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Calcasieu Parish

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.

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DSCC Member, 34th Representative District, Office "A"

Edwina Medearis-Harrison (Democrat) won with 60.6% of the vote.

  • Edwina Medearis-Harrison DemocratElected

    60.6% 3,056 votes

  • "Winnie" Fowler DemocratDefeated

    39.4% 1,987 votes

By precinct in Calcasieu Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
Edwina Medearis-Harrison
"Winnie" Fowler
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 4,902 votes cast at the polls in 29 precincts. The 141 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

5,043 votes cast.

DSCC Member, 36th Representative District, Office "B"

"Mark" Zimmerman (Democrat) won with 76.5% of the vote.

  • "Mark" Zimmerman DemocratElected

    76.5% 2,026 votes

  • Jonald Walker DemocratDefeated

    23.5% 623 votes

By precinct in Calcasieu Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
"Mark" Zimmerman
Jonald Walker
  • Another candidate, or a tie
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 2,542 votes cast at the polls in 27 precincts. The 107 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

2,649 votes cast.

DPEC Member, District 2

"Winnie" Fowler (Democrat) won with 51.8% of the vote.

  • "Winnie" Fowler DemocratElected

    51.8% 545 votes

  • "Mike" Smith DemocratDefeated

    48.2% 507 votes

By precinct in Calcasieu Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
"Winnie" Fowler
"Mike" Smith
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 1,013 votes cast at the polls in 8 precincts. The 39 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

1,052 votes cast.

DPEC Member, District 8

Mary Leach Werner (Democrat) won with 63.4% of the vote.

  • Mary Leach Werner DemocratElected

    63.4% 355 votes

  • Jonald Walker DemocratDefeated

    36.6% 205 votes

By precinct in Calcasieu Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
Mary Leach Werner
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 519 votes cast at the polls in 7 precincts. The 41 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

560 votes cast.

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 Calcasieu Parish: Terry Backhaus 76.7%, "Tim" Jones 23.3%.

  • Terry Backhaus RepublicanElected

    76.1% 482 votes

  • "Tim" Jones RepublicanDefeated

    23.9% 151 votes

By precinct in Calcasieu 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 596 votes cast at the polls in 22 precincts. The 21 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

633 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishTerry Backhaus"Tim" JonesTurnout
Beauregard Parish56.3%943.8%7
Calcasieu Parish76.7%47323.3%144

RSCC Member, 36th Representative District, Subdistrict A

Keith DeSonier (Republican) won with 81.7% of the vote.

  • Keith DeSonier RepublicanElected

    81.7% 558 votes

  • David Johnston RepublicanDefeated

    18.3% 125 votes

By precinct in Calcasieu Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
Keith DeSonier
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 652 votes cast at the polls in 10 precincts. The 31 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

683 votes cast.

Statewide and federal races in Calcasieu 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 Calcasieu Parish: Barack Obama 49.9%, Hillary Clinton 44.4%, John Edwards 2.7%, "Joe" Biden 1.3%.

  • 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

By precinct in Calcasieu 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
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 15,906 votes cast at the polls in 118 precincts. The 501 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

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 Calcasieu Parish: "Mike" Huckabee 49.7%, John McCain 37.0%, Mitt Romney 5.7%, Ron Paul 4.7%.

  • "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

By precinct in Calcasieu 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 5,721 votes cast at the polls in 118 precincts. The 310 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

161,169 votes cast.

Turnout by precinct