votes cast.
No one got a majority, so T. A. "Thomas" Chelette (Democrat) and Wayne Gongre (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,098 votes cast.
Billy Chelette (Democrat) won with 62.5% of the vote.
1,068 votes cast.
Gary Woodard (Democrat) won with 50.9% of the vote.
1,006 votes cast.
Ronnie W. Maxey (Democrat) won with 65.7% of the vote.
984 votes cast.
D. B. "Butch" Armstrong (Democrat) won with 61.0% of the vote.
726 votes cast.
Preston H. Mosley (Democrat) won with 54.1% of the vote.
434 votes cast.
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 Grant Parish: Thomas G. "Tom" Clausen 63.2%, J. Kelly Nix 36.8%.
1,404,421 votes cast.