Webster Parish voters rejected all three local tax propositions on the June 27 ballot while selecting party nominees for Louisiana’s U.S. Senate race.
According to unofficial election results from the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office, “Jamie” Davis won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate statewide, defeating Gary Crockett by a margin of 80% to 20%. Davis received 156,776 votes statewide, compared to Crockett’s 39,414 votes.
In the Republican runoff, Julia Letlow captured the nomination with 57% of the statewide vote, defeating John Fleming, who received 43%. Letlow received 179,971 votes to Fleming’s 136,567.
Webster Parish voters favored Davis in the Democratic runoff by a similar margin. Davis received 970 votes, or 78%, while Crockett received 271 votes, or 22%.
The Republican contest produced a different outcome in Webster Parish, where Fleming carried the parish with 1,676 votes, or 58%, compared to Letlow’s 1,204 votes, or 42%.
Locally, voters defeated all three tax propositions.
The Webster Parish School Board Educational Facilities Improvement District proposition, which sought approval of a 1% sales and use tax for 20 years to provide additional funding for the parish public school system, was rejected by 70% of voters. The measure received 1,210 “yes” votes and 2,847 “no” votes.
Voters in Consolidated School District No. 3 also rejected a proposal to rededicate proceeds from an existing 25.21-mill property tax for additional support of district schools. The proposition failed with 64% voting against it, receiving 191 “yes” votes and 338 “no” votes.
In Sarepta, voters rejected a proposition to levy a 2.5% sales and use tax for municipal purposes. The proposal received 28 “yes” votes and 77 “no” votes, with 73% voting against the measure.
The June 27 election completed the party nomination process for Louisiana’s U.S. Senate race.
The state’s U.S. House of Representatives races were not on the ballot after being rescheduled to the fall election cycle by the Louisiana Legislature. Those races will be contested in the November 3 open primary, with a general election, if necessary, on December 12.