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D-4 Town Talk, Alexandria-Pineville, Monday, October 29, 1979 unoff cumbents ernard Dozier in Nix, Edwrds, will be matched against Jim Done-Ion, president of the Jefferson Parish Council. Donelon edged state Sen. Jesse Knowles of Lake Charles for the No. 2 spot by about percent. Secretary of State: Sandra Thompson, secretary of the state Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism until fired in 1978 by Gov.

Edwards, was the leader with 41 percent of the vote. She will face state Sen. Jim Brown of Ferriday, who took the other runoff spot by defeating the only black running for a statewide office, Ben Jeffers. Brown had 31 percent and Jeffers 21 percent. Commissioner of Elections: Jerry Fowler, son of the only man ever to hold the office, was the runaway open primary leader with 43.6 percent, but must go against Repbulican John Henry Baker of Delhi, who beat Baton Rouge businesswoman Lynne Hair by 1 percent for the second spot.

Dozier promised a tough campaign in the next six weeks. "How could I conduct an effective campaign. I've spent all my time pulling together records and appearing before a grand jury," said Dozier. "It will be different in the next couple of weeks." He and Odom have exchanged charges throughout the campaign, and in the waning days Odom filed a $5 million defamation suit against Dozier. "We want to run a positive campaign at least we want to start out emphasizing the issues," said Odom from his Zachary home.

"It's really up to the opponent. "We'd like to get back to the issues. I think that's what the people want to hear rather than all this other stuff." In the other statewide races, the incomplete and unofficial results showed: Lieutentant Governor: Rep. Bobby Freeman, a floor leader for Gov. Edwin neys during his eight years in office.

Williamson wasn't buying Bernard's assessment. "We're planning an issue-oriented campaign that we will take directly to the people the problems we see with the incumbent commissioner," said Williamson. He just laughed at Bernard's suggestion he wouldn't run. "Almost six out of 10 Louisianians didn't vote for him, which says a lot. It's our opinion he peaked on election day," he added.

Doizer, under investigation by a federal grand jury for alleged influence peddling, managed about 32 percent of the vote in a bitter five-man race. Bob Odom, a 17-year employee of the department fired by Dozier for alleged incompetence and dishonesty, was the open primary leader with 44.7 percent of the vote. NEW ORLEANS (AP) Education Superintendent J. Kelly Nix says he's sorry for making a rash, primary-night pledge to boycott a runoff if the voters didn't like him first time around. As election results came in Saturday night, Nix told a Baton Rouge TV station: "If they don't agree with me in a first primary election, there's no use in me running in a second primary." But by Sunday he had changed his mind.

"At a most inappropriate time I said a most inappropriate thing and I'm sorry I said it," he said when contacted at his home in Baton Rouge. "I fully expected to win in the first primary. I fully expect to run in the runoff and I fully expect to win." Nearly complete but unofficial results showed Nix about 2 percent short of a majority in the five-man race and facing a run off with Tom Clausen, who managed 26 percent. Nix will be joined by two other State-house incumbents in the Dec. 8 runoff, including embattled Commissioner of Agriculture Gil Dozier, who ran second to a man he fired three years ago.

Insurance Commissioner Sherman Bernard, bidding for a third term, will be matched against state Sen. Don Williamson of Shreveport in the runoff. But Bernard said Sunday he may not have an opponent in December. "Well, of course, I would assume that we're so far ahead that he would decide not to run," said Bernard. He noted that he outpolled Williamson 5-2.

