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.
No one got a majority, so Rhonda Lee (Republican) and Craig B. Calcagno (Democrat) went to a runoff.
Rhonda Lee RepublicanIn runoff
47.3%114 votes
Craig B. Calcagno DemocratIn runoff
32.8%79 votes
Arile "A.J." Laiche DemocratDefeated
19.9%48 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%
Rhonda Lee
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 226 votes cast at the polls in 1 precinct. The 15 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
241 votes cast; 37.9% of the 660 registered voters in the area turned out.
Courts and judges
District Judge, 23rd Judicial District Court, ES 2, Div. D
Jessie LeBlanc (Republican) won with 71.8% of the vote.
This race covers 3 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. James Parish: Jessie LeBlanc 71.7%, Matthew Pryor 28.3%.
Jessie LeBlanc RepublicanElected
71.8%10,191 votes
Matthew Pryor RepublicanDefeated
28.2%3,997 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%
Jessie LeBlanc
Matthew Pryor
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 1,710 votes cast at the polls in 25 precincts. The 233 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
14,188 votes cast; 18.4% of the 84,953 registered voters in the area turned out.
Tomy Acosta (Democrat) won with 57.8% of the vote.
This race covers 4 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. James Parish: Tomy Acosta 65.1%, Kevin Hull 34.9%.
Tomy Acosta DemocratElected
57.8%754 votes
Kevin Hull DemocratDefeated
42.2%550 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%
Tomy Acosta
Kevin Hull
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 631 votes cast at the polls in 9 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
1,304 votes cast; 11.6% of the 14,010 registered voters in the area turned out.
RSCC Member, 57th Representative District, Subdistrict A
David W. "Dave" Millet (Republican) won with 65.0% of the vote.
This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. James Parish: David W. "Dave" Millet 72.9%, Kathy J. McWaters 27.1%.
David W. "Dave" Millet RepublicanElected
65.0%349 votes
Kathy J. McWaters RepublicanDefeated
35.0%188 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. "Dave" Millet
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 268 votes cast at the polls in 17 precincts. The 24 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
537 votes cast; 22.3% of the 2,967 registered voters in the area turned out.
Barack Obama (Democrat) won with 76.5% of the vote.
This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. James Parish: Barack Obama 67.9%, John Wolfe 15.5%, "Bob" Ely 8.4%, Darcy G. Richardson 8.3%.
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 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
John Wolfe
Another candidate, or a tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 1,574 votes cast at the polls in 34 precincts. The 277 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 St. James Parish: Rick Santorum 58.6%, Mitt Romney 18.7%, Newt Gingrich 13.1%, Ron Paul 6.2%.
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 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%
Rick Santorum
Mitt Romney
Newt Gingrich
Another candidate, or a tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 466 votes cast at the polls in 34 precincts. The 70 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
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20% to 40%
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60% to 80%
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Early and absentee voters are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't included here.