Louisiana sheriff candidate wins do-over after disputed 1-vote victory was tossed
Source: AP
Updated 10:10 AM EDT, March 24, 2024
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) Months after his disputed one-vote victory in a Louisiana sheriffs race was tossed by a court, a career law enforcement officer was decisively elected on his second try Saturday.
Democratic candidate Henry Whitehorn got 53% of the vote in Saturdays election in northwest Louisianas Caddo Parish. Hell be the parishs first Black sheriff.
Returns from the Louisiana Secretary of States Office show Whitehorn defeated Republican John Nickelson this time by more than 4,000 votes. Turnout was considerably higher in the second race. State figures show 65,239 people voted in Saturdays sheriffs race up from 43,247 in November.
Whitehorn is a former head of the Louisiana State Police and former Shreveport police chief. He won by a single vote in November but courts ordered a new election after finding evidence that two people illegally voted twice and four others voted despite being ineligible. Whitehorn had come out of retirement to run for sheriff after longtime Sheriff Steve Prator announced his retirement.
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bucolic_frolic
(43,177 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,084 posts)Seems that sleep LA county woke up!!!!
mopinko
(70,120 posts)4lbs
(6,858 posts)the result is often MORE VOTES for the Democratic candidate.
soldierant
(6,884 posts)and sometimes do. When a race is that slose, it should be redone. How close is "that close" varies by state, but the definition is, or should be, small enough to be within a possible margin of human error. OK, they could have done it sooner. But when they did it, it was the right thing in accordance with the system.
James48
(4,436 posts)Now go, and do good things.
Good luck and best wishes