There were a number of hotly contested items on the October 14 election ballot.
One of the more interesting hapenings in the race for Police Jury in Dist. 8. John Remedies was the leading vote getter with 35.66%. Now, both Daniel Procell and Rick Sepulvado came in second at exactly 32.17% each. So, unless one of the candidates drop out, we understand all three will be on the ballot again in the run-off on Nov. 18.
Sheriff Aaron Mitchell got a big vote of confidence in his race for reelection. He received 65.29% of the vote for a total of 4,266. Jeff Evans came in second with 28.55%, and Coby Lang polled 8.16%.
Alan Seabaugh was victorious for State Senator from Dist. 31. He polled 54.19% for a total of 16,982 votes. In Sabine Parish, he received 63.15% of the vote for 3,994. Mike McConathy received 14,355 votes district-wide for 45.81%. In Sabine, McConathy polled 2,330 for 36.84%.
In the Dist. 24 State Representative race, Rodney Schamerhorn won reelection with 60.24% of the votes district-wide, and 1,989 in Sabine Parish for 63.47%. Clarence Beebe got 19.76% in the district and in Sabine, he got 1,145 for 36.82%.
In District 7, Rep. Larry Bagley won re-election with 61.25%. He received 1,719 votes in Sabine Parish for 55.92%. Tim Pruitt received 38.75% in the District, and 1,355 votes in Sabine for 44.08%.
Ronny Bison won election as Police Juror from Dist. 5. He received 413 votes for 45.38%, which was not a majority. The second-place candidate, Pat Scarborough, who received 256 votes for 28.13%, announced last week he would drop out of the race. A third candidate, Kelly Stewart, got 241 votes for 26.48%.
Barry Stevens won the Police Jury Race in Dist. 2. Eric Garcie won in Dist. 6. Sabine Parish voters voted in favor of all four propositions on the ballot.