At the end of tabulation Tuesday night, November 3rd, it appeared four candidates were heading for a runoff in two local elections.
However, after confirming with the Secretary of State this morning, Livingston Parish Clerk of Court Jason Harris informed the News that the races are called and the Top-5 vote receivers are in for both the Town of Albany and the City of Denham Springs.
In Denham, after the final precicnt pushed 'Ray' Riley passed the runoff into a guaranteed seat, it appeared 'Bill' Lawson and Robert Poole were going to have to campaign until December 12. However, after confirming the Top-5 were in, Lawson will take the final seat with 1,547, just 7 more than Poole's 1,540.
Riley received 1,556 - 9 votes over the runoff threshold.
Council Member(s) - City of Denham Springs (35.4% turnout)
(5 to be elected, 9,763 votes cast)
• Denver Ballard (REP) 17% (1,638)
• Ann Green Harris (REP) 18% (1,785)
• William J. "Bill" Lawson (REP)* 16% (1,547)
• Robert Poole (REP)* 16% (1,540)
• Raphineas "Ray" Riley (NOPTY) 16% (1,556)
• "Jeff" Wesley (REP) 17% (1,697)
In Albany, polls showed that Lloyd 'Bee' Martin and John Thomas were heading for a runoff with 13% each, 154-158 respectively. However, again, the Secretary of State has confirmed that there will be no runoff and Thomas will take the final seat winning by 4 votes.
Councilmen - Town of Albany (34.4% turnout)
(5 to be elected, 1,183 total votes cast)
• Jared Lott (REP) 16% (185)
• Lloyd "Bee" Martin (REP) 13% (154)
• Peter "Don" Onofry (REP) 9% (102)
• Joseph "Joey" Rogers (REP) 17% (196)
• Kimberly Stewart (REP) 18% (210)
• S. Gerald Stilley (REP) 15% (178)
• John Thomas (REP) 13% (158)*
With these changes, the only two runoffs Livingston Parish residents will face in December are for the 6th Congressional District between Blake Miguez (R) and Chauna Banks (D); as well as the Denham Springs Mayoral Race between Ben Harris (R) and Jim Gilbert (R).
Mayor - City of Denham Springs (51.1% turnout)
• John Cavalier (NOPTY) 26% (737)
• Jim Gilbert (REP)* 33% (933)
• "Ben" Harris (REP)* 41% (1,146)
In the 6th Congressional District, Banks roared back at the end of the night to overtake State Senator Rick Edmonds and enter the runoff against Miguez. The in-parish and districtwide results are below.
U.S. Representative - 6th Congressional District (49.3% turnout in parish)
• Monique Appeaning (REP) 3% (1,327)
• Chauna Banks (DEM) 9% (3,843) (projected districtwide runoff)
• Rufus Craig (LBT) 1% (595)
• Larry Davis III (REP) 10% (4,339)
• "Rick" Edmonds (REP) 24% (10,362)
• Patrick "Pat" Forbes (DEM) 5% (2,252)
• Lindsay "Rubia" Garcia (DEM) 8% (3,294)
• Michael Mebruer (REP) 1% (617)
• Blake Miguez (REP) 26% (11,076) (projected districtwide runoff)
• Stephen Wagley (REP) 13% (5,675)
U.S. Representative - 6th Congressional District (52.% turnout districwide)
• Monique Appeaning (REP) 3% (8,109)
• Chauna Banks (DEM) 19% (50,878)*
• Rufus Craig (LBT) 1% (3,461)
• Larry Davis III (REP) 4% (11,356)
• "Rick" Edmonds (REP) 19% (49,241)
• Patrick "Pat" Forbes (DEM) 9% (23,820)
• Lindsay "Rubia" Garcia (DEM) 13% (33,544)
• Michael Mebruer (REP) 1% (3,160)
• Blake Miguez (REP) 26% (50,213)*
• Stephen Wagley (REP) 11% (28,169)
