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Red River Parish

Local election results for Saturday, October 21, 1995. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.

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Sheriff

Buddy Huckabay (Democrat) won with 81.4% of the vote.

  • Buddy Huckabay DemocratElected

    81.4% 3,482 votes

  • S. T. "Tom" Mangham DemocratDefeated

    18.6% 796 votes

4,278 votes cast.

Clerk of Court

Judith W. Huckabay (Democrat) won with 79.1% of the vote.

  • Judith W. Huckabay DemocratElected

    79.1% 3,253 votes

  • Kim Adams DemocratDefeated

    20.9% 861 votes

4,114 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 1

No one got a majority, so Hermon Keith (Democrat) and James Corley (Democrat) went to a runoff.

  • Hermon Keith DemocratIn runoff

    45.5% 236 votes

  • James Corley DemocratIn runoff

    30.1% 156 votes

  • Joe Adams DemocratDefeated

    18.9% 98 votes

  • Sam Wachel DemocratDefeated

    5.6% 29 votes

519 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 3

No one got a majority, so Robert Beard (Democrat) and Jimmy Young (Democrat) went to a runoff.

  • Robert Beard DemocratIn runoff

    49.1% 363 votes

  • Jimmy Young DemocratIn runoff

    43.8% 324 votes

  • Paxton Foster DemocratDefeated

    7.0% 52 votes

739 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 4

No one got a majority, so Jessie J. Davis (Democrat) and Irving "Sweetie" Barfield (Democrat) went to a runoff.

  • Jessie J. Davis DemocratIn runoff

    45.4% 258 votes

  • Irving "Sweetie" Barfield DemocratIn runoff

    35.0% 199 votes

  • Troy Raburn RepublicanDefeated

    19.5% 111 votes

568 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 5

No one got a majority, so Woster Anderson (Democrat) and Ralph Hall (Democrat) went to a runoff.

  • Woster Anderson DemocratIn runoff

    38.1% 214 votes

  • Ralph Hall DemocratIn runoff

    32.3% 181 votes

  • Tommie S. Levi DemocratDefeated

    29.6% 166 votes

561 votes cast.

Police Juror, District 6

No one got a majority, so Rose Stafford (Democrat) and Earl Webb (Democrat) went to a runoff.

  • Rose Stafford DemocratIn runoff

    41.0% 245 votes

  • Earl Webb DemocratIn runoff

    30.0% 179 votes

  • Johnny R. Taylor DemocratDefeated

    29.0% 173 votes

597 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 Red River Parish: "Mike" Smith 60.6%, "Mike" Henry 39.4%.

  • "Mike" Smith DemocratElected

    61.7% 22,981 votes

  • "Mike" Henry DemocratDefeated

    38.3% 14,244 votes

37,225 votes cast; 23.9% of the 13,695 registered voters in the area turned out.

Results by parish
Parish"Mike" Smith"Mike" HenryTurnout
De Soto Parish51.1%1,88648.9%1,804
Grant Parish71.3%4,95728.7%1,998
Natchitoches Parish50.8%5,81049.2%5,616
Red River Parish60.6%2,45039.4%1,594
Sabine Parish58.1%2,74341.9%1,982
Winn Parish80.4%5,13519.6%1,250

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 Red River Parish: Joe R. Salter 84.2%, Lowray "Matt" Chachere 15.8%.

  • Joe R. Salter DemocratElected

    75.9% 12,041 votes

  • Lowray "Matt" Chachere Other partyDefeated

    24.1% 3,831 votes

15,872 votes cast; 16.3% of the 4,208 registered voters in the area turned out.

Results by parish
ParishJoe R. SalterLowray "Matt" ChachereTurnout
Bienville Parish79.1%1,69720.9%449
De Soto Parish86.5%1,21613.5%190
Red River Parish84.2%3,16915.8%593
Sabine Parish69.6%5,95930.4%2,599

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 Red River Parish: Gay Gaskins 60.5%, Frank Thaxton 39.5%.

  • Gay Gaskins RepublicanElected

    63.1% 35,285 votes

  • Frank Thaxton DemocratDefeated

    36.9% 20,622 votes

55,907 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishGay GaskinsFrank ThaxtonTurnout
Caddo Parish63.5%28,74436.5%16,557
De Soto Parish62.3%4,45137.7%2,698
Red River Parish60.5%2,09039.5%1,367