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East Baton Rouge Parish

Local election results for Saturday, March 5, 2005. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.

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State Representative, 29th Representative District

No one got a majority, so Regina Ashford Barrow (Democrat) and Charles R. Kelly (Democrat) went to a runoff.

This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In East Baton Rouge Parish: Regina Ashford Barrow 27.4%, Charles R. Kelly 25.0%, Sarah Holliday 13.7%, Herbert A. Pate 9.2%.

  • Regina Ashford Barrow DemocratIn runoff

    28.6% 674 votes

  • Charles R. Kelly DemocratIn runoff

    23.3% 551 votes

  • Sarah Holliday DemocratDefeated

    13.8% 326 votes

  • Herbert A. Pate DemocratDefeated

    8.9% 210 votes

3 other candidates: 25.4% together
Donald R. Dobbins Democrat8.8%208
Raymond Allmon Democrat8.8%207
Harold Williams Republican7.8%184

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

2,360 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishMost votesShareTurnout
East Baton Rouge ParishRegina Ashford Barrow27.4%
West Baton Rouge ParishRegina Ashford Barrow38.1%

State Representative, 66th Representative District

No one got a majority, so Sean Riecke (Republican) and Hunter Greene (Republican) went to a runoff.

  • Sean Riecke RepublicanIn runoff

    29.9% 1,561 votes

  • Hunter Greene RepublicanIn runoff

    25.0% 1,303 votes

  • Martha Jane Tassin RepublicanDefeated

    21.6% 1,126 votes

  • Gary Patureau RepublicanDefeated

    13.7% 717 votes

3 other candidates: 9.9% together
Roland S. Stevens, Jr. Democrat6.9%362
Gene Guffey Republican1.7%89
Peter "P'Ta Mon" John Democrat1.2%64

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

5,222 votes cast.