Polling places will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. this Saturday (June 27) for primary run-off races.
Saturday’s election involves run-offs for both U.S. Senate and the District 1 seat on the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Also, a tax proposition is on the ballot for Fire Protection District 1.
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy lost in the May 16 Republican primary. The top 2 candidates in the Republican primary were U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow and State Treasurer John Fleming. Letlow and Fleming will be in Saturday’s run-off.
For the Democratic Party, the top 2 candidates for U.S. Senate were Jamie Davis and Gary Crockett. They advanced to Saturday’s Democratic run-off.
The winners of the June 27 Republican and Democratic run-offs will face off on November 3 in the general election.
For Public Service Commission, District 1, John Young and Stephanie Hilferty advanced to Saturday’s Republican run-off. No Democrat is seeking this office, so the winner of the June 27 Republican run-off will become the District 1 member on the PSC.
The primary for U.S. Congressional Representatives was postponed because the state legislsture was revising the map of districts following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that race can not be used as a factor in establishing Congressional districts.
The Congressional primary will now be held as part of the November 3 election, with the Congressional general election to be held December 12.
As always, Washington Parish elections officials are reminding all voters to bring either their drivers license or their Louisiana state I.D. with them to vote.
