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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.
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  • 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, February 9, 2008

Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. On the ballot: President, and local races in 52 parishes.

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

President

Democratic presidential primary

Barack Obama (Democrat) won with 57.4% of the vote.

  • Barack Obama DemocratElected

    57.4% 220,632 votes

  • Hillary Clinton DemocratDefeated

    35.6% 136,925 votes

  • John Edwards DemocratDefeated

    3.4% 13,026 votes

  • "Joe" Biden DemocratDefeated

    1.6% 6,178 votes

3 other candidates: 2.0% together
William "Bill" Richardson Democrat1.1%4,257
Christopher J. Dodd Democrat0.5%1,924
Dennis J. Kucinich Democrat0.4%1,404

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
Barack Obama
Hillary Clinton

384,346 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishMost votesShareTurnout
Acadia ParishHillary Clinton46.1%
Allen ParishHillary Clinton50.8%
Ascension ParishBarack Obama53.0%
Assumption ParishBarack Obama52.3%
Avoyelles ParishHillary Clinton46.6%
Beauregard ParishHillary Clinton55.5%
Bienville ParishBarack Obama55.0%
Bossier ParishBarack Obama46.7%
Caddo ParishBarack Obama62.8%
Calcasieu ParishBarack Obama49.9%
Caldwell ParishHillary Clinton49.2%
Cameron ParishHillary Clinton69.4%
Catahoula ParishHillary Clinton46.4%
Claiborne ParishBarack Obama55.8%
Concordia ParishBarack Obama53.1%
De Soto ParishBarack Obama56.0%
East Baton Rouge ParishBarack Obama63.7%
East Carroll ParishBarack Obama64.8%
East Feliciana ParishBarack Obama54.7%
Evangeline ParishBarack Obama48.9%
Franklin ParishBarack Obama45.2%
Grant ParishHillary Clinton53.8%
Iberia ParishBarack Obama64.8%
Iberville ParishBarack Obama66.8%
Jackson ParishBarack Obama52.3%
Jefferson Davis ParishHillary Clinton50.0%
Jefferson ParishBarack Obama52.2%
Lafayette ParishBarack Obama59.7%
Lafourche ParishHillary Clinton62.4%
LaSalle ParishHillary Clinton52.4%
Lincoln ParishBarack Obama60.1%
Livingston ParishHillary Clinton66.5%
Madison ParishBarack Obama67.8%
Morehouse ParishBarack Obama61.8%
Natchitoches ParishBarack Obama54.9%
Orleans ParishBarack Obama75.4%
Ouachita ParishBarack Obama58.4%
Plaquemines ParishBarack Obama57.7%
Pointe Coupee ParishBarack Obama57.7%
Rapides ParishBarack Obama59.1%
Red River ParishBarack Obama53.2%
Richland ParishBarack Obama54.8%
Sabine ParishHillary Clinton57.9%
St. Bernard ParishHillary Clinton61.1%
St. Charles ParishBarack Obama57.6%
St. Helena ParishBarack Obama63.9%
St. James ParishBarack Obama68.2%
St. John the Baptist ParishBarack Obama74.3%
St. Landry ParishBarack Obama65.0%
St. Martin ParishBarack Obama56.1%
St. Mary ParishBarack Obama63.4%
St. Tammany ParishHillary Clinton47.3%
Tangipahoa ParishBarack Obama52.2%
Tensas ParishBarack Obama60.0%
Terrebonne ParishHillary Clinton47.2%
Union ParishBarack Obama45.5%
Vermilion ParishHillary Clinton55.4%
Vernon ParishHillary Clinton54.0%
Washington ParishBarack Obama49.7%
Webster ParishBarack Obama50.7%
West Baton Rouge ParishBarack Obama61.8%
West Carroll ParishHillary Clinton53.8%
West Feliciana ParishBarack Obama62.4%
Winn ParishHillary Clinton45.7%

Republican presidential primary

"Mike" Huckabee (Republican) won with 43.2% of the vote.

