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, March 24, 2012, including statewide races. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. Each race has a map by precinct.
DSCC Member, 25th Representative District, Office "A"
Nancy Grandquist Fields (Democrat) won with 51.9% of the vote.
Nancy Grandquist Fields DemocratElected
51.9%391 votes
Leona Venson DemocratDefeated
48.1%363 votes
By precinct in Rapides Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
Nancy Grandquist Fields
Leona Venson
Another candidate, or a tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 609 votes cast at the polls in 38 precincts. The 145 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
754 votes cast; 7.4% of the 12,675 registered voters in the area turned out.
DSCC Member, 26th Representative District, Office "A"
Mary L. Wardsworth (Democrat) won with 62.5% of the vote.
Mary L. Wardsworth DemocratElected
62.5%1,057 votes
Angelina B. Iles DemocratDefeated
37.5%635 votes
By precinct in Rapides Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
Mary L. Wardsworth
Angelina B. Iles
Another candidate, or a tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 1,484 votes cast at the polls in 32 precincts. The 208 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
1,692 votes cast; 11.8% of the 16,382 registered voters in the area turned out.
Herbert B. Dixon (Democrat) won with 85.9% of the vote.
Herbert B. Dixon DemocratElected
85.9%1,588 votes
Gerber M. Porter DemocratDefeated
14.1%261 votes
By precinct in Rapides Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
Herbert B. Dixon
Gerber M. Porter
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 1,631 votes cast at the polls in 32 precincts. The 218 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
1,849 votes cast; 11.8% of the 16,382 registered voters in the area turned out.
RSCC Member, 25th Representative District, Subdistrict B
Wayne Ryan (Republican) won with 59.4% of the vote.
Wayne Ryan RepublicanElected
59.4%367 votes
David B. Kimball RepublicanDefeated
40.6%251 votes
By precinct in Rapides Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
Wayne Ryan
David B. Kimball
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 540 votes cast at the polls in 12 precincts. The 78 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
618 votes cast; 23.4% of the 3,516 registered voters in the area turned out.
RSCC Member, 26th Representative District
Kim P. Knight (Republican) won with 68.8% of the vote.
Kim P. Knight RepublicanElected
68.8%379 votes
Brent Sanders RepublicanDefeated
31.2%172 votes
By precinct in Rapides Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
Kim P. Knight
Brent Sanders
Another candidate, or a tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 483 votes cast at the polls in 31 precincts. The 68 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
551 votes cast; 20.7% of the 3,302 registered voters in the area turned out.
Statewide and federal races in Rapides Parish
Democratic presidential primary
Barack Obama (Democrat) won with 76.5% of the vote.
This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Rapides Parish: Barack Obama 74.4%, John Wolfe 13.7%, "Bob" Ely 6.8%, Darcy G. Richardson 5.2%.
Barack Obama DemocratElected
76.5%115,150 votes
John Wolfe DemocratDefeated
11.8%17,804 votes
"Bob" Ely DemocratDefeated
6.6%9,897 votes
Darcy G. Richardson DemocratDefeated
5.1%7,750 votes
By precinct in Rapides 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
John Wolfe
"Bob" Ely
Another candidate, or a tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 2,838 votes cast at the polls in 100 precincts. The 479 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
150,601 votes cast; 11.9% of the 1,405,506 registered voters in the area turned out.
Republican presidential primary
Rick Santorum (Republican) won with 49.0% of the vote.
This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Rapides Parish: Rick Santorum 52.9%, Mitt Romney 23.6%, Newt Gingrich 16.1%, Ron Paul 6.0%.
Rick Santorum RepublicanElected
49.0%91,321 votes
Mitt Romney RepublicanDefeated
26.7%49,758 votes
Newt Gingrich RepublicanDefeated
15.9%29,656 votes
Ron Paul RepublicanDefeated
6.2%11,467 votes
5 other candidates: 2.3% together
Charles "Buddy" Roemer Republican
1.2%
2,203
Rick Perry Republican
0.5%
955
Michele Bachmann Republican
0.3%
622
Jon Huntsman Republican
0.1%
242
Randy Crow Republican
0.1%
186
By precinct in Rapides Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
Rick Santorum
Mitt Romney
Newt Gingrich
Another candidate, or a tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 4,830 votes cast at the polls in 100 precincts. The 499 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
186,410 votes cast; 24.0% of the 775,275 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
0% to 5%
5% to 10%
10% to 15%
15% to 20%
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Early and absentee voters are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't included here.