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

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Rapides Parish

Local election results for Saturday, April 30, 1994. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.

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Cities, towns, and villages

City of Pineville

Alderman, District 2, City of Pineville

Charles O'Banion (Democrat) won with 53.8% of the vote.

  • Charles O'Banion DemocratElected

    53.8% 319 votes

  • Roy Malone, Jr. DemocratDefeated

    46.2% 274 votes

593 votes cast.

Courts and judges

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

Jimmie C. "Jim" Peters (Democrat) won with 56.6% of the vote.

This race covers 8 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Rapides Parish: Jimmie C. "Jim" Peters 35.7%, Lewis "Buddy" Lauve 64.3%.

  • Jimmie C. "Jim" Peters DemocratElected

    56.6% 13,781 votes

  • Lewis "Buddy" Lauve DemocratDefeated

    43.4% 10,585 votes

24,366 votes cast; 73.8% of the 10,300 registered voters in the area turned out.

Results by parish
ParishJimmie C. "Jim" PetersLewis "Buddy" LauveTurnout
Avoyelles Parish53.6%2,25546.4%1,952
Catahoula Parish84.1%94415.9%178
Concordia Parish78.0%69322.0%196
Grant Parish73.7%1,65626.3%590
LaSalle Parish89.5%2,94110.5%345
Natchitoches Parish57.4%98442.6%730
Rapides Parish35.7%3,52564.3%6,337
Sabine Parish75.3%78324.7%257