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St. Helena Parish

Local election results for Saturday, October 24, 1987. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.

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Sheriff

Eugene Holland (Democrat) won with 55.5% of the vote.

  • Eugene Holland DemocratElected

    55.5% 3,474 votes

  • Kenneth "K. T." Travis DemocratDefeated

    31.4% 1,962 votes

  • Eugene Robertson DemocratDefeated

    8.1% 510 votes

  • Frank E. Ricard DemocratDefeated

    5.0% 312 votes

6,258 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 1

No one got a majority, so Clay Doughty (Democrat) and Amos L. Brabham (Democrat) went to a runoff.

  • Clay Doughty DemocratIn runoff

    39.0% 399 votes

  • Amos L. Brabham DemocratIn runoff

    26.5% 271 votes

  • Shelby Kirby DemocratDefeated

    17.2% 176 votes

  • H. A. "Butch" Hanson, Jr. RepublicanDefeated

    15.8% 162 votes

  • Roger R. Wascom DemocratDefeated

    1.6% 16 votes

1,024 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 3

Charlie Overton, Sr. (Democrat) won with 54.7% of the vote.

  • Charlie Overton, Sr. DemocratElected

    54.7% 493 votes

  • Robert W. "Bob" Harvin DemocratDefeated

    25.2% 227 votes

  • Joseph Self DemocratDefeated

    20.2% 182 votes

902 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 4

No one got a majority, so LeRoy Nesom (Democrat) and Ernest Peters (Democrat) went to a runoff.

  • LeRoy Nesom DemocratIn runoff

    36.9% 336 votes

  • Ernest Peters DemocratIn runoff

    27.4% 249 votes

  • C. C. "Clay" Chutz DemocratDefeated

    23.5% 214 votes

  • Elvin R. Smith DemocratDefeated

    8.4% 76 votes

  • L. J. Pevey DemocratDefeated

    3.8% 35 votes

910 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 5

Charles Davis (Democrat) won with 59.0% of the vote.

  • Charles Davis DemocratElected

    59.0% 593 votes

  • John Earl Johnson DemocratDefeated

    29.9% 300 votes

  • Ples Jennings, Jr. RepublicanDefeated

    11.1% 112 votes

1,005 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 6

Eugene Hughes (Democrat) won with 52.2% of the vote.

  • Eugene Hughes DemocratElected

    52.2% 642 votes

  • Dan T. Wofford DemocratDefeated

    25.5% 314 votes

  • Edgar E. Sharkey DemocratDefeated

    22.3% 275 votes

1,231 votes cast.

State Legislature

State Senator, 12th Senatorial District

B. B. "Sixty" Rayburn (Democrat) won with 75.5% of the vote.

This race covers 4 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. Helena Parish: B. B. "Sixty" Rayburn 75.2%, Roy Crawford 24.8%.

  • B. B. "Sixty" Rayburn DemocratElected

    75.5% 31,903 votes

  • Roy Crawford DemocratDefeated

    24.5% 10,377 votes

42,280 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishB. B. "Sixty" RayburnRoy CrawfordTurnout
St. Helena Parish75.2%3,04324.8%1,002
St. Tammany Parish70.9%6,04429.1%2,481
Tangipahoa Parish76.8%9,81323.2%2,961
Washington Parish76.8%13,00323.2%3,933

State Representative, 72nd Representative District

No one got a majority, so Weldon Russell (Democrat) and Buster Guzzardo (Democrat) went to a runoff.

This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. Helena Parish: Weldon Russell 39.5%, Buster Guzzardo 25.5%, Bill Walker 21.3%, Mildred "Tena" Sutton 10.3%.

  • Weldon Russell DemocratIn runoff

    38.2% 6,946 votes

  • Buster Guzzardo DemocratIn runoff

    38.2% 6,935 votes

  • Bill Walker DemocratDefeated

    14.9% 2,701 votes

  • Mildred "Tena" Sutton DemocratDefeated

    5.9% 1,069 votes

  • Guy S. Spitale DemocratDefeated

    2.9% 523 votes

18,174 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishMost votesShareTurnout
St. Helena ParishWeldon Russell39.5%
Tangipahoa ParishBuster Guzzardo43.5%

Courts and judges

Justice of the Peace, Ward 2

No one got a majority, so "Tommy" Lindsey (Democrat) and Charles I. "Smooth" Womack (Democrat) went to a runoff.

  • "Tommy" Lindsey DemocratIn runoff

    34.6% 488 votes

  • Charles I. "Smooth" Womack DemocratIn runoff

    33.2% 469 votes

  • Marshall R. Hurst DemocratDefeated

    19.1% 269 votes

  • A. D. Clark DemocratDefeated

    13.2% 186 votes

1,412 votes cast.