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On the ballot: U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and proposed constitutional amendments, plus local races in some areas.

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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. On the ballot: U.S. Senate, U.S. House.

Federal election
U.S. Senate, U.S. House
Source
Secretary of State election results, which also has results by precinct

U.S. Senate

U.S. Senator (Democratic primary)

"Charlie" Melancon (Democrat) won with 70.6% of the vote.

  • "Charlie" Melancon DemocratElected

    70.6% 77,809 votes

  • Neeson J. Chauvin, Jr. DemocratDefeated

    17.7% 19,521 votes

  • Cary J. Deaton DemocratDefeated

    11.7% 12,853 votes

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
"Charlie" Melancon

110,183 votes cast.

Results by parish
Parish"Charlie" MelanconNeeson J. Chauvin, Jr.Cary J. DeatonTurnout
Acadia Parish58.6%92724.1%38217.3%274
Allen Parish57.8%34123.7%14018.5%109
Ascension Parish72.0%1,37519.4%3708.6%164
Assumption Parish80.5%94112.0%1407.5%88
Avoyelles Parish69.6%76519.6%21510.8%119
Beauregard Parish57.8%41823.9%17318.3%132
Bienville Parish59.5%34021.2%12119.3%110
Bossier Parish56.6%86524.2%37019.2%294
Caddo Parish67.3%3,20617.5%83415.2%725
Calcasieu Parish63.2%2,31120.6%75416.2%592
Caldwell Parish55.5%18723.7%8020.8%70
Cameron Parish58.0%16329.9%8412.1%34
Catahoula Parish52.0%19928.5%10919.6%75
Claiborne Parish51.7%18426.1%9322.2%79
Concordia Parish60.8%36825.6%15513.6%82
De Soto Parish60.0%44521.8%16218.2%135
East Baton Rouge Parish77.8%8,06513.2%1,3729.0%933
East Carroll Parish63.2%18021.8%6215.1%43
East Feliciana Parish69.0%59018.4%15712.6%108
Evangeline Parish65.9%63521.5%20712.7%122
Franklin Parish54.8%34922.8%14522.4%143
Grant Parish48.7%28425.6%14925.7%150
Iberia Parish63.9%1,31925.4%52410.7%220
Iberville Parish78.3%1,03115.5%2046.2%81
Jackson Parish60.5%34220.4%11519.1%108
Jefferson Davis Parish66.4%45020.5%13913.1%89
Jefferson Parish76.0%6,56215.0%1,2949.0%775
Lafayette Parish64.4%2,45122.4%85213.2%501
Lafourche Parish70.0%2,04521.1%6168.9%261
LaSalle Parish42.9%16826.3%10330.9%121
Lincoln Parish66.7%56418.8%15914.5%123
Livingston Parish60.2%80223.9%31816.0%213
Madison Parish66.0%28021.2%9012.7%54
Morehouse Parish58.9%42924.0%17517.0%124
Natchitoches Parish66.1%83518.4%23215.6%197
Orleans Parish83.3%15,2259.1%1,6677.5%1,377
Ouachita Parish62.1%1,66221.7%58216.1%432
Plaquemines Parish71.3%32320.8%947.9%36
Pointe Coupee Parish75.5%66116.9%1487.6%67
Rapides Parish61.1%1,99821.0%68717.9%585
Red River Parish56.8%15022.0%5821.2%56
Richland Parish50.4%24731.0%15218.6%91
Sabine Parish42.3%24333.4%19224.3%140
St. Bernard Parish78.4%50413.5%878.1%52
St. Charles Parish75.1%87018.3%2126.6%77
St. Helena Parish69.3%39920.7%11910.1%58
St. James Parish80.4%86514.2%1535.4%58
St. John the Baptist Parish82.7%1,18011.9%1705.4%77
St. Landry Parish70.5%1,74919.3%48010.2%253
St. Martin Parish66.5%1,00919.6%29713.9%211
St. Mary Parish68.2%1,07024.4%3837.4%116
St. Tammany Parish74.2%1,96516.1%4279.7%256
Tangipahoa Parish68.5%1,33023.2%4508.3%162
Tensas Parish68.3%17719.3%5012.4%32
Terrebonne Parish72.8%2,08319.3%5527.9%226
Union Parish49.6%27623.7%13226.8%149
Vermilion Parish54.8%76131.7%44013.5%188
Vernon Parish51.1%37423.0%16826.0%190
Washington Parish71.3%70419.1%1899.5%94
Webster Parish59.0%51022.6%19518.4%159
West Baton Rouge Parish69.0%48617.6%12413.4%94
West Carroll Parish52.5%9527.1%4920.4%37
West Feliciana Parish75.7%28717.2%657.1%27
Winn Parish47.6%19026.1%10426.3%105

