On the ballot: U.S. House general elections where no candidate won in November, plus a special election for State Senate District 14 in East Baton Rouge Parish.
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Local election results for Saturday, February 9, 2008, including statewide races. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. Each race has a map by precinct.
Craig Jones (Democrat) won with 71.5% of the vote.
This race covers 3 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Beauregard Parish: Craig Jones 63.1%, Dwayne "Tink" Reeves 36.9%.
Craig Jones DemocratElected
71.5%1,612 votes
Dwayne "Tink" Reeves DemocratDefeated
28.5%644 votes
By precinct in Beauregard Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
Craig Jones
Dwayne "Tink" Reeves
Another candidate, or a tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 642 votes cast at the polls in 23 precincts. The 38 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Walter Thomas "Tommy" Brown (Democrat), Robert "Bo" Rice (Democrat), William M. Coleman (Democrat), Wilma L. Sowells Scott (Democrat), and Ann Jackson Steward (Democrat) won.
Walter Thomas "Tommy" Brown DemocratElected
18.4%1,196 votes
Robert "Bo" Rice DemocratElected
18.1%1,173 votes
William M. Coleman DemocratElected
16.6%1,077 votes
Wilma L. Sowells Scott DemocratElected
15.9%1,036 votes
Ann Jackson Steward DemocratElected
15.8%1,029 votes
1 other candidate: 15.2% together
Jonnie F. Mango Democrat
15.2%
985
By precinct in Beauregard Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
Walter Thomas "Tommy" Brown
Robert "Bo" Rice
William M. Coleman
Another candidate, or a tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 5,949 votes cast at the polls in 45 precincts. The 547 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
6,496 votes cast.
RSCC Member, 32nd Representative District, Subdistrict A
James David Cain (Republican) won with 69.4% of the vote.
This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Beauregard Parish: James David Cain 67.9%, Kennis Paul Smith 32.1%.
James David Cain RepublicanElected
69.4%490 votes
Kennis Paul Smith RepublicanDefeated
30.6%216 votes
By precinct in Beauregard Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
James David Cain
Kennis Paul Smith
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 549 votes cast at the polls in 19 precincts. The 31 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
RSCC Member, 33rd Representative District, Subdistrict B
Terry Backhaus (Republican) won with 76.1% of the vote.
This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Beauregard Parish: Terry Backhaus 56.3%, "Tim" Jones 43.8%.
Terry Backhaus RepublicanElected
76.1%482 votes
"Tim" Jones RepublicanDefeated
23.9%151 votes
By precinct in Beauregard Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
Terry Backhaus
"Tim" Jones
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 15 votes cast at the polls in 2 precincts. The 1 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Barack Obama (Democrat) won with 57.4% of the vote.
This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Beauregard Parish: Barack Obama 33.8%, Hillary Clinton 55.5%, John Edwards 6.1%, "Joe" Biden 1.8%.
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 Democrat
1.1%
4,257
Christopher J. Dodd Democrat
0.5%
1,924
Dennis J. Kucinich Democrat
0.4%
1,404
By precinct in Beauregard Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
Barack Obama
Hillary Clinton
Another candidate, or a tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 2,011 votes cast at the polls in 45 precincts. The 154 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
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 Beauregard Parish: "Mike" Huckabee 57.9%, John McCain 33.2%, Mitt Romney 4.1%, Ron Paul 2.6%.
"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 Republican
1.0%
1,603
Rudolph W. Giuliani Republican
1.0%
1,593
Alan Keyes Republican
0.5%
837
Jerry Curry Republican
0.3%
521
Duncan Hunter Republican
0.2%
368
Daniel Gilbert Republican
0.1%
183
"Tom" Tancredo Republican
0.1%
107
By precinct in Beauregard Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
"Mike" Huckabee
John McCain
Another candidate, or a tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 1,197 votes cast at the polls in 45 precincts. The 107 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.