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Rapides Parish

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

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RSCC Member, 27th Representative District, Subdistrict A

Edward L. Tarpley, Jr. (Republican) won with 69.9% of the vote.

  • Edward L. Tarpley, Jr. RepublicanElected

    69.9% 399 votes

  • "Gena" Gore RepublicanDefeated

    30.1% 172 votes

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

571 votes cast.

Statewide and federal races in Rapides 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 Rapides Parish: Barack Obama 59.1%, Hillary Clinton 32.9%, John Edwards 4.1%, "Joe" Biden 1.7%.

  • 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: Rapides 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 Rapides Parish: "Mike" Huckabee 48.3%, John McCain 36.4%, Mitt Romney 7.2%, Ron Paul 4.8%.

  • "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: Rapides Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.

161,169 votes cast.