"That's an overwhelming commanding lead, the way I see it," added Bernard, who has often drawn the fire of the Legislature and several district attor Parish-by-Parish Vote for Governor Parish TP PR Fitzmorris Hardy Henry Knox La mbert Lewis Mouton Nelson Treen Acadia 50 50 2582 8349 665 198 1651 511 4733 92 3261 Allen 29 29 1170 2316 595 27 2759 18 1254 14 1184 Ascension 31 31 2199 1070 631 31 13934 37 350 11 1376 Assumption 20 20 1372 2278 349 59 2917 19 458 106 1549 Avoyelles 40 40 2944 4485 857 84 3687 54 2000 143 2977 Beauregard 21 21 2046 1656 542 27 2289 19 1019 17 2384 Bienville 21 21 1072 2578 164 715 83 307 41 1170 Bossier 38 38 4134 2942 3236 230 1732 228 1077 73 4958 Caddo 108 108 12114 7526 11079 205 7172 193 8102. 136 19576 Calcasieu 90 90 10072 10046 3797 13203 302 7858 251 11472 Caldwell 14 14 514 1089 1428 56 669 50 174 28 1191 Cameron 11 11 645 1599 209 44 497 27 514 12 563 Catahoula 19 19 781 1498 1207 7 854 53 280 27 1260 Claiborne 19 19 1019 782 1874 156 820 85 343 33 1199 Concordia 24 24 1541 2419 1668 108 780 85 535 28 1933 DeSoto 32 32 904 1512 1273 151 1136 242 983 50 3772 Baton Rouge 171 171 12514 10919 16211 307 29971 208 7507 117 25919 Carroll 14 14 563 1038 712 40 489 44 300 27 899 Feliciana 17 17 631 751 533 29 4099 16 188 42 1160 Evangeline 39 39 1428 5781 330 476 1613 591 2646 174 2260 Franklin 23 23 1306 1435 2491 529 1225 115 393 85 1944 Grant 28 28 856 1903 972 31 1878 40 310 39 1267 Iberia 41 41 1933 7969 531 75 1819 43 3460 110 8270 Iberville 27 27 1893 1954 562 48 7708 32 531 12 1633 Jackson 36 36 878 601 3927 40 1244 99 258 38 932 Jefferson 230 230 41928 13914 7587 156 1787 126 3584 114 33851 Jeff Davis 24 24 1427 3313 367 76 974 225 2605 82 2074 Lafayette 76 76 3077 10215 1186 126 2646 64 19984 228 8854 Lafourche 62 62 6349 7534 1189 143 4524 58 1796 169 9234 LaSalle 33 33 755 1676 1815 27 875 40 276 28 1897 Lincoln 24 24 1553 1137 4105 63 798 140 985 30 2940 Livingston 28 28 1797 1373 1224 40 13274 45 642 17 3002 Madison 19 19 671 1360 569 58 743 38 713 82 1071 Morehouse 32 31 1446 1323 2139 81 1937 123 367 147 2870 Natchitoches 37 37 1874 3694 1812 150 2175 82 H69 100 2870 Orleans 428 428 61333 9649 9858 205 34678 112 82544 266 28236 Ouachita 56 56 6097 5145 9692 326 5943 338 1832 336 10637 Plaquemines 14 14 H48 3522 251 10 645 5 163 3 985 Pt Coupee 22 22 1525 1448 423 38 4305 34 609 14 1294 Rapides 102 102 6837 7394 3651 261 7634 310 3882 312 10125 Red River 20 20 891 855 1112 49 677 48 2g2 25 791 Richland 22 22 H20 1750 2142 98 791 109 348 63 1841 Sabine 38 38 1892 2524 1389 59 1043 39 374 47 1957 St Bernard 30 30 13285 2349 1401 26 6062 20 750 22 4697 St Charles 23 23 3712 2136 820 30 3567 29 875 20 3047 St Helena 13 13 615 528 316 27 1998 25 230 11 840 St James 15 1 5 1513 70 7 200 33 567o is 392 5 844 St John 10 10 3143 1110 523 23 5411 34 860 16 1690 St Landry 65 65 3905 9970 905 76 4686 120 8577 68 4519 St Martin 29 29 167 7974 247 46 1247 41 3092 92 2218 St Mary 34 34 2999 4340 1403 497 2714 98 1969 299 6207 St Tammy 59 59 "305 3774 2682 62 6262 29 1239 38 9949 Tangipahoa 59 59 6882 3064 2340 74 10 512 1526 33 5840 Tensas 16 16 579 1093 687 33 271 26 282 16 757 Terrebonne 50 50 5062 6572 960 178 3368 56 1011 237 9844 Union 25 25 1284 1026 2793 86 1281 246 186 96 1996 Vermilion 50 50 2154 8242 540 100 1325 '36 5190 102 3448 Vernon 40 40 2093 3688 1186 92 2386 55 928 70 2085 Washington 30 30 5607 1873 1944 48 6586 28 531 11 3185 Webster 46 46 3847 1925 3306 268 2311 187 1049 81 3254 VV Baton Rouge 14 14 946 863 472 20 3371 12 355 9 860 VV Carroll 19 19 692 1187 1451 35 723 53 "7 36 1316 VV Feliciana 10 10 400 365 273 16 2032 14 122 46 553 Winn 32 32 769 1255 2339 35 1521 86 418 59 1350 Total 2899 2899 280490 224677 135109 7076 279014 6527 123124 5136 297177 Senate Loses Its Only Woman And Republican NEW ORLEANS (AP) Several seats are yet to be decided, but Louisiana's open primary that shows the complexion the state legislature won't change much next session. The Senate, however, has lost its only Republican and its only woman. In Saturday's primary, 27 Senate incumbents won re-election and 67 incumbents won the right to return to the House. The biggest surprises came in the Senate where two north Louisiana legislators were turned out of office, including E.