U.S. Senator (Libertarian primary)

Randall Todd Hayes (Libertarian) won with 61.6% of the vote.

  • Randall Todd Hayes LibertarianElected

    61.6% 1,530 votes

  • Anthony Gentile LibertarianDefeated

    38.4% 953 votes

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
Randall Todd Hayes
Anthony Gentile

2,483 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishRandall Todd HayesAnthony GentileTurnout
Acadia Parish56.8%2143.2%16
Allen Parish50.0%750.0%7
Ascension Parish51.6%1648.4%15
Assumption Parish72.7%827.3%3
Avoyelles Parish48.3%1451.7%15
Beauregard Parish68.2%1531.8%7
Bienville Parish80.0%420.0%1
Bossier Parish68.2%3031.8%14
Caddo Parish59.5%4440.5%30
Calcasieu Parish71.3%5728.7%23
Caldwell Parish62.5%537.5%3
Cameron Parish60.0%640.0%4
Catahoula Parish55.6%544.4%4
Claiborne Parish87.5%712.5%1
Concordia Parish61.5%838.5%5
De Soto Parish72.7%827.3%3
East Baton Rouge Parish62.9%13437.1%79
East Carroll Parish100.0%20.0%0
East Feliciana Parish58.3%741.7%5
Evangeline Parish73.3%1126.7%4
Franklin Parish72.2%1327.8%5
Grant Parish58.6%1741.4%12
Iberia Parish73.7%4226.3%15
Iberville Parish30.0%370.0%7
Jackson Parish75.0%325.0%1
Jefferson Davis Parish90.0%910.0%1
Jefferson Parish57.5%10042.5%74
Lafayette Parish65.5%11034.5%58
Lafourche Parish56.1%4643.9%36
LaSalle Parish73.3%1126.7%4
Lincoln Parish57.7%1542.3%11
Livingston Parish65.5%3634.5%19
Madison Parish100.0%90.0%0
Morehouse Parish75.0%1525.0%5
Natchitoches Parish92.9%137.1%1
Orleans Parish47.4%4652.6%51
Ouachita Parish74.5%7025.5%24
Plaquemines Parish29.4%570.6%12
Pointe Coupee Parish57.1%442.9%3
Rapides Parish67.3%7632.7%37
Red River Parish0.0%0100.0%3
Richland Parish66.7%1233.3%6
Sabine Parish50.0%950.0%9
St. Bernard Parish50.0%950.0%9
St. Charles Parish58.7%2741.3%19
St. Helena Parish77.8%722.2%2
St. James Parish33.3%166.7%2
St. John the Baptist Parish65.2%1534.8%8
St. Landry Parish58.1%2541.9%18
St. Martin Parish61.0%3639.0%23
St. Mary Parish40.0%1460.0%21
St. Tammany Parish57.1%9642.9%72
Tangipahoa Parish55.4%3144.6%25
Tensas Parish28.6%271.4%5
Terrebonne Parish55.4%7244.6%58
Union Parish60.0%940.0%6
Vermilion Parish71.8%2828.2%11
Vernon Parish65.8%2534.2%13
Washington Parish60.9%1439.1%9
Webster Parish85.7%1814.3%3
West Baton Rouge Parish46.7%753.3%8
West Carroll Parish62.5%537.5%3
West Feliciana Parish83.3%516.7%1
Winn Parish73.3%1126.7%4

U.S. Senator (Republican primary)

David Vitter (Republican) won with 87.6% of the vote.

