By Misty Castile | The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Caddo Parish voters filled four school board seats Tuesday, electing Michael Lafitte over incumbent Katie McLain and returning Jeri Bowen to the board.
Four other seats will be decided in Dec. 12 runoffs, according to unofficial results reported by KSLA.
KSLA showed 100% reporting in all eight contested Caddo races. In neighboring Bossier Parish, all 12 school board seats had been settled before Election Day without a contested vote.
In District 4, Susannah Poljak won with 3,686 votes, or 57.7%, to Matt Shields’ 2,707 votes, or 42.3%. In District 8, Bowen won with 4,230 votes, or 62%, to Emma Shepard’s 2,596 votes, or 38%.
Kristin Parsons won District 9 with 4,968 votes, or 58.7%, to Paige Hoffpauir’s 3,493 votes, or 41.3%. In District 10, Lafitte received 3,133 votes, or 58.1%, to McLain’s 2,262 votes, or 41.9%.
Four races drew three candidates each. No candidate received a majority in those districts, sending the top two finishers in each to a runoff.
In District 2, Marvkevea Campbell and Kenneth Coutee advanced. Campbell received 1,982 votes, or 42.3%, and Coutee received 1,501 votes, or 32%. Gregory Powell finished third with 1,201 votes, or 25.6%.
In District 5, Courtney Harris will face Karla McCulloch. Harris received 1,617 votes, or 44.1%, and McCulloch received 1,370 votes, or 37.4%. Rashima McMillon finished third with 676 votes, or 18.5%.
In District 6, Cleveland Mouton III and Dana Fergins-Hawthorne advanced. Mouton received 1,728 votes, or 41.2%, and Fergins-Hawthorne received 1,604 votes, or 38.3%. Kenny Gordon finished third with 861 votes, or 20.5%.
In District 12, Sheila Wimberly will face Larry Wilson. Wimberly received 2,209 votes, or 36.6%, and Wilson received 1,972 votes, or 32.7%. Carter Bedford finished third with 1,853 votes, or 30.7%.
Callie Allen Carmichael in District 1, Terence Vinson in District 3, Jerry Bowman in District 7 and Jessica Yeates in District 11 were elected without opposition.