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Rapides Parish

Local election results for Tuesday, March 9, 2004, including statewide races. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.

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DSCC Member, 26th Representative District, Office "A"

Mary L. Wardsworth (Democrat) won with 65.8% of the vote.

  • Mary L. Wardsworth DemocratElected

    65.8% 454 votes

  • Alice "Red" Hammond DemocratDefeated

    34.2% 236 votes

No precinct map: Rapides Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.

690 votes cast.

DSCC Member, 26th Representative District, Office "B"

Jay Luneau (Democrat) won with 57.0% of the vote.

  • Jay Luneau DemocratElected

    57.0% 340 votes

  • Jerry M. Guillory DemocratDefeated

    43.0% 257 votes

No precinct map: Rapides Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.

597 votes cast.

DPEC Member(s), at Large

Brian D. Cespiva (Democrat), "Joe" Fuller (Democrat), Chris J. Roy, Sr. (Democrat), Harmon Belgard (Democrat), and Richard E. "Dick" Lee (Democrat) won.

  • Brian D. Cespiva DemocratElected

    17.3% 1,489 votes

  • "Joe" Fuller DemocratElected

    12.0% 1,036 votes

  • Chris J. Roy, Sr. DemocratElected

    11.3% 971 votes

  • Harmon Belgard DemocratElected

    10.8% 933 votes

  • Richard E. "Dick" Lee DemocratElected

    10.2% 879 votes

4 other candidates: 38.3% together
Mary L. Wardsworth Democrat10.2%877
Jerry M. Guillory Democrat9.5%821
Alice "Red" Hammond Democrat9.3%803
George E. Hearn Democrat9.2%795

No precinct map: Rapides Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.

8,604 votes cast.

RSCC Member, 25th Representative District, Subdistrict B

Donald P. "Pete" Moriarty (Republican) won with 53.1% of the vote.

  • Donald P. "Pete" Moriarty RepublicanElected

    53.1% 76 votes

  • Wayne Ryan RepublicanDefeated

    46.9% 67 votes

No precinct map: Rapides Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.

143 votes cast.

RSCC Member, 26th Representative District

Karen Kay Haymon (Republican) won with 57.6% of the vote.

  • Karen Kay Haymon RepublicanElected

    57.6% 121 votes

  • Elizabeth Weber Levy RepublicanDefeated

    42.4% 89 votes

No precinct map: Rapides Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.

210 votes cast.

RSCC Member, 27th Representative District, Subdistrict A

Blake Cooper (Republican) won with 59.9% of the vote.

  • Blake Cooper RepublicanElected

    59.9% 115 votes

  • Margaret P. Tarpley RepublicanDefeated

    40.1% 77 votes

No precinct map: Rapides Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.

192 votes cast.

Statewide and federal races in Rapides Parish

Democratic presidential primary

John F. Kerry (Democrat) won with 69.7% of the vote.

This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Rapides Parish: John F. Kerry 69.0%, John Edwards 18.1%, Howard Dean 4.4%, Wesley K. Clark 5.0%.

  • John F. Kerry DemocratElected

    69.7% 112,639 votes

  • John Edwards DemocratDefeated

    16.1% 26,074 votes

  • Howard Dean DemocratDefeated

    4.9% 7,948 votes

  • Wesley K. Clark DemocratDefeated

    4.4% 7,091 votes

3 other candidates: 4.9% together
"Bill" McGaughey Democrat2.0%3,161
Dennis J. Kucinich Democrat1.5%2,411
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. Democrat1.4%2,329

No precinct map: Rapides Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.

161,653 votes cast.

Republican presidential primary

George W. Bush (Republican) won with 96.1% of the vote.

This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Rapides Parish: George W. Bush 96.6%, "Bill" Wyatt 3.4%.

  • George W. Bush RepublicanElected

    96.1% 69,205 votes

  • "Bill" Wyatt RepublicanDefeated

    3.9% 2,805 votes

No precinct map: Rapides Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.

72,010 votes cast.