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.
Dustin "Chip" Roussel (Democrat) won with 57.4% of the vote.
Dustin "Chip" Roussel DemocratElected
57.4%341 votes
Rebecca "Becky" Foret RepublicanDefeated
42.6%253 votes
By precinct in St. James Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
Dustin "Chip" Roussel
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 575 votes cast at the polls in 2 precincts. The 19 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
594 votes cast.
Party committees
DSCC Member, 57th Representative District, Office "A"
"Geri" Broussard Baloney (Democrat) won with 69.4% of the vote.
This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. James Parish: "Geri" Broussard Baloney 64.5%, Julia Remondet 28.8%, Lynncal T. Bering 6.7%.
"Geri" Broussard Baloney DemocratElected
69.4%3,455 votes
Julia Remondet DemocratDefeated
22.8%1,137 votes
Lynncal T. Bering DemocratDefeated
7.7%384 votes
By precinct in St. James Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
"Geri" Broussard Baloney
Julia Remondet
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 1,380 votes cast at the polls in 10 precincts. The 64 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Randal Gaines (Democrat) won with 44.0% of the vote.
This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. James Parish: Randal Gaines 52.2%, Albert "Ali" Burl III 16.4%, Daniel E. Becnel, Jr. 31.4%.
Randal Gaines DemocratElected
44.0%2,316 votes
Albert "Ali" Burl III DemocratDefeated
28.3%1,492 votes
Daniel E. Becnel, Jr. DemocratDefeated
27.7%1,457 votes
By precinct in St. James Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
Randal Gaines
Daniel E. Becnel, Jr.
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 1,530 votes cast at the polls in 10 precincts. The 70 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
RSCC Member, 57th Representative District, Subdistrict A
David W. Millet (Republican) won with 49.2% of the vote.
This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. James Parish: David W. Millet 46.9%, Kathy Jean McWaters 42.3%, James R. Schindler 10.9%.
David W. Millet RepublicanElected
49.2%191 votes
Kathy Jean McWaters RepublicanDefeated
37.1%144 votes
James R. Schindler RepublicanDefeated
13.7%53 votes
By precinct in St. James Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
David W. Millet
Kathy Jean McWaters
Another candidate, or a tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 168 votes cast at the polls in 10 precincts. The 7 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Charles Carpenter (Republican) won with 76.8% of the vote.
This race covers 5 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. James Parish: Charles Carpenter 84.1%, Donna Goodpaster 15.9%.
Charles Carpenter RepublicanElected
76.8%393 votes
Donna Goodpaster RepublicanDefeated
23.2%119 votes
By precinct in St. James Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
Charles Carpenter
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 75 votes cast at the polls in 11 precincts. The 7 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 St. James Parish: Barack Obama 68.2%, Hillary Clinton 25.1%, John Edwards 2.8%, "Joe" Biden 2.1%.
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 St. James 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 3,647 votes cast at the polls in 21 precincts. The 187 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 St. James Parish: "Mike" Huckabee 35.9%, John McCain 50.3%, Mitt Romney 3.6%, Ron Paul 5.2%.
"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 St. James 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 289 votes cast at the polls in 21 precincts. The 17 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.