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Assumption Parish

Local election results for Saturday, February 9, 2008, including statewide races. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.

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DSCC Member, 51st Representative District, Office "B"

Roger Dale DeHart (Democrat) won with 44.5% of the vote.

This race covers 3 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Assumption Parish: Roger Dale DeHart 27.9%, Howard J. Castay, Jr. 39.0%, Irving Blatt 33.1%.

  • Roger Dale DeHart DemocratElected

    44.5% 1,009 votes

  • Howard J. Castay, Jr. DemocratDefeated

    31.0% 703 votes

  • Irving Blatt DemocratDefeated

    24.4% 553 votes

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

2,265 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishRoger Dale DeHartHoward J. Castay, Jr.Irving BlattTurnout
Assumption Parish27.9%11739.0%16433.1%139
St. Mary Parish30.5%25045.7%37523.9%196
Terrebonne Parish62.7%64216.0%16421.3%218

RSCC Member, 58th Representative District

Charles Carpenter (Republican) won with 76.8% of the vote.

This race covers 5 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Assumption Parish: Charles Carpenter 94.7%, Donna Goodpaster 5.3%.

  • Charles Carpenter RepublicanElected

    76.8% 393 votes

  • Donna Goodpaster RepublicanDefeated

    23.2% 119 votes

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

512 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishCharles CarpenterDonna GoodpasterTurnout
Ascension Parish69.0%19131.0%86
Assumption Parish94.7%185.3%1
Iberville Parish90.2%1109.8%12
St. James Parish84.1%6915.9%13
St. John the Baptist Parish41.7%558.3%7

Statewide and federal races in Assumption Parish

Democratic presidential primary

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

This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Assumption Parish: Barack Obama 52.3%, Hillary Clinton 39.9%, John Edwards 3.4%, "Joe" Biden 2.4%.

  • 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

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

384,346 votes cast.

Republican presidential primary

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

This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Assumption Parish: "Mike" Huckabee 36.4%, John McCain 50.6%, Mitt Romney 3.9%, Ron Paul 5.8%.

  • "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

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

161,169 votes cast.