11-9-22
Republican U.S. Sen. John Kennedy won a second term Tuesday, fending off challenges from Louisiana Democrats. Kennedy’s reelection was expected in the reliably red state of Louisiana where a Democratic U.S. Senator hasn’t been elected in 14 years.
Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins won a fourth term Tuesday, garnering sixty-four percent of the votes cast. All five Louisiana Republican incumbents and the lone Democrat from Louisiana will return to Congress next year.
THERE WERE SEVERAL MAYORAL RACES IN ACADIANA ON THE BALLOT YESTERDAY. IN CROWLEY, MAYOR TIM MONCEAUX WILL HEAD TO A RUNOFF WITH CHAD MONCEAUX. THE CHALLENGER RECEIVED THIRTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE VOTE, WHICH WAS THE MOST OF THE FOUR ON THE BALLOT. MEANWHILE RAYNE MAYOR CHUCK ROBICHEAUX EASILY WON REELECTION. CHARLOTTE STEMMANS CLAVIER HAS BEEN ELECTED THE NEW MAYOR OF CARENCRO. SHE DEFEATED DON CHAUVIN WITH FIFTY-TWO PERCENT OF THE VOTE. JAN-SCOTT RICHARD GOT SIXTY PERCENT OF THE VOTE TO FEND OFF A CHALLENGE FROM TROY BERGERON TO REMAIN THE MAYOR OF SCOTT. MEANWHILE BROUSSARD MAYOR RAY BOURQUE WON REELECTION IN A LANDSLIDE WITH EIGHTY-SIX PERCENT. OPELOUSAS MAYOR JULIUS ALSANDOR GOT MOST OF THE VOTE YESTERDAY WITH FORTY-NINE PERCENT BUT WILL HAVE TO GO TO A RUNOFF AGAINST HIS CLOSEST CHALLENGER, CHARLEE RENAUD LEAR. THE THREE TIME MAYOR OF VILLE PLATTE WAS DEFEATED. RYAN LEDAY WILLIAMS RECEIVED FIFTY-FOUR PERCENT TO UPSET THE INCUMBENT, JENNIFER VIDRINE. THE MAYOR OF MELVILLE, WHO WAS RUNNING FOR REELECTION, WAS KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. SHE WAS A PASSENGER IN ONE OF THE TWO VEHICLES. THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE IS OPENING UP QUALIFYING FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO ENTER THE RACE ON TODAY, TOMORROW AND MONDAY. ANYONE WHO DOES QUALIFY WILL BE ON THE DECEMBER TENTH BALLOT.
THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL POLICE CHIEF RACES IN ACADIANA YESTERDAY. CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD DID NOT WIN REELECTION AS HE FINISHED THIRD. THE RUNOFF WILL BE BETWEEN TROY HEBERT AND SCOTT FOGELMAN. IOTA POLICE CHIEF DAMON DAIGLE WAS UNSEATED BY THE CHALLENGER DAVID POUSSON. OPELOUSAS POLICE CHIEF MARTIN MCCLENDON LOST IN HIS BID FOR REELECTION TO GRAIG LEBLANC. KYLE LEBEOUF IS THE NEW POLICE CHIEF FOR EUNICE GETTING FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT TO AVOID A RUNOFF. SCOTT POLICE CHIEF CHAD LEGER EASILY WON IN HIS BID FOR ANOTHER TERM WITH SEVENTY-THREE PERCENT.
SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE RESULTS OF THE BIG JUDGE RACE IN LAFAYETTE.
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GUY BRADBERRY WAS NARROWLY ELECTED TO THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR LOUISIANA. BRADBERRY GOT FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE VOTE TO DEFEAT FELLOW REPUBLICAN CLAYTON DAVIS IN THE SECOND DISTRICT. BOTH HAVE BEEN LONG TERM JUDGES ON THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT. IN A THIRD DISTRICT RACE FOR THE APPEALS COURT, LEDRICKA THIERRY OF OPELOUSAS WON MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE VOTES TO DEFEAT VALERIE GOTCH GARRET OF LAFAYETTE. BOTH WERE ELECTED TO DISTRICT JUDGE POSITIONS IN TWENTY-TWENTY.
THERE WERE FICE CITY COUNCIL SEATS UP FOR ELECTION IN CROWLEY. INCUMBENT VERNON STEP MARTIN MAINTAINED HIS SEAT BY ONLY ONE VOTE. THE OTHER THREE SEATS WERE WON BY JEFFREY DORE, KATIE CHAISSON, CHUCK ASHBY+ AND SANDY MARX.
