Lafourche Parish election results: Saturday, April 4, 1998

Election day is Tuesday, November 3

What's on the ballot and key dates

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

Early voting: October 20 to 27 (closed Sunday, October 25), 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Early voting is open now: October 20 to 27 (closed Sunday, October 25), 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Early voting has ended.
Request an absentee ballot by Friday, October 30 at 4:30 p.m.
Early voting and absentee ballot requests are now closed.
Mailed absentee ballots must reach your parish registrar of voters by Monday, November 2 at 4:30 p.m. A postmark does not count, so mail it early.
On election day, polls are open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you are in line when polls close, you can still vote.
Today is election day. Polls are open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you are in line when polls close, you can still vote.

Courts and judges

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

No one got a majority, so John L. Weimer (Democrat) and Louis Watkins (Democrat) went to a runoff.

This race covers 8 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Lafourche Parish: John L. Weimer 62.5%, Louis Watkins 10.1%, Mitchell Theriot 25.8%, Bernard F. Levy 1.6%.

John L. Weimer DemocratIn runoff
36.5% 11,168 votes
Louis Watkins DemocratIn runoff
27.4% 8,383 votes
Mitchell Theriot DemocratDefeated
22.7% 6,946 votes
Bernard F. Levy DemocratDefeated
13.4% 4,113 votes

30,610 votes cast.

Results by parish

Parish	John L. Weimer	Louis Watkins	Mitchell Theriot	Bernard F. Levy
Ascension Parish	38.3%638	13.5%225	44.4%740	3.8%64
Assumption Parish	44.0%598	12.3%167	36.3%494	7.4%101
Iberville Parish	27.3%420	19.9%306	49.1%754	3.7%57
Lafourche Parish	62.5%5,269	10.1%853	25.8%2,179	1.6%133
Pointe Coupee Parish	26.6%363	22.6%309	43.6%596	7.2%99
St. Mary Parish	25.2%1,358	24.1%1,303	19.5%1,051	31.2%1,686
Terrebonne Parish	19.8%1,965	51.7%5,128	8.9%884	19.7%1,951
West Baton Rouge Parish	60.6%557	10.0%92	27.0%248	2.4%22

Propositions, taxes, and recalls

Fire Protection Dist. #6, 12.5 Mills, Bd. of Comm.

Passed: 69.3% voted yes and 30.7% voted no.

This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Lafourche Parish: Yes 82.8%, No 17.2%.

Yes
69.3% 244 votes
NoDefeated
30.7% 108 votes

352 votes cast.