On the ballot: U.S. House general elections where no candidate won in November, plus a special election for State Senate District 14 in East Baton Rouge Parish.
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Early voting: November 28 to December 5 (closed Sunday, November 29), 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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On election day, polls are open 7 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 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you are in line when polls close, you can still vote.
No one got a majority, so W. B. "Dub" Sumner (Democrat) and J. Lynn Lewis (Democrat) went to a runoff.
W. B. "Dub" Sumner DemocratIn runoff
45.8%114 votes
J. Lynn Lewis DemocratIn runoff
35.3%88 votes
Nelda F. Spradling RepublicanDefeated
18.9%47 votes
No precinct map: Richland Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.
249 votes cast.
Party committees
RSCC Member(s), 19th Representative District
Lisa Cox Reardon (Republican) and Richard Strong (Republican) won.
This race covers 7 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Richland Parish: Lisa Cox Reardon 22.1%, Richard Strong 21.9%, Thomas W. Barham 22.3%, Dale Magoun 5.7%.
Lisa Cox Reardon RepublicanElected
24.7%472 votes
Richard Strong RepublicanElected
23.0%441 votes
Thomas W. Barham RepublicanDefeated
18.8%360 votes
Dale Magoun RepublicanDefeated
13.0%249 votes
2 other candidates: 20.5% together
"Ken" Diebel Republican
11.4%
219
"Joe" Lively Republican
9.0%
173
No precinct map: Richland Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.
This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Richland Parish: "Al" Gore 59.9%, Bill Bradley 28.7%, Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. 6.6%, "Randy" Crow 4.8%.
"Al" Gore DemocratElected
73.0%114,942 votes
Bill Bradley DemocratDefeated
19.9%31,385 votes
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. DemocratDefeated
3.9%6,127 votes
"Randy" Crow DemocratDefeated
3.2%5,097 votes
No precinct map: Richland Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.
157,551 votes cast.
Democratic presidential primary
George W. Bush (Republican) won with 83.6% of the vote.
This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Richland Parish: George W. Bush 88.0%, John McCain 5.5%, Alan Keyes 4.8%, "Steve" Forbes 0.8%.
George W. Bush RepublicanElected
83.6%86,038 votes
John McCain RepublicanDefeated
8.9%9,165 votes
Alan Keyes RepublicanDefeated
5.7%5,900 votes
"Steve" Forbes RepublicanDefeated
1.0%1,041 votes
Gary Bauer RepublicanDefeated
0.7%768 votes
No precinct map: Richland Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.