Early voting to begin Saturday

Early voting for the upcoming Gubernatorial Primary Election will get underway this Saturday, Sept. 30.
    Parish Registrar of Voters Patricia T. Guidry says St. Martin Parish residents can cast early ballots at three locations – her office in the Courthouse Annex, 415 St. Martin Street in St. Martinville; at the Sydnie Mae Durand Senior Citizen Center (Council on Aging), 391 Cannery Road in Breaux Bridge; and at the Stephensville Fire Station, 1227 Stephensville Road in Lower St. Martin.
    Votes may be cast between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday, and then Monday, Oct. 2 through Saturday, Oct. 7.

Registered Voters
    Guidry reports that there are currently 36,529 registered voters in St. Martin Parish.
    The total includes:
    •24,706 white voters (67.6%), 10,923 Blacks (29.9%) and 900 other (2.5%).
    •14,406 Democrats (39.4%) of which 8,145 (56.6%) are Black, 6,104 (43%) are white, and 157 (1%) are other.
    •12,917 Republicans (35.4%) of which 12,292 (95.2%) are white, 350 (2.7%) are Black, and 275 (2.1%) are other.
    •9,206 other party or no party of which 6,310 (68.5%) are white, 2,428 (26.4%) are Black, and 468 (5.1%) are other.

    Statewide races drew dozens of hopefuls including St. Martinville native Jeff Landry who is one of 15 candidates  for governor.
    At the state level only Agriculture & Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain is unopposed.
    Listed below are candidates for statewide and parish offices along with the legislative and BESE district that all or parts of St. Martin Parish fall into.
    The list includes the candidates’ party affiliation (D-Democrat, R-Republican, I-Independent, NP - No Party) and race (B-Black, W-White).
    Incumbents are marked (inc).

Governor
Benjamin Barnes
Patrick Henry “Dat” Barthel
Daniel M. “Danny” Cole
Xavier Ellis
“Keitron” Gagnon
Sharon W. Hewitt
Jeffery Istre
“Xan” John
Jeff Landry
Hunter Lundy
Richard Nelson
John Schroder
Frank Scurlock
Stephen “Wags” Waguespack
Shawn D.Wilson

Lt. Governor
Elbert Guillory
“Tami” Hotard
Willie Jones
William “Billy” Nungesser (inc)
Bruce Payton
Gary Rispone

Secretary of State
“Gwen” Collins-Greenup
“Mike” Francis
Amanda “Smith” Jennings
Thomas J. Kennedy III
Nancy Landry
Arthur A. Morrell
Clay Schexnayder
Brandon Trosclair

Attorney General
Lindsey Cheek
“Marty” Maley
“Liz” Baker Murrill
John Stefanski
Brandon Trosclair

Treasurer
John Fleming
Dustin Granger
Scott McKnight

Sheriff
Becket Breaux (inc) R-W.

Assessor
Todd Dugas (inc) R-W.

Coroner
Dr. Warren J. Degatur (inc) R-W

Parish President:
Pete Delcambre, R-W.
Kevin J. Kately, NP-B
Dean LeBlanc, R-W.

Clerk of Court:
Laura Blanchard, R-W.
Reggie Clues, R-B.
Sy E. Savoy, NP-W.

Parish Council
District 1:
Byron Fuselier (inc), R-W.
Hoyt Louviere, R-W.

District 2:
Carla Doucet Jean Batiste (inc), D-B.
Lurry James Sigue Jr., D-B.

District 3:
Edward George, D-B.
LaTanghue ‘Tangie’ Narcisse (inc), D-B.
Vonda Nelson LeBlanc, D-B.
Glenn ‘Gap’ Perrodin Sr., R-B.

District 4:
David M. Poirier (inc) R-W.

District 5:
Chris Tauzin (inc) I-W.

District 6:
Corey P. Melancon, R-W.
L. Mark Thibodeaux, R-W.

District 7:
Vincent Alexander (inc) D-B.
Marvin R. Crockett, D-B.

District 8:
Ben Clay, R-W.
Blane Prejean, R-W.

District 9:
Chris Courville, R- W.
Daniel Richard Jr. (inc) I-W.

State Senate
District 17:
Caleb Seth Kleinpeter (inc) R-W.
Peter Williams, D-B.

District 21:
Robert Allain (inc) R-W.
Henry “Bo” LaGrange, R-W.
Steven Swiber, R-W.

District 22:
Hugh Andre, R-W.
Blake Miguez, R-W.
Dexter T. Lathan, I-B.
Melinda Narcisse ‘Mel’ Mitchell, D-B.
Phanat ‘PX’ Xanamane, D-Asian.

District 24:
Gerald Boudreaux (inc) D-B.

House of Representatives
District 46:
Chad Boyer, R-W.

District 48:
Beau Beaullieu (inc) R-W.
David Levy, D-W.

District 50:
Gloria R. Robertson, D-B.
Vincent St. Blanc III (inc) R-W.

District 96:
Marcus Bryant (inc) D-B.

BESE
District 3:
Sandy LeBlanc Holloway (inc) R-W.

District 8:
Preston Castille (inc) D-B.
Dolores “DeeDee” Cormier-Zenon, D-B.

Amendments

    No. 1 – Prohibits use of private funds in the administration of elections.
    No. 2 – Provides that the freedom of worship is a fundamental right worthy of the highest protection.
    No. 3 – Dedicates certain payments to be applied to the state retirement system unfunded accrued liability.
    N. 4 – Restricts ad valorem tax exemptions for certain nonprofit organizations.