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St. Helena Parish

Local election results for Saturday, November 18, 1995. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.

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Police Juror, District 5

Linda Coleman (Democrat) won with 55.0% of the vote.

  • Linda Coleman DemocratElected

    55.0% 536 votes

  • Anthony "Possum" Petitto DemocratDefeated

    45.0% 438 votes

974 votes cast.

State Legislature

State Senator, 12th Senatorial District

"Phil" Short (Republican) won with 50.7% of the vote.

This race covers 4 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. Helena Parish: "Phil" Short 56.1%, B. B. "Sixty" Rayburn 43.9%.

  • "Phil" Short RepublicanElected

    50.7% 21,222 votes

  • B. B. "Sixty" Rayburn DemocratDefeated

    49.3% 20,676 votes

41,898 votes cast; 18.0% of the 85,461 registered voters in the area turned out.

Results by parish
Parish"Phil" ShortB. B. "Sixty" RayburnTurnout
St. Helena Parish56.1%56143.9%439
St. Tammany Parish67.2%9,13232.8%4,455
Tangipahoa Parish53.3%5,59546.7%4,906
Washington Parish35.3%5,93464.7%10,876

State Senator, 15th Senatorial District

Wilson Fields (Democrat) won with 61.2% of the vote.

This race covers 7 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. Helena Parish: Wilson Fields 57.1%, Rhett L. Bergeron 42.9%.

  • Wilson Fields DemocratElected

    61.2% 25,857 votes

  • Rhett L. Bergeron RepublicanDefeated

    38.8% 16,376 votes

42,233 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishWilson FieldsRhett L. BergeronTurnout
East Baton Rouge Parish66.2%13,08333.8%6,691
East Feliciana Parish47.3%2,47352.7%2,756
Pointe Coupee Parish94.8%1,8885.2%103
St. Helena Parish57.1%2,60342.9%1,953
Tangipahoa Parish52.6%2,82747.4%2,549
West Baton Rouge Parish86.3%1,28613.7%205
West Feliciana Parish44.5%1,69755.5%2,119

State Representative, 72nd Representative District

Buster J. Guzzardo, Sr. (Democrat) won with 57.4% of the vote.

This race covers 5 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. Helena Parish: Buster J. Guzzardo, Sr. 67.1%, J. Roosevelt Gremillion 32.9%.

  • Buster J. Guzzardo, Sr. DemocratElected

    57.4% 9,487 votes

  • J. Roosevelt Gremillion DemocratDefeated

    42.6% 7,049 votes

16,536 votes cast; 22.5% of the 3,573 registered voters in the area turned out.

Results by parish
ParishBuster J. Guzzardo, Sr.J. Roosevelt GremillionTurnout
East Feliciana Parish47.1%1,24452.9%1,395
Pointe Coupee Parish16.3%38183.7%1,960
St. Helena Parish67.1%2,12632.9%1,043
Tangipahoa Parish74.8%5,02125.2%1,695
West Feliciana Parish42.8%71557.2%956

Courts and judges

Justice of the Peace, Ward 6

Spencer McMillan (Democrat) won with 62.8% of the vote.

  • Spencer McMillan DemocratElected

    62.8% 421 votes

  • Paul Mullendore, Jr. DemocratDefeated

    37.2% 249 votes

670 votes cast.