  • "Mike" Huckabee RepublicanElected

    43.2% 69,594 votes

  • John McCain RepublicanDefeated

    41.9% 67,551 votes

  • Mitt Romney RepublicanDefeated

    6.3% 10,222 votes

  • Ron Paul RepublicanDefeated

    5.3% 8,590 votes

7 other candidates: 3.2% together
Fred Thompson Republican1.0%1,603
Rudolph W. Giuliani Republican1.0%1,593
Alan Keyes Republican0.5%837
Jerry Curry Republican0.3%521
Duncan Hunter Republican0.2%368
Daniel Gilbert Republican0.1%183
"Tom" Tancredo Republican0.1%107

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
"Mike" Huckabee
John McCain

161,169 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishMost votesShareTurnout
Acadia Parish"Mike" Huckabee47.4%
Allen Parish"Mike" Huckabee59.5%
Ascension Parish"Mike" Huckabee49.4%
Assumption ParishJohn McCain50.6%
Avoyelles ParishJohn McCain49.8%
Beauregard Parish"Mike" Huckabee57.9%
Bienville Parish"Mike" Huckabee62.7%
Bossier Parish"Mike" Huckabee56.8%
Caddo Parish"Mike" Huckabee52.0%
Calcasieu Parish"Mike" Huckabee49.7%
Caldwell Parish"Mike" Huckabee56.5%
Cameron Parish"Mike" Huckabee51.7%
Catahoula Parish"Mike" Huckabee60.8%
Claiborne Parish"Mike" Huckabee68.6%
Concordia Parish"Mike" Huckabee49.5%
De Soto Parish"Mike" Huckabee65.9%
East Baton Rouge ParishJohn McCain47.1%
East Carroll Parish"Mike" Huckabee54.0%
East Feliciana Parish"Mike" Huckabee46.3%
Evangeline ParishJohn McCain45.4%
Franklin Parish"Mike" Huckabee60.7%
Grant Parish"Mike" Huckabee58.6%
Iberia Parish"Mike" Huckabee42.5%
Iberville ParishJohn McCain43.6%
Jackson Parish"Mike" Huckabee71.0%
Jefferson Davis Parish"Mike" Huckabee46.9%
Jefferson ParishJohn McCain53.1%
Lafayette ParishJohn McCain42.6%
Lafourche ParishJohn McCain43.0%
LaSalle Parish"Mike" Huckabee66.0%
Lincoln Parish"Mike" Huckabee62.2%
Livingston Parish"Mike" Huckabee55.9%
Madison Parish"Mike" Huckabee50.8%
Morehouse Parish"Mike" Huckabee62.4%
Natchitoches Parish"Mike" Huckabee45.7%
Orleans ParishJohn McCain59.2%
Ouachita Parish"Mike" Huckabee53.2%
Plaquemines ParishJohn McCain42.9%
Pointe Coupee ParishJohn McCain47.3%
Rapides Parish"Mike" Huckabee48.3%
Red River Parish"Mike" Huckabee66.2%
Richland Parish"Mike" Huckabee61.9%
Sabine Parish"Mike" Huckabee62.0%
St. Bernard ParishJohn McCain42.5%
St. Charles ParishJohn McCain43.5%
St. Helena Parish"Mike" Huckabee54.0%
St. James ParishJohn McCain50.3%
St. John the Baptist Parish"Mike" Huckabee44.9%
St. Landry Parish"Mike" Huckabee41.9%
St. Martin ParishJohn McCain42.5%
St. Mary ParishJohn McCain43.6%
St. Tammany ParishJohn McCain47.1%
Tangipahoa Parish"Mike" Huckabee47.3%
Tensas Parish"Mike" Huckabee44.7%
Terrebonne ParishJohn McCain45.1%
Union Parish"Mike" Huckabee65.2%
Vermilion ParishJohn McCain41.5%
Vernon Parish"Mike" Huckabee55.2%
Washington Parish"Mike" Huckabee48.5%
Webster Parish"Mike" Huckabee66.7%
West Baton Rouge ParishJohn McCain44.5%
West Carroll Parish"Mike" Huckabee71.9%
West Feliciana ParishJohn McCain43.8%
Winn Parish"Mike" Huckabee60.8%

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 6Thomas Carmody (Republican) won with 52.1% of the vote.

Turnout by parish