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Cameron Parish

Local election results for Saturday, October 22, 2011, including statewide races. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. Each race has a map by precinct.

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Sheriff

No one got a majority, so "Ron" Johnson (Republican) and Wendell Wilkerson (Republican) went to a runoff.

  • "Ron" Johnson RepublicanIn runoff

    20.7% 659 votes

  • Wendell Wilkerson RepublicanIn runoff

    20.7% 656 votes

  • "Pete" Picou DemocratDefeated

    16.5% 525 votes

  • "Danny" Lavergne DemocratDefeated

    14.6% 463 votes

3 other candidates: 27.5% together
Jerry W. Nunez Democrat11.8%375
Charles Precht III Democrat10.1%321
Milton A. Collins Democrat5.6%177

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
"Ron" Johnson
Wendell Wilkerson
"Pete" Picou
  • Another candidate, or a tie
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 2,248 votes cast at the polls in 19 precincts. The 928 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

3,176 votes cast; 45.0% of the 5,909 registered voters in the area turned out.

Police Juror, District 1

No one got a majority, so Curtis Fountain (Democrat) and "Sonny" McGee (No party) went to a runoff.

  • Curtis Fountain DemocratIn runoff

    38.8% 140 votes

  • "Sonny" McGee No partyIn runoff

    37.7% 136 votes

  • Kurt Storm RepublicanDefeated

    23.5% 85 votes

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
Curtis Fountain
"Sonny" McGee
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 295 votes cast at the polls in 3 precincts. The 66 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

361 votes cast; 36.0% of the 820 registered voters in the area turned out.

Police Juror, District 3

Kirk Quinn (Democrat) won with 63.1% of the vote.

  • Kirk Quinn DemocratElected

    63.1% 291 votes

  • Ronald Dupuis DemocratDefeated

    25.4% 117 votes

  • Howard "Joe" Russell RepublicanDefeated

    11.5% 53 votes

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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

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

Shows the 319 votes cast at the polls in 1 precinct. The 142 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

461 votes cast; 54.7% of the 730 registered voters in the area turned out.

Police Juror, District 4

No one got a majority, so Terry M. Beard (Democrat) and Thomas McDaniel (No party) went to a runoff.

  • Terry M. Beard DemocratIn runoff

    45.3% 242 votes

  • Thomas McDaniel No partyIn runoff

    35.0% 187 votes

  • Shawn C. Bonsall RepublicanDefeated

    19.7% 105 votes

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
Terry M. Beard
Thomas McDaniel
Shawn C. Bonsall
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 394 votes cast at the polls in 5 precincts. The 140 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

534 votes cast; 50.4% of the 924 registered voters in the area turned out.

Police Juror, District 5

No one got a majority, so Scott Trahan (Democrat) and "Kirk" Burleigh (Democrat) went to a runoff.

  • Scott Trahan DemocratIn runoff

    37.9% 255 votes

  • "Kirk" Burleigh DemocratIn runoff

    31.4% 211 votes

  • Edward Petersen DemocratDefeated

    30.7% 206 votes

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
Scott Trahan
"Kirk" Burleigh
Edward Petersen
  • Another candidate, or a tie
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 333 votes cast at the polls in 6 precincts. The 339 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

672 votes cast; 44.7% of the 1,290 registered voters in the area turned out.

Police Juror, District 6

No one got a majority, so "Joe" B. Dupont (Republican) and Joseph M. Delcambre (Republican) went to a runoff.

  • "Joe" B. Dupont RepublicanIn runoff

    33.7% 147 votes

  • Joseph M. Delcambre RepublicanIn runoff

    31.9% 139 votes

  • Richard E. Toerner No partyDefeated

    18.1% 79 votes

  • John "Gary" Wicke DemocratDefeated

    16.3% 71 votes

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
"Joe" B. Dupont
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 325 votes cast at the polls in 2 precincts. The 111 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

436 votes cast; 41.2% of the 798 registered voters in the area turned out.

Police Juror, District 7

Darryl Farque (Democrat) won with 64.2% of the vote.

  • Darryl Farque DemocratElected

    64.2% 251 votes

  • Patrick Sewell RepublicanDefeated

    35.8% 140 votes

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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

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

Shows the 305 votes cast at the polls in 1 precinct. The 86 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

391 votes cast; 44.9% of the 737 registered voters in the area turned out.

Statewide and federal races in Cameron Parish

Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry

Michael G. "Mike" Strain (Republican) won with 66.5% of the vote.

This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Cameron Parish: Michael G. "Mike" Strain 69.4%, Jamie LaBranche 22.0%, Belinda "B" Alexandrenko 8.5%.

  • Michael G. "Mike" Strain RepublicanElected

    66.5% 640,886 votes

  • Jamie LaBranche DemocratDefeated

    27.8% 267,942 votes

  • Belinda "B" Alexandrenko Other partyDefeated

    5.7% 54,888 votes

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
Michael G. "Mike" Strain
Jamie LaBranche
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 2,045 votes cast at the polls in 19 precincts. The 881 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

963,716 votes cast; 32.8% of the 2,847,566 registered voters in the area turned out.

