Louisiana Elections 2023 Results – BESE, Senate, and State Representative Races in Acadiana
BATON ROUGE, La. (KPEL News) - Election Day across Louisiana has come and gone as voters made their choices for various positions.
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In Acadiana, people voted for BESE members, state Senate, and state Representative races on October 14th.
(Winners and Runoff Candidates Highlighted in GREEN.)
BESE District 7 (Acadia, Lafayette, St. Landry, Vermilion)
Republicans
- Cathy S. Banks -- 37180 (29%)
- Kevin M. Berken -- 47042 (37%)
- Erick Knezek -- 43560 (34%)
BESE District 8 (Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin)
Democrats
- Preston Castille -- 78436 (70%)
- Dolores "DeeDee" Cormier-Zenon -- 33230 (30%)
State Senator 21st Senatorial District (Iberia, St. Martin, St. Mary)
Republicans
- Robert Allain -- 10815 (44%)
- Henry "Bo" LaGrange -- 7745 (31%)
- Stephen Swiber -- 6138 (25%)
State Senator 22nd Senatorial District (Iberia, Lafayette, St. Martin)
Republicans
- Hugh Andre -- 6608 (21%)
- Blake Miguez -- 19559 (61%)
Independent
- Dexter T. Lathan -- 299 (1%)
- Melinda Narcisse "Mel" Mitchell -- 3701 (12%)
- Phanat "PX" Xanamane -- 1794 (6%)
State Senator 25th Senatorial District (Acadia)
Republican
- Mark Abraham -- 21937 (81%)
Democrat
- Joshua "Josh" Lewis -- 5250 (19%)
State Representative 28th Representative District (St. Landry)
Republican
- Daryl Deshotel -- 8480 (81%)
Democrat
- Ramondo "Ramram" Ramos -- 1929 (19%)
State Representative 31st Representative District (Lafayette, Vermilion)
Republicans
- Jonathan Goudeau I -- 4039 (39%)
- Troy Hebert -- 6209 (61%)
State Representative 39th Representative District (Lafayette)
Republican
- Julie Emerson -- 6441 (72%)
Democrat
- Mckinley James Jr. -- 2543 (28%)
State Representative 40th Representative District (St. Landry)
Democrats
- Allen Guillory -- 2034 (19%)
- Dustin Miller -- 8853 (81%)
State Representative 42nd Representative District (Acadia, Lafayette)
Republicans
- Chance Henry -- 6601 (62%)
- Douglas J. "Doug" LaCombe -- 4071 (38%)
State Representative 43rd Representative District (Lafayette)
Republican
- "Josh" Carlson -- 9342 (84%)
Democrat
- Ludwig Gelobter -- 1770 (16%)
State Representative 44th Representative District (Lafayette)
Democrats
- Tehmi Chassion -- 4098 (52%)
- Patrick "Pat" Lewis -- 3104 (39%)
- Ravis K. Martinez -- 737 (9%)
State Representative 45th Representative District (Lafayette)
Republican
- Brach Myers -- 7856 (70%)
Democrat
- Paul "Scott" LeBleu -- 2859 (25%)
No Party
- Jupiter Leblanc -- 497 (4%)
State Representative 48th Representative District (Iberia, Lafayette, St. Martin)
Republican
- "Beau" Beaullieu -- 10681 (85%)
Democrat
- David Levy -- 1877 (15%)
State Representative 49th Representative District (Iberia, Lafayette, Vermilion)
Republicans
- Sanders "Sandy" Derise -- 2259 (21%)
- David Eaton -- 1809 (17%)
- Jacob Landry -- 6600 (62%)
State Representative 50th Representative District (St. Martin, St. Mary)
Republican
- Vincent St. Blanc III -- 7206 (72%)
Democrat
- Gloria R. Robertson -- 2808 (28%)
District Judge 15th Judicial District Court, ES 3, Div. L (Lafayette)
Republicans
- Cynthia Simon Spadoni -- 21957 (53%)
- David Way -- 19272 (47%)
District Judge 27th Judicial District Court, ES 1, Div. C (St. Landry)
Democrats
- Jarvis J. Claiborne -- 1038 (28%)
- Charles Cravins -- 2242 (60%)
- Scherri N. Guidry -- 443 (12%)