2 set to challenge incumbent in Dist. 53
October 21, 2015Terrebonne election results
October 26, 2015State Senate – 2nd Senatorial District
Troy Brown (D- Napoleonville) won re-election to his second term in the Senate representing the 2nd Senatorial District, garnering 72 percent of the vote, or 23,829 total.
Brown ran on promoting a good business atmosphere business, removing Common Core and increasing health care and education spending.
State Senate – 20th Senatorial District
Norbert “Norby” Chabert (R-Houma) won re-election to his second term in the Senate representing the 20th Senatotial District, squeezing past his two opponents with barely more than a majority vote. His 11,921 votes accounted for exactly 51.12 of the total 23,321 votes cast last Saturday.
Michael “Mike” Fesi (R) came in second with 9,944 votes, accounting for 43 percent.
State House of Representatives – 51st Representative District
Representative Joe Harrison (R-Gray) will head to a run-off election versus Beryl Adams Amedee (R). Harrison received 3,070 votes, equaling 37 percent of the vote. Amedee led in the polls with 3,391 votes equaling 41 percent of the vote.
Harrison was first elected to the Louisiana House in 2007. Should he beat Amedee in the run-off, this would be the last term he is eligible for due to term limits.
Harrison said he intends on examining tax credits and exemptions given to businesses by the state to see what Louisiana gets in return for offering those incentives and cutting them where they cost the state money. He also said he’d like to fight to protect healthcare and higher education spending from cuts in order to balance the state budget.
Amedee, who is currently a Terrebonne Parish Councilmember representing District 4, told The Times previously that she aims to improve transportation infrastructure in Terrebonne Parish and reducing frivolous spending at the state level.
State House of Representatives – 52nd District
As it stands now, Jerome “Zee” Zeringue (R) beat “J.J.” Buquet (R) by a mere 6 votes to represent the 52nd District.
Zerinque’s 5,049 votes represent exactly 50.0297 percent of the total vote count. Zeringue , the former chairman of Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, and Buquet, owner of Buquet Distributing, are actually friends who share similar views on many issues.
The 52nd District seat was previously occupied by Gordon “Gordy” Dove, who had reached his term limit and was elected to Terrebonne Parish president on Saturday.
State House of Representatives – 53rd District
Incumbent Lenar Whitney (R-Houma) will head to a run-off with Tanner Magee (R) in November, each reaping only 34 percent of the vote. Magee received 3,073 votes to Whitney’s 3,064.
Magee, an attorney who practices law in Houma, is running on a platform of abandoning special interest politics in favor of local representation.
Whitney is platforming on further reducing government spending and her experience as a freshman in the House who got more money “allocated to District 53 than any other District in the State…,” according to her website.
BESE District 3
Sandy Leblanc Holloway will represent District 3 on the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE). Holloway defeated fellow Republican Lottie P. Beebe by winning 57 percent of the vote. District 3 covers South Louisiana, including both Terrebonne and Lafourhce Parishes.
Holloway has 33 years of experience in the Lafourche Parish School Board system. She has promoted a platform of higher pay for teachers and local control of curriculum.
