Assessor
Curtis M. Thomas (Democrat) won with 64.6% of the vote.
17,225 votes cast.
Washington Parish
Local election results for Saturday, October 22, 1983. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.
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Parish offices
Police Juror, District 1
No one got a majority, so Dennis M. Kates (Democrat) and Rodney Brown (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,022 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 2
No one got a majority, so Andrew Moses (Democrat) and Chris Jenkins (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,077 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 3
No one got a majority, so Melvin Keith (Democrat) and Stanley L. Stevenson (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,010 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 4
No one got a majority, so Johnny D. Crain (Democrat) and Werth Harris (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,312 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 5
Elbert "Blinker" Carrier (Democrat) won with 50.7% of the vote.
1,210 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 6
No one got a majority, so Tilmer R. Morris (Democrat) and John Dodds (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,310 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 7
No one got a majority, so Herbert Dicharry (Democrat) and Ellis J. Adams (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,068 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 8
No one got a majority, so Wilfred Jarrell (Democrat) and Billy W. Rester (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,566 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 9
Hershel Kennedy (Democrat) won with 52.5% of the vote.
1,338 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 10
No one got a majority, so Monroe McElveen (Democrat) and Leroy Nielson (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,462 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 11
No one got a majority, so R. L. "Pete" Simmons (Democrat) and Nathan J. Forrest (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,469 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 12
No one got a majority, so John K. Waskom (Democrat) and C. W. Penny, Jr. (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,545 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 13
No one got a majority, so Houston Stafford (Democrat) and James Ed Newman (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,316 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 14
Matthew Tate (Democrat) won with 54.0% of the vote.
996 votes cast.
State Legislature
State Senator, 12th Senatorial District
B. B. "Sixty" Rayburn (Democrat) won with 79.1% of the vote.
This race covers 4 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Washington Parish: B. B. "Sixty" Rayburn 82.1%, Roy Crawford 17.9%, Roland P. Young 0.0%.
40,902 votes cast.
Courts and judges
Justice of the Peace, Justice of the Peace Ward 2
Larry Miller (Democrat) won with 55.4% of the vote.
767 votes cast.
Justice of the Peace, Justice of the Peace Ward 5
O. L. "Jack" Knight (Democrat) won with 69.0% of the vote.
1,296 votes cast.
Justice of the Peace, Justice of the Peace Ward 6
Milfred Creel (Democrat) won with 67.7% of the vote.
983 votes cast.
Justice of the Peace, Justice of the Peace Ward 7
James D. McKenzie (Democrat) won with 61.1% of the vote.
1,339 votes cast.
Justice of the Peace, Justice of the Peace Ward 8
Jack Whaley (Democrat) won with 64.4% of the vote.
1,278 votes cast.
Constable, Justice of the Peace Ward 1
No one got a majority, so Darwin Sharp (Democrat) and Terry Morgan (Democrat) went to a runoff.
709 votes cast.
Constable, Justice of the Peace Ward 3
No one got a majority, so H. A. "Red" McCain (Democrat) and Randall Harvey Byrant (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,531 votes cast.
Constable, Justice of the Peace Ward 5
Charlie P. Thomas (Democrat) won with 67.0% of the vote.
1,281 votes cast.
Constable, Justice of the Peace Ward 9
No one got a majority, so James R. Bryant (Democrat) and Kenneth "Buster" Roberts (Democrat) went to a runoff.
570 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 Washington Parish: Thomas G. "Tom" Clausen 44.6%, J. Kelly Nix 55.4%.
1,404,421 votes cast.