  • David Vitter RepublicanElected

    87.6% 85,225 votes

  • Chet D. Traylor RepublicanDefeated

    7.0% 6,841 votes

  • Nick J. Accardo RepublicanDefeated

    5.4% 5,232 votes

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
David Vitter

97,298 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishDavid VitterChet D. TraylorNick J. AccardoTurnout
Acadia Parish88.3%9438.8%942.9%31
Allen Parish77.2%22020.0%572.8%8
Ascension Parish85.7%1,7407.5%1526.8%139
Assumption Parish89.5%3685.4%225.1%21
Avoyelles Parish84.7%37112.3%543.0%13
Beauregard Parish91.3%7365.7%463.0%24
Bienville Parish93.2%3594.2%162.6%10
Bossier Parish93.7%2,7603.7%1092.6%78
Caddo Parish92.7%4,5864.8%2382.4%121
Calcasieu Parish89.5%2,7086.7%2043.8%114
Caldwell Parish70.0%23627.0%913.0%10
Cameron Parish90.2%925.9%63.9%4
Catahoula Parish85.4%15810.8%203.8%7
Claiborne Parish92.6%3365.5%201.9%7
Concordia Parish76.1%30520.4%823.5%14
De Soto Parish94.0%4703.8%192.2%11
East Baton Rouge Parish83.9%8,1378.4%8177.7%746
East Carroll Parish80.3%11416.2%233.5%5
East Feliciana Parish85.4%4289.4%475.2%26
Evangeline Parish81.8%32713.3%535.0%20
Franklin Parish68.1%52027.7%2124.2%32
Grant Parish85.7%41310.0%484.4%21
Iberia Parish85.6%2,7534.8%1539.6%310
Iberville Parish87.7%3144.2%158.1%29
Jackson Parish81.8%51213.6%854.6%29
Jefferson Davis Parish89.1%4766.4%344.5%24
Jefferson Parish90.9%8,0203.6%3165.5%484
Lafayette Parish90.9%4,5324.6%2304.5%222
Lafourche Parish90.6%2,9064.1%1335.3%169
LaSalle Parish80.1%35514.4%645.4%24
Lincoln Parish79.7%1,09315.2%2085.1%70
Livingston Parish89.4%1,9716.0%1334.6%101
Madison Parish75.6%18923.2%581.2%3
Morehouse Parish82.9%63514.1%1083.0%23
Natchitoches Parish92.8%7534.3%352.8%23
Orleans Parish79.6%1,8977.9%18712.5%298
Ouachita Parish83.0%3,57012.9%5544.1%177
Plaquemines Parish88.1%5475.6%356.3%39
Pointe Coupee Parish86.3%2716.1%197.6%24
Rapides Parish86.0%2,7079.4%2974.5%143
Red River Parish94.5%1884.0%81.5%3
Richland Parish70.8%47726.4%1782.8%19
Sabine Parish89.6%4597.0%363.3%17
St. Bernard Parish85.8%3746.0%268.3%36
St. Charles Parish90.1%1,2873.8%546.1%87
St. Helena Parish85.4%1709.5%195.0%10
St. James Parish95.4%2890.7%24.0%12
St. John the Baptist Parish89.5%7003.2%257.3%57
St. Landry Parish92.1%1,0564.4%513.5%40
St. Martin Parish88.3%1,6786.8%1294.9%93
St. Mary Parish79.7%1,3052.6%4317.7%289
St. Tammany Parish91.0%6,2874.1%2824.9%341
Tangipahoa Parish90.5%1,8155.7%1153.7%75
Tensas Parish71.3%11728.0%460.6%1
Terrebonne Parish89.8%4,8534.6%2465.7%306
Union Parish84.8%56212.5%832.7%18
Vermilion Parish88.9%8138.0%733.1%28
Vernon Parish88.6%5818.1%533.4%22
Washington Parish89.5%6835.5%425.0%38
Webster Parish92.5%7284.4%353.0%24
West Baton Rouge Parish84.0%2418.4%247.7%22
West Carroll Parish66.4%20228.3%865.3%16
West Feliciana Parish77.6%22215.7%456.6%19
Winn Parish85.9%31012.7%461.4%5

U.S. House

U.S. Representative, 2nd Congressional District-Democratic Party

Cedric Richmond (Democrat) won with 60.5% of the vote.

