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.

Every race on the ballot See your sample ballot and polling place All election dates and deadlinesSecretary of State election hotline: 1-800-883-2805

Tensas Parish

Local election results for Saturday, October 1, 1988. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.

Other elections here: Every election in Tensas Parish
Other parishes: Local results for every parish that day
Parish offices today: Tensas Parish offices and contacts

Cities, towns, and villages

Town of Newellton

Alderman, District 5, Town of Newellton

Lavone G. Garner (Republican) won with 53.6% of the vote.

Lavone G. Garner RepublicanElected
53.6% 74 votes
"Billy" Parker DemocratDefeated
46.4% 64 votes

138 votes cast.

Town of St. Joseph

Alderman, District E, Town of St. Joseph

Bennie L. Stansell (Democrat) won with 52.2% of the vote.

Bennie L. Stansell DemocratElected
52.2% 71 votes
Harold "Coonie" Kirkpatrick DemocratDefeated
47.8% 65 votes

136 votes cast.

Courts and judges

Judge, Court of Appeal, 2nd Circuit, 1st District, Division A

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 Tensas Parish: Lemmie O. Hightower 65.5%, Van H. Brass 34.5%.

Lemmie O. Hightower DemocratElected
77.8% 25,962 votes
Van H. Brass DemocratDefeated
22.2% 7,410 votes

33,372 votes cast.

Results by parish

Parish	Lemmie O. Hightower	Van H. Brass	Turnout
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