Vermilion Parish voters go to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 3, to choose a U.S. senator and congressman, a district attorney, two mayors, two School Board members and a long list of local officers, according to the Louisiana Secretary of State’s candidate list for the parish. Ten proposed amendments to the state constitution are also on every ballot.

Many local offices drew only one candidate when qualifying closed in August, and those candidates are elected without appearing on the ballot. The contested races are below.

Federal races

For U.S. Senate, “Jamie” Davis, a Democrat, faces Julia Letlow, a Republican.

Six candidates are running for U.S. Representative, 3rd Congressional District: “Kate” Cotten (Republican), John Day (Democrat), Priscilla Gonzalez (Democrat), “Clay” Higgins (Republican), Tia LeBrun (No Party) and Caleb “With a C” Walker (Democrat).

District attorney and courts

Two Republicans are running for district attorney of the 15th Judicial District, which includes Vermilion Parish: Kristian Earles and Donald “Don” Landry.

In Kaplan, William J. Seaux and Ruby Thibeaux, both Republicans, are running for Kaplan City Marshal.

Five court races drew a single candidate: “Tommy” Frederick and Laurie Hulin for 15th Judicial District Court judge (Divisions C and G), Richard Putnam III for Abbeville city judge, Stanton Hardee III for Kaplan city judge and Jeremiah Bolden for Abbeville city marshal.

School Board

Two of the nine School Board seats are contested:

  • District C: Harry “Gregg” Meaux (No Party) and Coeyn Wise (No Party).
  • District F: Tyrone Alexander (Democrat) and Roderick Darby (No Party).

Unopposed candidates in the other seven districts are David Dupuis (A), Kevin Meyers (B), “Dale” Stelly (D), Charlotte C. Detraz (E), Jason Roy (G), “Chris” Hebert (H) and “Nick” Touchet (I).

Towns and city

  • Mayor of Erath: Stephanie P. Broussard (No Party) and Marlene Menard (Republican).
  • Mayor of Gueydan: Jeffrey Lamson (No Party), Efrem “Zim” Livingston (Democrat) and Jason Suire (Republican).
  • Erath chief of police: Anna Lapointe (No Party) and Randall Toups (Republican).
  • Maurice chief of police: John Dayries and Guy Nerren, both Republicans.
  • Gueydan aldermen: seven candidates for five seats.
  • Maurice aldermen: six candidates for five seats.
  • Abbeville City Council, District A: Cornelius Darby (Democrat) and William “Billy” Noegel (No Party).

Neil Arsement, the only candidate for mayor of Maurice, and Cru Delcambre, the only candidate for Gueydan police chief, were unopposed, and five candidates qualified for Erath’s five aldermen seats.

Justice of the peace

In Ward 4, Philip DeBaillon and Cheryl Granger, both Republicans, are running for justice of the peace. Candidates for justice of the peace and constable in the parish’s other wards were unopposed.

Ten constitutional amendments

Statewide, voters will decide 10 proposed constitutional amendments. According to the ballot language published by the Secretary of State, they include:

  • letting the surviving spouse of a veteran with a service-connected disability keep a property tax exemption (Amendment 1);
  • barring post-conviction bail for a defendant convicted of an aggravated offense against a minor child (Amendment 3);
  • barring anyone who has served more than one and one-half terms as governor from being elected governor again (Amendment 4);
  • prohibiting expropriation of property by a foreign adversary (Amendment 8).

The full text of all 10 is on the Secretary of State’s website.

Before you go

Voters can look up their polling place, hours and a sample ballot on the Secretary of State’s Voter Portal at voterportal.sos.la.gov or in the GeauxVote mobile app.

The Vermilion Parish Police Jury office will be closed Monday, Nov. 2, for All Saints Day and Tuesday, Nov. 3, for Election Day, according to a notice on the Police Jury’s website.

The Times will report Vermilion Parish results after the polls close.