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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 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.

Every race on the ballotSee your sample ballot and polling placeAll election dates and deadlinesSecretary of State election hotline: 1-800-883-2805

Saturday, October 7, 2000

Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. On the ballot: State boards and courts, and local races in 61 parishes.

Source
Secretary of State election results, which also has results by precinct

Supreme Court and state boards

PSC, District 2

Jimmy Field (Republican) won with 67.3% of the vote.

  • Jimmy Field RepublicanElected

    67.3% 97,632 votes

  • Chris Warner Other partyDefeated

    32.7% 47,338 votes

Who got the most votes in each parish, and their share

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
Jimmy Field
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

144,970 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishJimmy FieldChris WarnerTurnout
East Baton Rouge Parish75.4%53,82124.6%17,566
Iberia Parish51.4%10,15048.6%9,596
Iberville Parish56.9%57843.1%437
Lafayette Parish66.5%3,07033.5%1,550
Lafourche Parish51.6%3,82448.4%3,594
Livingston Parish65.6%2,22134.4%1,165
St. Martin Parish65.8%6,65334.2%3,452
St. Mary Parish63.8%7,67436.2%4,354
Terrebonne Parish65.3%5,72934.7%3,038
Vermilion Parish63.9%2,04836.1%1,158
West Baton Rouge Parish56.6%1,86443.4%1,428

State Legislature

Each district links to its full results on a parish page, with a map by precinct.

State House of Representatives (2 races)

DistrictResult
District 11Richard "Rick" Gallot, Jr. (Democrat) won with 57.9% of the vote.
District 62No one got a majority, so Thomas H. "Tom" McVea (Republican) and Myron Hall (Democrat) went to a runoff.