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Election day is Tuesday, November 3

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On the ballot: U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and proposed constitutional amendments, plus local races in some areas.

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St. Tammany Parish

Local election results for Saturday, November 19, 1983. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.

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Police Juror, District 6

Gary Singletary (Democrat) won with 60.7% of the vote.

  • Gary Singletary DemocratElected

    60.7% 1,446 votes

  • M. P. "Prentiss" Blackwell DemocratDefeated

    39.3% 937 votes

2,383 votes cast.

State Legislature

State Senator, 11th Senatorial District

Gerry E. Hinton (Democrat) won with 53.4% of the vote.

This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. Tammany Parish: Gerry E. Hinton 56.6%, Roy K. Burns 43.4%.

  • Gerry E. Hinton DemocratElected

    53.4% 15,161 votes

  • Roy K. Burns DemocratDefeated

    46.6% 13,224 votes

28,385 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishGerry E. HintonRoy K. BurnsTurnout
St. Tammany Parish56.6%13,21543.4%10,127
Tangipahoa Parish38.6%1,94661.4%3,097

State Representative, 77th Representative District

Edward J. Deano, Jr. (Democrat) won with 50.1% of the vote.

  • Edward J. Deano, Jr. DemocratElected

    50.1% 5,911 votes

  • Rykert O. Toledano, Jr. DemocratDefeated

    49.9% 5,883 votes

11,794 votes cast.