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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.

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Saturday, September 18, 2004

Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. On the ballot: State boards and courts, 1 constitutional amendment, and local races in 51 parishes.

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

Supreme Court and state boards

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2nd District

Jeffrey P. Victory (Republican) won with 60.9% of the vote.

  • Jeffrey P. Victory RepublicanElected

    60.9% 74,320 votes

  • Stephen Beasley DemocratDefeated

    39.1% 47,799 votes

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
Jeffrey P. Victory
Stephen Beasley
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

122,119 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishJeffrey P. VictoryStephen BeasleyTurnout
Allen Parish40.4%2,10459.6%3,108
Beauregard Parish62.2%4,09837.8%2,487
Bossier Parish77.7%14,94622.3%4,292
Caddo Parish67.9%28,62032.1%13,501
De Soto Parish47.2%2,62652.8%2,942
Evangeline Parish46.3%3,29853.7%3,824
Natchitoches Parish46.5%4,65653.5%5,351
Red River Parish47.8%1,31052.2%1,430
Sabine Parish33.5%2,11766.5%4,207
Vernon Parish54.9%4,05345.1%3,335
Webster Parish66.2%6,49233.8%3,322

PSC, District 3

No one got a majority, so Cleo Fields (Democrat) and Lambert C. Boissiere III (Democrat) went to a runoff.

  • Cleo Fields DemocratIn runoff

    42.5% 63,207 votes

  • Lambert C. Boissiere III DemocratIn runoff

    38.4% 57,057 votes

  • Irma Muse Dixon DemocratDefeated

    19.1% 28,396 votes

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
Cleo Fields
Lambert C. Boissiere III
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

148,660 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishCleo FieldsLambert C. Boissiere IIIIrma Muse DixonTurnout
Ascension Parish38.9%4,61244.8%5,31216.3%1,927
Assumption Parish40.2%1,50947.6%1,79012.2%458
East Baton Rouge Parish75.4%25,04511.3%3,75813.3%4,427
Iberville Parish62.5%3,98324.1%1,53413.5%860
Jefferson Parish36.8%2,27149.3%3,04513.9%855
Orleans Parish27.1%19,22048.3%34,19624.6%17,455
St. Charles Parish21.4%1,30061.6%3,73917.0%1,032
St. James Parish40.2%1,57945.1%1,77214.6%575
St. John the Baptist Parish54.4%1,82632.8%1,10212.8%428
West Baton Rouge Parish61.0%1,86226.5%80912.4%379

State Legislature

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

State House of Representatives (1 race)

DistrictResult
District 40No one got a majority, so Donald "Don" Cravins, Jr. (Democrat) and Alvin "Chubby" Haynes (Democrat) went to a runoff.

Constitutional amendments

Amendment 1

Marriage in LA - union of 1 man and 1 woman

Passed: 77.8% voted for and 22.2% voted against.

What the ballot said

To provide that marriage in this state shall consist of the union of one man and one woman, that legal incidents of marriage shall not be conferred on a member of any union other than such union, and that the state shall not validate or recognize a legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals or any marriage contracted in any other jurisdiction which is not the union of one man and one woman. (Adds Article XII, Section 15)

  • ForApproved

    77.8% 619,908 votes

  • Against

    22.2% 177,067 votes

Which side won each parish, and by how much

Under 55%55 to 65%Over 65%
For
Against

796,975 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishForAgainstTurnout
Acadia Parish85.7%8,68114.3%1,448
Allen Parish88.5%4,25211.5%550
Ascension Parish82.5%12,84017.5%2,720
Assumption Parish73.4%2,50126.6%908
Avoyelles Parish79.5%5,31120.5%1,371
Beauregard Parish92.1%6,1527.9%529
Bienville Parish84.4%2,80915.6%518
Bossier Parish85.9%16,86314.1%2,764
Caddo Parish80.6%34,22819.4%8,262
Calcasieu Parish84.1%34,75315.9%6,589
Caldwell Parish86.3%1,97813.7%315
Cameron Parish84.7%1,64115.3%296
Catahoula Parish88.7%1,91511.3%244
Claiborne Parish87.9%2,07112.1%284
Concordia Parish83.5%2,49116.5%492
De Soto Parish86.9%4,48013.1%678
East Baton Rouge Parish74.2%80,39025.8%27,951
East Carroll Parish82.6%84217.4%177
East Feliciana Parish81.0%3,55619.0%834
Evangeline Parish87.0%5,91013.0%887
Franklin Parish88.8%3,73511.2%469
Grant Parish90.2%3,1369.8%340
Iberia Parish80.4%12,62919.6%3,075
Iberville Parish73.9%5,35126.1%1,891
Jackson Parish90.3%3,4379.7%368
Jefferson Davis Parish85.8%4,48814.2%742
Jefferson Parish72.9%34,07227.1%12,686
Lafayette Parish76.4%21,80523.6%6,726
Lafourche Parish81.1%9,21818.9%2,151
LaSalle Parish93.8%3,2736.2%215
Lincoln Parish88.6%5,95311.4%768
Livingston Parish89.5%16,61610.5%1,939
Madison Parish81.7%1,12418.3%252
Morehouse Parish87.7%3,83212.3%538
Natchitoches Parish83.1%7,62416.9%1,546
Orleans Parish54.6%46,35745.4%38,500
Ouachita Parish84.5%23,46715.5%4,313
Plaquemines Parish78.6%1,90021.4%516
Pointe Coupee Parish81.4%2,78518.6%636
Rapides Parish84.6%20,45815.4%3,723
Red River Parish84.9%1,94715.1%345
Richland Parish90.3%2,9839.7%319
Sabine Parish89.6%4,92210.4%571
St. Bernard Parish74.5%5,24125.5%1,794
St. Charles Parish70.9%7,28329.1%2,990
St. Helena Parish80.9%1,66719.1%394
St. James Parish73.9%2,73426.1%968
St. John the Baptist Parish71.6%3,95628.4%1,567
St. Landry Parish79.8%15,37520.2%3,892
St. Martin Parish77.2%9,17322.8%2,713
St. Mary Parish79.0%6,49321.0%1,725
St. Tammany Parish76.7%27,17223.3%8,252
Tangipahoa Parish83.6%13,12616.4%2,577
Tensas Parish80.2%1,12719.8%279
Terrebonne Parish80.5%9,70819.5%2,345
Union Parish89.2%4,17310.8%506
Vermilion Parish85.4%6,97714.6%1,192
Vernon Parish92.5%6,6287.5%539
Washington Parish86.0%5,86614.0%952
Webster Parish84.1%7,17615.9%1,358
West Baton Rouge Parish75.3%5,04124.7%1,653
West Carroll Parish91.9%2,1398.1%189
West Feliciana Parish75.5%1,33524.5%433
Winn Parish90.0%2,74210.0%303

Turnout by parish