Sheriff
No one got a majority, so Curtis W. McCoy (Democrat) and Hugh Bennett (Democrat) went to a runoff.
9,094 votes cast.
De Soto Parish
Local election results for Saturday, October 21, 1995. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.
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Parish offices
Clerk of Court
No one got a majority, so Ollie L. "Sonny" Stone, Jr. (Democrat) and Stuart Wiley Heard (Democrat) went to a runoff.
7,961 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 1A
No one got a majority, so Leon W. Bagley (Democrat) and "Connie" Jackson (Other party) went to a runoff.
960 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 1B
No one got a majority, so Harold E. Cogswell (Democrat) and Dewayne Mitchell (Democrat) went to a runoff.
940 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 1C
L. C. "Bubba" Blunt, Jr. (Democrat) won with 51.4% of the vote.
953 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 3
No one got a majority, so Richard Burford (Republican) and Fredrick Fuller (Democrat) went to a runoff.
882 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 4A
No one got a majority, so Wayne Williams (Other party) and Walter Calvert (Democrat) went to a runoff.
1,051 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 4B
Marlin L. "Doodle" Caston (Democrat) won with 58.7% of the vote.
687 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 4D
No one got a majority, so Sylvester Mayweather (Democrat) and Floyd Turner, Sr. (Democrat) went to a runoff.
560 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 5
Huey P. Evans, Sr. (Democrat) won with 53.5% of the vote.
675 votes cast.
Police Juror, District 6
No one got a majority, so Bernard Shadoin (Democrat) and Fred Jones (Democrat) went to a runoff.
760 votes cast.
State Legislature
State Senator, 31st Senatorial District
"Mike" Smith (Democrat) won with 61.7% of the vote.
This race covers 6 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In De Soto Parish: "Mike" Smith 51.1%, "Mike" Henry 48.9%.
37,225 votes cast; 23.9% of the 13,695 registered voters in the area turned out.
State Senator, 38th Senatorial District
No one got a majority, so "Ron" Bean (Republican) and Judy Boykin (Republican) went to a runoff.
This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In De Soto Parish: "Ron" Bean 54.0%, Judy Boykin 37.8%, "Jim" Crowley 8.2%.
30,332 votes cast.
State Representative, 7th Representative District
No one got a majority, so Beverly G. Bruce (Democrat) and Tommy G. Armstrong (Republican) went to a runoff.
This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In De Soto Parish: Beverly G. Bruce 58.6%, Tommy G. Armstrong 32.1%, Lance Britton 9.3%.
12,097 votes cast; 46.3% of the 3,353 registered voters in the area turned out.
State Representative, 24th Representative District
Joe R. Salter (Democrat) won with 75.9% of the vote.
This race covers 4 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In De Soto Parish: Joe R. Salter 86.5%, Lowray "Matt" Chachere 13.5%.
15,872 votes cast; 16.3% of the 4,208 registered voters in the area turned out.
Courts and judges
Judge, Court of Appeal, 2nd Circuit, 3rd Dist., Elec. Sect. 2C
Gay Gaskins (Republican) won with 63.1% of the vote.
This race covers 3 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In De Soto Parish: Gay Gaskins 62.3%, Frank Thaxton 37.7%.
55,907 votes cast.