Richland Parish election results: Saturday, October 1, 1988

Election day is Tuesday, November 3

What's on the ballot and key dates

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

Early voting: October 20 to 27 (closed Sunday, October 25), 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Early voting is open now: October 20 to 27 (closed Sunday, October 25), 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Early voting has ended.
Request an absentee ballot by Friday, October 30 at 4:30 p.m.
Early voting and absentee ballot requests are now closed.
Mailed absentee ballots must reach your parish registrar of voters by Monday, November 2 at 4:30 p.m. A postmark does not count, so mail it early.
On election day, polls are open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you are in line when polls close, you can still vote.
Today is election day. Polls are open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you are in line when polls close, you can still vote.

Courts and judges

Lemmie O. Hightower (Democrat) won with 77.8% of the vote.

This race covers 8 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Richland Parish: Lemmie O. Hightower 84.2%, Van H. Brass 15.8%.

33,372 votes cast.

Results by parish

Parish	Lemmie O. Hightower	Van H. Brass
East Carroll Parish	73.0%788	27.0%291
Franklin Parish	81.0%2,184	19.0%511
Madison Parish	67.7%1,511	32.3%722
Morehouse Parish	74.2%3,357	25.8%1,169
Ouachita Parish	78.9%13,206	21.1%3,535
Richland Parish	84.2%2,699	15.8%506
Tensas Parish	65.5%823	34.5%434
West Carroll Parish	85.2%1,394	14.8%242

Purvis L. Weed (Democrat) won with 66.1% of the vote.

124 votes cast.

Election day is Tuesday, November 3