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Webster Parish

Local election results for Saturday, October 22, 1983. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.

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Sheriff

Royce "Doc" McMahen (Democrat) won with 63.9% of the vote.

  • Royce "Doc" McMahen DemocratElected

    63.9% 11,090 votes

  • T. C. Bloxom, Jr. DemocratDefeated

    25.5% 4,425 votes

  • Dick Thomas DemocratDefeated

    10.5% 1,828 votes

17,343 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 1

No one got a majority, so Wayne J. King (Democrat) and Tylon Blanton (Democrat) went to a runoff.

  • Wayne J. King DemocratIn runoff

    44.2% 741 votes

  • Tylon Blanton DemocratIn runoff

    38.7% 649 votes

  • Duane Wise DemocratDefeated

    17.0% 285 votes

1,675 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 2

No one got a majority, so Gerald B. Smith (Democrat) and Cotis Markray (Democrat) went to a runoff.

  • Gerald B. Smith DemocratIn runoff

    47.6% 569 votes

  • Cotis Markray DemocratIn runoff

    30.4% 363 votes

  • Ray Mills DemocratDefeated

    22.0% 263 votes

1,195 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 3

John M. Blake, Jr. (Democrat) won with 58.9% of the vote.

  • John M. Blake, Jr. DemocratElected

    58.9% 861 votes

  • Pat Benson DemocratDefeated

    41.1% 602 votes

1,463 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 4

No one got a majority, so Joe Pearce (Democrat) and Robert L. Slack (Democrat) went to a runoff.

  • Joe Pearce DemocratIn runoff

    26.4% 393 votes

  • Robert L. Slack DemocratIn runoff

    25.9% 385 votes

  • Morris G. Guin DemocratDefeated

    24.6% 366 votes

  • Wayne Thrash DemocratDefeated

    20.6% 307 votes

  • Charles R. Cheatham DemocratDefeated

    2.6% 38 votes

1,489 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 5

No one got a majority, so C. C. "Cat" Cox (Democrat) and Claude W. Smith (Democrat) went to a runoff.

  • C. C. "Cat" Cox DemocratIn runoff

    34.5% 518 votes

  • Claude W. Smith DemocratIn runoff

    33.3% 500 votes

  • Gus T. Adams DemocratDefeated

    19.4% 291 votes

  • Eddy Rowton DemocratDefeated

    12.7% 191 votes

1,500 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 6

"Bill" Robertson (Democrat) won with 51.6% of the vote.

  • "Bill" Robertson DemocratElected

    51.6% 682 votes

  • F. M. Liles DemocratDefeated

    27.6% 365 votes

  • Melba Lewis DemocratDefeated

    20.7% 274 votes

1,321 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 10

Rev. E. T. Brown (Democrat) won with 54.0% of the vote.

  • Rev. E. T. Brown DemocratElected

    54.0% 371 votes

  • Prentiss "Plume" Baker DemocratDefeated

    46.0% 316 votes

687 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 11

Glen Warren (Democrat) won with 84.7% of the vote.

  • Glen Warren DemocratElected

    84.7% 1,203 votes

  • Randel Grice DemocratDefeated

    15.3% 217 votes

1,420 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 12

No one got a majority, so Roy D. Hale (Democrat) and "Hal" Montgomery (Democrat) went to a runoff.

  • Roy D. Hale DemocratIn runoff

    47.3% 665 votes

  • "Hal" Montgomery DemocratIn runoff

    38.0% 534 votes

  • Lamar Morgan DemocratDefeated

    14.7% 207 votes

1,406 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 Webster Parish: Thomas G. "Tom" Clausen 62.1%, J. Kelly Nix 37.9%.

  • Thomas G. "Tom" Clausen DemocratElected

    54.5% 765,507 votes

  • J. Kelly Nix DemocratDefeated

    45.5% 638,914 votes

1,404,421 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishThomas G. "Tom" ClausenJ. Kelly NixTurnout
Acadia Parish52.0%12,50248.0%11,524
Allen Parish57.0%5,30143.0%3,999
Ascension Parish54.2%10,95745.8%9,265
Assumption Parish54.5%4,82345.5%4,032
Avoyelles Parish59.8%9,76540.2%6,575
Beauregard Parish61.1%6,78238.9%4,321
Bienville Parish67.8%5,08632.2%2,414
Bossier Parish55.8%12,65844.2%10,036
Caddo Parish52.0%37,10248.0%34,213
Calcasieu Parish58.3%35,22641.7%25,156
Caldwell Parish53.0%2,67947.0%2,372
Cameron Parish56.0%2,26544.0%1,783
Catahoula Parish49.0%2,69051.0%2,796
Claiborne Parish64.0%3,69936.0%2,077
Concordia Parish52.4%4,47847.6%4,060
De Soto Parish55.1%5,07444.9%4,141
East Baton Rouge Parish56.7%71,84243.3%54,832
East Carroll Parish52.4%2,04147.6%1,857
East Feliciana Parish54.9%3,72645.1%3,058
Evangeline Parish65.0%9,22135.0%4,960
Franklin Parish59.2%5,70640.8%3,932
Grant Parish63.2%4,76036.8%2,775
Iberia Parish54.2%13,24245.8%11,190
Iberville Parish57.4%7,91242.6%5,880
Jackson Parish53.9%3,82146.1%3,266
Jefferson Davis Parish57.5%7,41942.5%5,475
Jefferson Parish48.7%59,51651.3%62,782
Lafayette Parish60.8%31,54239.2%20,343
Lafourche Parish56.7%16,06343.3%12,273
LaSalle Parish59.2%3,99640.8%2,759
Lincoln Parish57.9%6,88442.1%5,006
Livingston Parish61.2%15,59338.8%9,905
Madison Parish55.0%5,42245.0%4,431
Morehouse Parish50.0%5,53550.0%5,534
Natchitoches Parish50.3%6,25049.7%6,168
Orleans Parish45.8%70,06254.2%83,053
Ouachita Parish53.3%22,20346.7%19,436
Plaquemines Parish63.8%5,72536.2%3,251
Pointe Coupee Parish54.3%5,27545.7%4,448
Rapides Parish62.7%26,66537.3%15,891
Red River Parish00
Richland Parish52.4%4,24547.6%3,855
Sabine Parish56.8%5,00643.2%3,804
St. Bernard Parish46.6%12,75553.4%14,612
St. Charles Parish52.0%7,66948.0%7,078
St. Helena Parish57.4%2,61742.6%1,941
St. James Parish60.0%5,64940.0%3,762
St. John the Baptist Parish49.2%6,52550.8%6,728
St. Landry Parish59.0%17,45641.0%12,111
St. Martin Parish43.6%6,47556.4%8,391
St. Mary Parish73.8%15,72226.2%5,574
St. Tammany Parish51.2%20,12648.8%19,162
Tangipahoa Parish56.0%16,85444.0%13,224
Tensas Parish70.4%2,35529.6%989
Terrebonne Parish61.0%17,44339.0%11,141
Union Parish61.6%5,24738.4%3,267
Vermilion Parish55.9%11,68044.1%9,215
Vernon Parish55.4%6,76044.6%5,437
Washington Parish44.6%7,32155.4%9,083
Webster Parish62.1%10,05237.9%6,132
West Baton Rouge Parish49.6%3,96750.4%4,035
West Carroll Parish46.4%2,42153.6%2,801
West Feliciana Parish41.5%1,50258.5%2,114
Winn Parish56.6%4,15243.4%3,189