In the Kentwood Mayor’s race Irma Gordon got 41 percent of the vote to get in a run-off with Rochell Bates, who got 35 percent.
In the Tangipahoa Parish School Board race in District F Trent Anothony was elected with 60 percent. Incumbent Tangipahoa School Board Member Sandra Simmons from District H is headed for a runoff after she got 40 percent to 31 percent for Joseph Piazza II and 29 percent for Kelly S. Wells. And in District I Rose Quave Dominquez won with 78 percent.
In St Tammany for the Mayor of Abita Springs Daniel Curtis got 79 percent of the vote with total turnout around 60 percent. Joe Lee won the Pearl River race for Mayor at 54 percent with turnout less than 50 percent. Jack Sessions won the Chief of Police for Pearl River with 59 percent of the vote. And Lance Willie won Mayor for the Village of Folsom.
In St Tammany Parish for School Board Matt Green wins District 1 with 68 percent. In District 2 it will be a run-off between Roslyn Hanson and Kathleen Cannino. District 3 will be represented by Adaline Rutherford. Kalinda Fountleroy wins District 4 outright. Charles Harrell won in District 5. Amanda Martin wins in District 6 outright against a crowded field. District 7 will be represented by Isabelle Moore. Mike Peterson won on the first ballot against two challengers in District 8. Chris Fontenot and Gia Baker will run off for District 9. In District 10 Deborah McCollum was right at the 50 percent threshold. Michelle Hirstius won with 59 percent. And in District 15 Michelle Gallaher gets the win.
Bogalusa elected a 23 YO political newcomer as mayor last night as Bogalusa Mayor Wendy O’Quin Perrette conceded. With all precincts reporting, Perrette gathered 19 percent of the vote to place third in her campaign for a third term. Perrette who served three terms on the Bogalusa City Council before being elected mayor in 2014, said she will look back on her years of service to the citizens of Bogalusa as the best in her life. Tyrin Truong won the race outright with 56 percent of the vote. Unofficial turnout was around 47 percent.
All incumbent members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation won re-election victories Tuesday. U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, Republican Rep. Steve Scalise of Metairie and Democratic Rep. Troy Carter of New Orleans had their races called shortly after polls closed. Kennedy defeated 12 challengers in his bid for a second six-year term. Scalise easily won his eighth term representing Louisiana’s 1st congressional district with 73 percent of the vote. In Louisiana’s 5th District, Republican incumbent Julia Letlow faced four challengers. Letlow captured 68 percent of the vote to win her first full term since assuming the seat vacated when her husband Luke Letlow died from complications of COVID-19. District 6 re-elected Republican incumbent Garret Graves. And Congressman Clay Higgins completed the sweep, winning his re-election bid in the 3rd district with 64 percent of the vote.
There were several proposed constitutional amendments for voters to consider, with three of them passing. Voters approved Amendment Two expands certain property tax exemptions for property on which the homestead exemption is claimed for certain veterans with disabilities. Amendment Four, authorizing local governments to waive water charges that are the result of damage to the water system not caused by the customer, also passed. And Amendment Eight, to remove the requirement that homeowners who are permanently totally disabled must annually re-certify their income to keep their special assessment level on their residences for property tax purposes, also passed statewide.
