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Catahoula Parish

Local election results for Saturday, March 26, 1994. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.

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Judge, Court of Appeal, 3rd Circuit, 1st District, Division B

No one got a majority, so Jimmie C. "Jim" Peters (Democrat) and Lewis "Buddy" Lauve (Democrat) went to a runoff.

This race covers 8 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Catahoula Parish: Jimmie C. "Jim" Peters 59.7%, Lewis "Buddy" Lauve 6.7%, Dan McKay 22.9%, Ted Hernandez 10.7%.

  • Jimmie C. "Jim" Peters DemocratIn runoff

    36.9% 12,315 votes

  • Lewis "Buddy" Lauve DemocratIn runoff

    27.3% 9,110 votes

  • Dan McKay DemocratDefeated

    19.8% 6,598 votes

  • Ted Hernandez DemocratDefeated

    15.9% 5,317 votes

33,340 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishJimmie C. "Jim" PetersLewis "Buddy" LauveDan McKayTed HernandezTurnout
Avoyelles Parish18.9%1,27815.0%1,01152.1%3,51914.0%947
Catahoula Parish59.7%6536.7%7322.9%25110.7%117
Concordia Parish47.7%55113.3%15320.0%23119.0%219
Grant Parish55.7%2,01716.1%58514.3%51913.9%502
LaSalle Parish83.5%3,0648.5%3136.1%2241.9%68
Natchitoches Parish15.2%4509.3%2765.7%17069.7%2,062
Rapides Parish30.1%3,83751.5%6,56111.0%1,4057.3%935
Sabine Parish34.5%46510.2%13820.7%27934.6%467