Commissioner of Insurance

"Jim" Donelon (Republican) won with 67.5% of the vote.

This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Cameron Parish: "Jim" Donelon 64.6%, Donald C. Hodge 35.4%.

  • "Jim" Donelon RepublicanElected

    67.5% 651,559 votes

  • Donald C. Hodge DemocratDefeated

    32.5% 314,317 votes

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
"Jim" Donelon
Donald C. Hodge
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 2,052 votes cast at the polls in 19 precincts. The 887 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

965,876 votes cast; 32.8% of the 2,847,566 registered voters in the area turned out.

Governor

"Bobby" Jindal (Republican) won with 65.8% of the vote.

This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Cameron Parish: "Bobby" Jindal 81.0%, Tara Hollis 9.0%, Cary J. Deaton 2.3%, Ivo "Trey" Roberts 1.4%.

  • "Bobby" Jindal RepublicanElected

    65.8% 673,239 votes

  • Tara Hollis DemocratDefeated

    17.9% 182,925 votes

  • Cary J. Deaton DemocratDefeated

    4.9% 50,071 votes

  • Ivo "Trey" Roberts DemocratDefeated

    3.3% 33,280 votes

6 other candidates: 8.2% together
David Blanchard No party2.6%26,705
"Niki Bird" Papazoglakis Democrat2.1%21,885
Scott Lewis Libertarian1.2%12,528
William Robert "Bob" Lang, Jr. No party0.9%9,109
"Ron" Ceasar No party0.8%8,179
Leonard "Lenny" Bollingham No party0.5%5,242

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
"Bobby" Jindal
Tara Hollis
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 2,196 votes cast at the polls in 19 precincts. The 920 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

1,023,163 votes cast; 32.8% of the 2,847,566 registered voters in the area turned out.

Lieutenant Governor

"Jay" Dardenne (Republican) won with 53.1% of the vote.

This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Cameron Parish: "Jay" Dardenne 50.3%, "Billy" Nungesser 49.7%.

  • "Jay" Dardenne RepublicanElected

    53.1% 504,541 votes

  • "Billy" Nungesser RepublicanDefeated

    46.9% 445,049 votes

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
"Jay" Dardenne
"Billy" Nungesser
  • Another candidate, or a tie
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 2,059 votes cast at the polls in 19 precincts. The 891 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

949,590 votes cast; 32.8% of the 2,847,566 registered voters in the area turned out.

Secretary of State, For Regular and Unexpired Term

"Tom" Schedler (Republican) won with 50.5% of the vote.

This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Cameron Parish: "Tom" Schedler 45.6%, "Jim" Tucker 54.4%.

  • "Tom" Schedler RepublicanElected

    50.5% 449,616 votes

  • "Jim" Tucker RepublicanDefeated

    49.5% 441,170 votes

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
"Tom" Schedler
"Jim" Tucker
  • Another candidate, or a tie
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 1,940 votes cast at the polls in 19 precincts. The 855 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

890,786 votes cast; 32.8% of the 2,847,566 registered voters in the area turned out.

BESE, District 7

Holly Boffy (Republican) won with 66.5% of the vote.

This race covers 9 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Cameron Parish: Holly Boffy 64.1%, Dale Bayard 35.9%.

  • Holly Boffy RepublicanElected

    66.5% 82,395 votes

  • Dale Bayard RepublicanDefeated

    33.5% 41,460 votes

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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

Under 50%50 to 60%Over 60%
Holly Boffy
Dale Bayard
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 2,062 votes cast at the polls in 19 precincts. The 870 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

123,855 votes cast; 31.8% of the 372,769 registered voters in the area turned out.

Propositions, taxes, and recalls

Parishwide Proposition (Disabled Veterans Homestead Exemption) Summary: Authorizes an additional homestead exemption in the Parish of Cameron, State of Louisiana, for certain disabled veterans in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Article VII, Section 21(K) of the Louisiana Constitution.

PW Police Jury (Vet.), Disabled Vet. Homestead Exemp.

Passed: 81.2% voted yes and 18.8% voted no.

What the ballot said

Shall an additional homestead exemption be authorized in the Parish of Cameron, State of Louisiana, for certain disabled veterans and their surviving spouses in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Article VII, Section 21(K) of the Louisiana Constitution, provided that this additional homestead exemption shall extend and apply to property in Cameron Parish only after approval by a majority of the registered voters in Cameron Parish voting on this proposition?

  • YesApproved

    81.2% 2,266 votes

  • No

    18.8% 524 votes

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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Which side won each precinct, and by how much

Under 55%55 to 65%Over 65%
Yes
No
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 1,923 votes cast at the polls in 19 precincts. The 867 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

2,790 votes cast; 45.0% of the 5,909 registered voters in the area turned out.

Constitutional amendments

Amendment 1

Millennium Trust/Tobacco Settle./TOPS Prog.

Passed: 69.6% voted for and 30.4% voted against.

This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Cameron Parish: For 74.0%, Against 26.0%.

