Sheriff Bobby and Karen Webre on the campaign trail.
With the lowest voter turnout since 2011, Ascension Parish resoundingly reelected Sheriff Bobby Webre who racked up the highest percentage of the ballots for any sheriff that we can find (going back to the early 1980s). 87% of those who bothered to cast a ballot did so for Bobby Webre who won every one of Ascension’s 72 precincts by at least 80% (what’s the matter with those Precinct 22 slackers). With a high of 94% in two, Webre went over 90% in 18 precincts.
Perceived as a foregone conclusion, as the only other parish-wide election was, maybe that accounts for the relatively meager 34.8% turnout, a percentage point lower than the statewide number. It amounts to a 27.5% decrease from the last gubernatorial election cycle (that was also on the ballot in case you didn’t notice). If voters don’t want to go to the polls, nobody is going to stop (with apologies to the great Yogi).
In raw numbers, 28,902 hearty souls went to the polls…and 25,163 of them cast the vote for Bobby Webre.
Historically, Ascension Parish goes for the incumbent sheriff but never so overwhelmingly as they did when the ballots were counted Saturday night. In 1999, then incumbent sheriff (and House of Representatives, District 81-elect) Jeff Wiley rolled up 83% of the vote against two no-name challengers.
Exiting the political stage, after a very short stay, CJ Matthews.
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