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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No one got a majority, so "Sam" Dore (Republican) and "Max" Jordan (Republican) went to a runoff.
"Sam" Dore RepublicanIn runoff
38.3%773 votes
"Max" Jordan RepublicanIn runoff
31.4%634 votes
"Joe" Riley RepublicanDefeated
30.2%610 votes
No precinct map: Lafayette Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.
2,017 votes cast.
State Legislature
State Senator, 24th Senatorial District
No one got a majority, so Elbert L. Guillory (Democrat) and Patricia "Pat" Cravins (Democrat) went to a runoff.
This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Lafayette Parish: Elbert L. Guillory 22.9%, Patricia "Pat" Cravins 50.9%, Lincoln "Link" Savoie 17.7%, Quincy Richard, Jr. 3.2%.
Elbert L. Guillory DemocratIn runoff
40.7%5,401 votes
Patricia "Pat" Cravins DemocratIn runoff
28.4%3,768 votes
Lincoln "Link" Savoie RepublicanDefeated
18.7%2,476 votes
Quincy Richard, Jr. DemocratDefeated
7.5%997 votes
Kelly J. Scott DemocratDefeated
4.7%619 votes
No precinct map: Lafayette Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.
Parishwide Proposition (General Obligation Bond) Summary: Authority to issue 25-year Bonds to the amount of $26,000,000 for the purpose of financing a proposed Parish capital improvement program to include reconstructing of existing roads and improving public roads, highways and bridges within the Parish, said Bonds to be payable from ad valorem taxes.
PW - Parish Council, $26,000,000 Bond - Parish Council - 25 Yrs.
Passed: 70.9% voted yes and 29.1% voted no.
What the ballot said
Shall the Parish of Lafayette, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), incur debt and issue bonds to the amount of Twenty-Six Million Dollars ($26,000,000), to run twenty-five (25) years from date thereof, with interest at a rate not exceeding nine per centum (9%) per annum, to be sold at par, premium or discount, for the purpose of financing a proposed Parish capital improvement program to include reconstructing of existing roads and improving public roads, highways and bridges within the Parish, title to which shall be in the public; which bonds will be general obligations of the Parish and will be payable from ad valorem taxes to be levied and collected in the manner provided by Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974 and statutory authority supplemental thereto?
YesApproved
70.9%7,186 votes
No
29.1%2,943 votes
No precinct map: Lafayette Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.
10,129 votes cast.
Law Enforcement District Proposition (Millage Renewal) Summary: Authority for the Law Enforcement District of the Parish of Lafayette to continue to levy a 10 year, 8.76 mills tax beginning in the year 2010 and ending with the year 2019 for the purpose of providing funds for the District, said tax to be in addition to the tax now authorized by R.S. 33:9003A to be levied for the said purpose.
Shall the Law Enforcement District of the Parish of Lafayette, State of Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy an eight and seventy-six hundredths (8.76) mills tax on all the property subject to taxation in said District for a period of ten years, beginning with the year 2010 and ending with the year 2019 (an estimated $13,000,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) for the purpose of providing funds for the District, said tax to be in addition to the tax now authorized by R.S. 33:9003A to be levied for the said purpose?
YesApproved
69.0%7,068 votes
No
31.0%3,177 votes
No precinct map: Lafayette Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.