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Cameron Parish

Local election results for Saturday, November 21, 1987. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.

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Sheriff

James R "SONO" Savoie (Democrat) won with 60.3% of the vote.

  • James R "SONO" Savoie DemocratElected

    60.3% 2,620 votes

  • Gene A. Constance DemocratDefeated

    39.7% 1,722 votes

4,342 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 4

Douaine Conner (Democrat) won with 57.4% of the vote.

  • Douaine Conner DemocratElected

    57.4% 528 votes

  • Lester "Ferpo" Richard, Jr. DemocratDefeated

    42.6% 392 votes

920 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 6

George Leboeuf (Democrat) won with 50.8% of the vote.

  • George Leboeuf DemocratElected

    50.8% 444 votes

  • Arceneaux January, Jr. DemocratDefeated

    49.2% 430 votes

874 votes cast.

Party committees

DSCC Member, 36th Representative District, Office "A"

Yvonne P. LeMay (Democrat) won with 51.5% of the vote.

This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Cameron Parish: Yvonne P. LeMay 61.2%, "Pam" Ragusa 38.8%.

  • Yvonne P. LeMay DemocratElected

    51.5% 4,034 votes

  • "Pam" Ragusa DemocratDefeated

    48.5% 3,798 votes

7,832 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishYvonne P. LeMay"Pam" RagusaTurnout
Calcasieu Parish45.1%2,11754.9%2,581
Cameron Parish61.2%1,91738.8%1,217

DSCC Member, 36th Representative District, Office "B"

No one got a majority, so Dale Bernard (Democrat) and Joseph E. J. Dronet (Democrat) went to a runoff.

This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Cameron Parish: Dale Bernard 36.7%, Joseph E. J. Dronet 49.1%, Michael K. Dees 7.5%, Hardy Parkerson 6.7%.

  • Dale Bernard DemocratIn runoff

    48.6% 3,958 votes

  • Joseph E. J. Dronet DemocratIn runoff

    26.1% 2,126 votes

  • Michael K. Dees DemocratDefeated

    13.6% 1,105 votes

  • Hardy Parkerson DemocratDefeated

    11.6% 947 votes

8,136 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishDale BernardJoseph E. J. DronetMichael K. DeesHardy ParkersonTurnout
Calcasieu Parish57.2%2,7089.6%45318.0%85115.2%720
Cameron Parish36.7%1,25049.1%1,6737.5%2546.7%227