Edwards Barham of Oak Ridge the only Republican in the chamber. Barham was expected to play a leading legislative role in the next administration, provided Rep. Dave Treen, won the race for governor. Treen apparently has one of the two slots in Dec. 8 runoff and is trying to become the state's first Republican governor since Reconstruction.

On the House side, two incumbents were defeated Tom Jasper of New Orleans, one of the chamber's black members, and Joe Cooper of Mansfield, who asked the day before the election for special poll watchers to be stationed in his district. Sixteen other House members were forced into runoffs, including Clyde Bel Jr. of New Orleans who ran behind Mary Landrieu, the daughter Moon Landrieu, a member President Carter's cabinet. Also facing a runoff was Bruce Lynn of Gilliam, one of the Republican representatives seeking re-election. In the Senate, incumbents Fritz Eagan of New Orleans, Bill Dykes of Montpelier and Gaston Gerald of Greenwell Springs were forced into runoffs.

Three-term senator Lawrence Gibbs of Monroe also was thrown into a runoff. With one percent of the vote missing in his five-parish district, Barham, a farmer, said: "It looks like I've been beaten." Unofficial results showed David Ginn, a Democrat, with 50.6 percent of the vote. Mrs. Virginia Shehee of Shreveport, the only woman in the Senate, was overwhelmed by Richard G. Neeson, a 32year-old real estate developer making his first bid for elective office.

At the close of the 1979 session in July, there were 38 Democrats and one Republican in the Senate. In the House, the makeup was 95 Democrats, eight Republicans and two vacancies. Six senators won re-election without opposition, while in the House, 19 members were unopposed for additional four-year terms. Republicans were in danger of losing two House seats, but on the other hand had a chance of picking up two others. The 1980 Senate will be comprised entirely of Democrats.

Besides Barham, the only other Republicans seeking election to the Senate failed to make the runoff. One-issue candidate Babs Minhinnette of Baton Rouge, a leader against sex education in public schools, was unsuccessful in trying to defeat Sen. Ken Osterberger who was returned with more than 70 percent of the vote. Ms. Minhinnette received 5,900 votes out of the cast in the suburban Baton Rouge district.

David Duke, leader of a small Ku Klux Klan group from Metairie, also lost for a second straight time in his bid to make the Senate. Duke drew 26.8 percent of the vote and was a distant second to incumbent Joe Tiemann. But Duke said he was encouraged by the votes he attracted. "I think it shows that the white majority is starting to wake up," he said. Gaston Gerald, convicted several months ago of conspiracy in a bribery case, was the top vote getter in his north Baton Rouge district but faces a runoff against school board member Donald D.

Hunt. Guste, Parker Score Clear Wins, Avoid Runoff "We thought if we were within 3 or 4, percent with twothirds of the vote in we could have a good chance but it didn't work out that way," he said from his home, only got about 35 percent in New Orleans and we couldn't overcome that." Knoll mounted an expensive media campaign financed mostly by large loans he took out. NEW ORLEANS (AP) Candidates throughout the state are gearing up already for the Dec. 8 runoffs, but Attorney General William Guste Jr. and Treasurer Mary Evelyn Parker can take it easy.

The two incumbents were the only statewide officials to score first primary victories Saturday and both did so easily. "I thought it would be a little closer than it was," said Mrs. Parker from her Baton Rouge home. "But that's what our polls were showing all along." Mrs. Parker ran up 81 percent of the vote to defeat Ken Pickering, who quit his post of Commissioner of Financial In-stutions to get into the race.

She will start her fourth term in March. Guste had a little tougher time, but gained a third term by defeating Avoyelles Parish District Attorney Eddie Knoll, who attacked what he called the incumbent's "soft stand" on crime. With 93.7 percent of the precincts counted, Guste had 58.8 percent of the vote to beat his only challenger. Knoll, a 37-year-old Marksville attorney making his first bid for statewide office, said he was disappointed and blamed his poor showing on failure to make inroads on Guste's strong New Orleans base. Tbwo More Good I troi.

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