DeSoto Parish residents went to the polls Saturday and cleaned house. Incumbent mayors running for re-election were turned down outright or forced into a runoff.
According to the unofficial vote count from the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office, DeSoto Police Juror from District 4D, Thomas Jones gathered the most votes in a three man race. Jones got 43% of the vote. Incumbent John Mayweather, Sr. came in second with 34%. And Joseph Hall, Jr. gathered 23% of the vote. That will put Mayweather and Jones into a runoff election.
Challenger Ken Kaffka took the Mayor’s office in Stonewall. Kaffka gathered 58% of the vote to Mayor Randy Rodgers’ 42%.
And Longstreet Mayor Wanda Sue Lewis Fields lost to challenger Connie Jackson. Jackson overwhelmed Fields with 67% of votes cast.
Results from the four Alderman races in Mansfield show one incumbent victorious and one defeated. Christopher Washington Thomas, representing District B won. Kevin Campbell lost his District E seat. Districts C & D had newcomers and in District C Vicki Jackson won. In District D Antonio Washington was elected.
In the multi-parish Judge Court of Appeal race, Erin Leigh Waddell Garrett polled 57% of the ballots while Craig Marcotte got 43% of the vote. District wide with 92 of 159 precincts reported, Marcotte had 57% to Waddell Garrett’s 43%.
