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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Early voting: November 28 to December 5 (closed Sunday, November 29), 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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On election day, polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you are in line when polls close, you can still vote.
Today is election day. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you are in line when polls close, you can still vote.
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.
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. John the Baptist Parish: Tomy Acosta 79.7%, Kevin Hull 20.3%.
Tomy Acosta DemocratElected
57.8%754 votes
Kevin Hull DemocratDefeated
42.2%550 votes
By precinct in St. John the Baptist 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
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 195 votes cast at the polls in 6 precincts. The 32 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, 56th Representative District, Subdistrict B
Beth Anne Billings (Republican) won with 54.9% of the vote.
This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. John the Baptist Parish: Beth Anne Billings 57.3%, Paula J. Rodriguez 42.7%.
Beth Anne Billings RepublicanElected
54.9%528 votes
Paula J. Rodriguez RepublicanDefeated
45.1%433 votes
By precinct in St. John the Baptist Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
Beth Anne Billings
Paula J. Rodriguez
Another candidate, or a tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 91 votes cast at the polls in 7 precincts. The 5 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
961 votes cast; 31.9% of the 3,870 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. John the Baptist Parish: David W. "Dave" Millet 55.5%, Kathy J. McWaters 44.5%.
David W. "Dave" Millet RepublicanElected
65.0%349 votes
Kathy J. McWaters RepublicanDefeated
35.0%188 votes
By precinct in St. John the Baptist 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
Kathy J. McWaters
Another candidate, or a tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 203 votes cast at the polls in 15 precincts. The 42 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.
Statewide and federal races in St. John the Baptist 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 St. John the Baptist Parish: Barack Obama 86.3%, John Wolfe 5.2%, "Bob" Ely 4.9%, Darcy G. Richardson 3.6%.
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. John the Baptist 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
"Bob" Ely
Another candidate, or a tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 1,217 votes cast at the polls in 48 precincts. The 181 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. John the Baptist Parish: Rick Santorum 52.0%, Mitt Romney 25.0%, Newt Gingrich 13.9%, Ron Paul 7.4%.
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. John the Baptist 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 746 votes cast at the polls in 48 precincts. The 91 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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5% to 10%
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Early and absentee voters are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't included here.