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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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.
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Local election results for Saturday, March 5, 2016, including statewide races. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. Each race has a map by precinct.
Richard C. Meredith (Other party) won with 71.2% of the vote.
Richard C. Meredith Other partyElected
71.2%111 votes
Martha Lou Simons RepublicanDefeated
28.8%45 votes
By precinct in Caldwell Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
Richard C. Meredith
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 88 votes cast at the polls in 4 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
156 votes cast; 62.0% of the 263 registered voters in the area turned out.
Councilmen, Town of Columbia
Hannah Cummings Springer (Republican), Penny Hillestad Brown (Other party), Bonnie M. Crockett (Democrat), Sonja Grant Carroll (Republican), and James C. Stuart (Other party) won.
Hannah Cummings Springer RepublicanElected
16.0%112 votes
Penny Hillestad Brown Other partyElected
15.9%111 votes
Bonnie M. Crockett DemocratElected
14.2%99 votes
Sonja Grant Carroll RepublicanElected
12.0%84 votes
James C. Stuart Other partyElected
11.0%77 votes
3 other candidates: 30.9% together
Ann Lovelady Republican
10.4%
73
Betty Robinson Democrat
10.3%
72
Crystal Grafton No party
10.2%
71
By precinct in Caldwell Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
Hannah Cummings Springer
Penny Hillestad Brown
Another candidate, or a tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 385 votes cast at the polls in 4 precincts. The 314 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
699 votes cast; 62.0% of the 263 registered voters in the area turned out.
Statewide and federal races in Caldwell Parish
Democratic presidential primary
Hillary Clinton (Democrat) won with 71.1% of the vote.
This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Caldwell Parish: Hillary Clinton 57.9%, "Bernie" Sanders 26.0%, Steve Burke 3.1%, John Wolfe 5.3%.
Hillary Clinton DemocratElected
71.1%221,733 votes
"Bernie" Sanders DemocratDefeated
23.2%72,276 votes
Steve Burke DemocratDefeated
1.5%4,785 votes
John Wolfe DemocratDefeated
1.4%4,512 votes
6 other candidates: 2.7% together
Martin J. O'Malley Democrat
0.8%
2,550
Willie L. Wilson Democrat
0.5%
1,423
Keith Judd Democrat
0.4%
1,357
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente Democrat
0.4%
1,341
Michael A. Steinberg Democrat
0.3%
993
Henry Hewes Democrat
0.3%
806
By precinct in Caldwell Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
Hillary Clinton
"Bernie" Sanders
Another candidate, or a tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 350 votes cast at the polls in 19 precincts. The 139 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
311,776 votes cast; 24.5% of the 1,336,809 registered voters in the area turned out.
Republican presidential primary
Donald J. Trump (Republican) won with 41.4% of the vote.
This race covers 64 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Caldwell Parish: Donald J. Trump 44.3%, "Ted" Cruz 40.0%, Marco Rubio 7.0%, John R. Kasich 3.5%.
Donald J. Trump RepublicanElected
41.4%124,854 votes
"Ted" Cruz RepublicanDefeated
37.8%113,968 votes
Marco Rubio RepublicanDefeated
11.2%33,813 votes
John R. Kasich RepublicanDefeated
6.4%19,359 votes
10 other candidates: 3.1% together
"Ben" Carson Republican
1.5%
4,544
"Jeb" Bush Republican
0.7%
2,145
"Rand" Paul Republican
0.2%
670
"Mike" Huckabee Republican
0.2%
645
"Chris" Christie Republican
0.1%
401
"Carly" Fiorina Republican
0.1%
243
Timothy "Tim" Cook Republican
0.1%
219
"Rick" Santorum Republican
0.1%
180
Lindsey Graham Republican
0.1%
152
Peter Messina Republican
0.0%
48
By precinct in Caldwell Parish
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Who got the most votes in each precinct, and their share
Under 50%
50 to 60%
Over 60%
Donald J. Trump
"Ted" Cruz
Another candidate, or a tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 522 votes cast at the polls in 19 precincts. The 168 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
301,241 votes cast; 35.6% of the 830,473 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
5% to 20%
20% to 35%
35% to 50%
50% to 65%
65% to 80%
Early and absentee voters are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't included here.