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East Baton Rouge Parish

Local election results for Saturday, April 1, 2006. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.

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School board

Member of School Board, District 2, Zachary Community

Jeffrey Scott Swilley (Other party) won with 57.9% of the vote.

  • Jeffrey Scott Swilley Other partyElected

    57.9% 81 votes

  • Angela LeBlanc RepublicanDefeated

    42.1% 59 votes

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

140 votes cast.

Cities, towns, and villages

City of Central

Mayor, City of Central

Shelton S. "Mac" Watts (Republican) won with 85.3% of the vote.

  • Shelton S. "Mac" Watts RepublicanElected

    85.3% 5,129 votes

  • Mike Kelly DemocratDefeated

    14.7% 885 votes

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

6,014 votes cast.

Chief of Police, City of Central

"Doug" Browning (Republican) won with 73.2% of the vote.

  • "Doug" Browning RepublicanElected

    73.2% 4,360 votes

  • Wayne Ryland RepublicanDefeated

    26.8% 1,593 votes

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

5,953 votes cast.

Council Member(s), City of Central

Ralph J. Washington (Democrat), Louis DeJohn, Jr. (Republican), and Joan C. Lansing (Republican) won.

  • Ralph J. Washington DemocratElected

    13.5% 3,881 votes

  • Louis DeJohn, Jr. RepublicanElected

    13.5% 3,862 votes

  • Joan C. Lansing RepublicanElected

    12.5% 3,601 votes

  • Aaron Moak RepublicanIn runoff

    9.3% 2,683 votes

  • "Lucky" Ross RepublicanIn runoff

    9.1% 2,624 votes

  • "Rusty" Jacobs RepublicanIn runoff

    8.2% 2,353 votes

  • Pete Humble DemocratIn runoff

    8.1% 2,338 votes

5 other candidates: 25.7% together
Carolyn L. Patterson Republican8.1%2,316
"Mike" LeClercq Republican6.3%1,812
"Bob" Struppeck Republican4.4%1,254
Alvin J. Shaffer No party3.6%1,036
Tim Falke No party3.3%946

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

28,706 votes cast.