What the ballot said

To dedicate funds for the TOPS program relative to the portion of the monies deposited in and credited to the Millennium Trust each year from the Tobacco Master Settlement, to provide that once the balance in the Millennium Trust reaches a total of one billion three hundred eighty million dollars, one hundred percent of the annual Settlement Proceeds shall be allocated to the TOPS Fund to support state programs of financial assistance for students attending Louisiana postsecondary education institutions; to provide relative to the rate of tax on certain tobacco products and beginning July 1, 2012, to dedicate such tobacco revenues to the Health Excellence Fund to be used for the purposes of the fund, including providing for the optimal development of Louisiana's children through the provision of appropriate health care and providing health care initiatives through innovation in advanced health care sciences; to provide for the deposit, transfer, or credit of certain monies in the Millennium Trust to the Health Excellence Fund, the Education Excellence Fund, and the TOPS Fund. (Amends Article VII, Section 10.8(A)(1)(c), (A)(2),(3), and (4), and (C)(1) and adds Article VII, Section 4.1)

  • ForApproved

    69.6% 672,429 votes

  • Against

    30.4% 293,759 votes

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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Which side won each precinct, and by how much

Under 55%55 to 65%Over 65%
For
Against
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 1,939 votes cast at the polls in 19 precincts. The 876 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

966,188 votes cast; 32.8% of the 2,847,566 registered voters in the area turned out.

Amendment 2

Prov.min.10%nonrecurr.rev./state retire.sys

Passed: 58.7% voted for and 41.3% voted against.

This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Cameron Parish: For 61.7%, Against 38.3%.

What the ballot said

To require in Fiscal Years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 that five percent of money designated in the official forecast as nonrecurring be applied toward the balance of the unfunded accrued liability which existed as of June 30, 1988, for the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana. To further require that in Fiscal Year 2015-2016 and every fiscal year thereafter that ten percent of such nonrecurring revenue be applied to such purposes. (Amends Article VII, Section 10(D)(2)(b))

  • ForApproved

    58.7% 531,551 votes

  • Against

    41.3% 373,945 votes

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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Which side won each precinct, and by how much

Under 55%55 to 65%Over 65%
For
Against
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 1,907 votes cast at the polls in 19 precincts. The 865 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

905,496 votes cast; 32.8% of the 2,847,566 registered voters in the area turned out.

Amendment 3

Prov.Assets/Prop./Patient's Compensation Fund

Passed: 53.3% voted for and 46.7% voted against.

This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Cameron Parish: For 57.4%, Against 42.6%.

What the ballot said

To authorize the legislature to establish a private custodial fund, designated as the Patient's Compensation Fund, for the use, benefit, and protection of medical malpractice claimants and private health care provider members; to provide that assets of the fund shall not be state property. (Adds Article XII, Section 16)

  • ForApproved

    53.3% 475,660 votes

  • Against

    46.7% 416,581 votes

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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Which side won each precinct, and by how much

Under 55%55 to 65%Over 65%
For
Against
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 1,877 votes cast at the polls in 19 precincts. The 840 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

892,241 votes cast; 32.8% of the 2,847,566 registered voters in the area turned out.

Amendment 4

Prov.relative-deposits Budget Stabilization Fund

Passed: 49.4% voted for and 50.6% voted against.

This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Cameron Parish: For 53.3%, Against 46.7%.

What the ballot said

To provide that if at any time mineral revenues exceed the base provided by law and monies are withdrawn from the Budget Stabilization Fund, no deposit of mineral revenues shall be made to the Budget Stabilization Fund in the same or ensuing fiscal year in which monies in the fund are appropriated or incorporated into the official forecast, except by specific legislative appropriation, and thereafter deposits of mineral revenues into the fund shall resume except in an annual amount not to exceed one-third of the most recent amount appropriated or incorporated into the official forecast. (Adds Article VII, Section 10.3(C)(5))

  • For

    49.4% 433,204 votes

  • AgainstDefeated

    50.6% 443,634 votes

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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Which side won each precinct, and by how much

Under 55%55 to 65%Over 65%
For
Against
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 1,840 votes cast at the polls in 19 precincts. The 828 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

876,838 votes cast; 32.8% of the 2,847,566 registered voters in the area turned out.

Amendment 5

City of N.O. minim.bids-tax sales

Passed: 48.5% voted for and 51.5% voted against.

This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Cameron Parish: For 43.8%, Against 56.2%.

What the ballot said

To amend provisions relative to tax sales in order to maintain an existing exemption from the minimum bid requirements for tax sales in the city of New Orleans due to changes in populations according to the 2010 census. (Amends Article VII, Section 25(A)(2))

  • For

    48.5% 424,397 votes

  • AgainstDefeated

    51.5% 450,862 votes

By precinct in Cameron Parish

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Which side won each precinct, and by how much

Under 55%55 to 65%Over 65%
For
Against
  • A tie
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 1,837 votes cast at the polls in 19 precincts. The 828 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

875,259 votes cast; 32.8% of the 2,847,566 registered voters in the area turned out.

Turnout by precinct

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Share of registered voters in each precinct who voted at the polls on election day

  • 25% to 35%
  • 35% to 45%
  • 45% to 55%
  • 55% to 65%
  • 65% to 75%

Early and absentee voters are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't included here.