  • Cedric Richmond DemocratElected

    60.5% 14,678 votes

  • Juan LaFonta DemocratDefeated

    21.3% 5,171 votes

  • Eugene Green DemocratDefeated

    10.3% 2,500 votes

  • Gary Johnson DemocratDefeated

    7.9% 1,914 votes

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

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

24,263 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishCedric RichmondJuan LaFontaEugene GreenGary JohnsonTurnout
Jefferson Parish68.7%3,77011.6%63811.2%6158.4%462
Orleans Parish58.1%10,90824.1%4,53310.0%1,8857.7%1,452

U.S. Representative, 3rd Congressional District-Republican Party

No one got a majority, so "Jeff" Landry (Republican) and "Hunt" Downer (Republican) went to a runoff.

  • "Jeff" Landry RepublicanIn runoff

    49.6% 10,396 votes

  • "Hunt" Downer RepublicanIn runoff

    36.1% 7,570 votes

  • Kristian Magar RepublicanDefeated

    14.3% 2,987 votes

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
"Jeff" Landry
"Hunt" Downer
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

20,953 votes cast.

Results by parish
Parish"Jeff" Landry"Hunt" DownerKristian MagarTurnout
Ascension Parish57.9%55526.3%25215.8%151
Assumption Parish54.0%23539.3%1716.7%29
Iberia Parish60.8%2,05312.4%41926.8%906
Jefferson Parish60.2%11529.3%5610.5%20
Lafourche Parish45.8%1,52442.6%1,41811.5%384
Plaquemines Parish56.7%35128.8%17814.5%90
St. Bernard Parish44.3%19139.2%16916.5%71
St. Charles Parish64.8%71420.9%23014.3%158
St. James Parish61.0%18827.6%8511.4%35
St. John the Baptist Parish58.2%46231.5%25010.3%82
St. Martin Parish76.4%1,58316.0%3317.6%158
St. Mary Parish58.7%95622.8%37118.6%303
Terrebonne Parish25.7%1,46963.8%3,64010.5%600

U.S. Representative, 4th Congressional District-Democratic Party

David Melville (Democrat) won with 81.1% of the vote.

  • David Melville DemocratElected

    81.1% 10,145 votes

  • Steven Jude Gavi DemocratDefeated

    18.9% 2,365 votes

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

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

12,510 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishDavid MelvilleSteven Jude GaviTurnout
Allen Parish73.0%21427.0%79
Beauregard Parish75.4%48424.6%158
Bienville Parish79.3%41820.7%109
Bossier Parish82.6%1,19317.4%252
Caddo Parish84.0%3,86116.0%735
Claiborne Parish78.7%26921.3%73
De Soto Parish76.8%52323.2%158
Grant Parish75.0%38825.0%129
Natchitoches Parish84.6%99115.4%180
Red River Parish82.2%19917.8%43
Sabine Parish77.7%44622.3%128
Vernon Parish79.2%53720.8%141
Webster Parish77.6%62222.4%180

U.S. Representative, 5th Congressional District-Republican Party

Rodney Alexander (Republican) won with 88.9% of the vote.

  • Rodney Alexander RepublicanElected

    88.9% 14,031 votes

  • Todd Slavant RepublicanDefeated

    11.1% 1,744 votes

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

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

15,775 votes cast.

Results by parish
ParishRodney AlexanderTodd SlavantTurnout
Allen Parish88.6%10911.4%14
Avoyelles Parish87.5%37912.5%54
Caldwell Parish88.4%29011.6%38
Catahoula Parish89.6%16310.4%19
Concordia Parish91.2%3648.8%35
East Carroll Parish95.8%1374.2%6
Evangeline Parish85.9%16414.1%27
Franklin Parish92.0%6978.0%61
Iberville Parish83.6%10216.4%20
Jackson Parish91.2%5728.8%55
LaSalle Parish88.3%38511.7%51
Lincoln Parish92.0%1,2628.0%110
Madison Parish90.2%2219.8%24
Morehouse Parish91.0%7049.0%70
Ouachita Parish87.7%3,75712.3%526
Pointe Coupee Parish79.4%7720.6%20
Rapides Parish87.6%2,73012.4%388
Richland Parish88.3%58711.7%78
Tensas Parish93.8%1506.3%10
Union Parish88.7%59011.3%75
West Carroll Parish94.0%2846.0%18
Winn Parish87.2%30712.8%45

Turnout by parish