Here are the races and propositions on the Dec. 8 ballots in The Advocate’s circulation area. The information is from the Louisiana Secretary of State Office’s website.
D = Democrat
R = Republican
L = Libertarian
O = Other party
N = No party
DISTRICT 3
(Acadia, Calcasieu, Carmeron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary and Vermilion parishes)
Charles W. Boustany Jr., R-Lafayette
Jeff Landry, R-New Iberia
DISTRICT 5
(Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana parishes)
John Michael Guidry, D-Baton Rouge
Jeff Hughes, R-Walker
DISTRICT 1, DIVISION B
(Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Lafourche, Pointe Coupee, St. Mary, Terrebonne and West Baton Rouge parishes)
William C. Dupont, D-Plaquemine
Mitch Theriot, R-Raceland
DISTRICT 2, SUBDISTRICT 1-B
(East Baton Rouge Parish)
Gideon T. Carter III, D-Baton Rouge
Mike McDonald, R-Baton Rouge
(Ascension, Assumption and Lafourche parishes.)
To renew a 20-year, 2.11-mill property tax, generating about $2.1 million a year, for the fresh water district, including personnel costs.
Roland Boudreaux, D
Chuck Robichaux, R
Authority for the village to borrow up to $1 million in 20-year public improvement bonds for the drinking water system, to be repaid with property taxes of 12.42 mills in the first year.
To renew a 10-year, 5-mill property tax.
To renew a 10-year, 5-mill property tax.
To renew a 10-year, 5-mill property tax.
To renew a 10-year, 5-mill property tax.
To renew a 10-year, 5-mill property tax.
DISTRICT 2
Chauna Banks-Daniel, D
Leroy Davis, D
DISTRICT 12
R.J. “Smokie” Bourgeois, R
John Delgado, R
ELECTION SECTION 2E
Tiffany Foxworth, D
Suzan S. Ponder, R
To levy a 10-year annual parcel fee of up to $200 for residential parcels and an initial fee of up to $500 for commercial parcels to aid in law enforcement and to increase the presence of law enforcement personnel. The initial fee on commercial parcels may be increased by not more than 5 percent per year. An estimated $75,100 a year is expected to be generated from the initial levy.
To levy a 5-year, annual parcel fee of $144 per parcel of improved land in the district generating about $62,000 a year to aid in crime prevention and to increase law enforcement personnel or contracted security personnel in the district.
To renew a 10-year, 38.2-mill property tax generating an estimated $7.5 million a year for additional support to the district’s public elementary and secondary schools.
Lori Ann Bell, D
Don Reason, R
District 1
Shelly Greer Hebert, R,
Natalie Lopez Robin, R
To renew a 10-year, ¼-cent sales tax for 10 years generating an estimated $3,250,000 a year for: (1) the parishwide mosquito control program; and (2) the balance divided annually on or before May 1 of each year, between the parish and the incorporated municipalities on a per capita basis according to the 2010 U.S. Census for drainage improvements.
DISTRICT E
Katie Price Anderson, D
Pauline D. “Polly” Higdon, R
DIVISION A
Kevin Gantt, D
Jeffrey Hill, D
(4 to be elected)
Jonathan Davis, R,
Jim Goins, R
Gary Griffin, R
Debra Keller, D
Scarlett Milton Major, R
Paul Roberts Jr., R
Jack Summerell, R
John Wilder, R
District B
LaToya Cantrell, D
Dana Kaplan, D
District E
Auston Badon, D
James Gray II, D
District 2
Kiana Aaron-Mitchell, D
E. “Teena” Anderson-Trahan, D
To limit the terms of school board members to three consecutive four-year terms.
To authorize Breaux Bridge to sell its natural gas system to Atmos Energy Corporation.
Lee A. Dragna, D
Frank “Boo” Grizzaffi, N
Authority to rededicate the proceeds of a 1 percent sales and use tax authorized on Sept. 27, 1986, so the estimated $9 million a year may continue to be used for police protection and public safety.
To levy a 10-year, 3-mill property tax.
To levy for five years an additional maintenance and operation tax of not more than $39 a year for each 10,000 square feet of each lot and parcel, generating about $48,000 a year, to maintain the flow of water through catch basins, subsurface drains, and canals leading to the holding ponds of the district, and to remove trash and other material that would obstruct the flow of water.
DISTRICT 3
Greg August, N
Louis “Nick” Joseph, D
Buddy Bel, N
Walter Daniels III, D
Jerry Trabona, D
Terry Tullos, D
Anthony Irving, D
Henry Wright, D
To renew the 5-year, 2.0-mill property tax generating an estimated $76,000 a year, with half the proceeds to maintain and operate gravity drainage works and the other half to build gravity drainage works.
To renew the 10-year, 3-mill property tax generating an estimated $115,000 a year.
To renew a 10-year, 10-mill property tax generating an estimated $2.33 million a year for garbage collection and disposal systems and services.
Brodney Mouton, Sr., D
Ruby C. Thibeaux, D
Roger Bergeron, D
Demetric “Deedy” Slaughter, D
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