1:08am: Finally — 100% in. The final result was 28% for Dardenne, 24% for Fayard. Glad to see that a Dem was able to make it out of this jungly mess!
11:12pm: 3,115 precincts are now in, and Dardenne’s lead has softened to 28-24 over Fayard.
10:56pm: The needle’s sitting at 2,809 precincts, and Dardenne enjoys a 29-24 lead over Fayard.
10:42pm: 2,530 precincts are now in, and it’s a 29-23 lead for Dardenne over Fayard. So far, so good!
10:33pm: We’re now up to 2,032 precincts reporting (just over half of the vote), and it’s a 30-23 Dardenne-Fayard race. (Fayard also has a 9000-vote cushion over Kershaw now.)
10:28pm: And in the Lt. Governor’s race, we’re up to 1,560 precincts reporting. Dardenne’s at 31% while Fayard inched up to 23%. She’s got 6000 votes worth of padding over Sammy Kershaw.
10:27pm: It’s done. The AP has called the LA-03 GOP nomination for Jeff Landry, who is beating Hunt Downer in a blowout. With that, the House field is set for November.
10:18pm: Finally, some big movement. With 1,023 of 3,877 precincts reporting, Dardenne sits in first with 33%, followed by Fayard at 22% and Kershaw 3000 votes behind at 20%. In LA-03, with just under half of the vote in, Landry is leading Downer by 68-32. Stick a fork in that one…
10:00pm: We’re up to 321 precincts, and Fayard has inched up to second place, with 22% to Kershaw’s 19%.
9:54pm: 258 precincts now in, and it’s 36% Dardenne, 20% Kershaw, and 19% Fayard. In LA-03, Landry is romping with a 68-32 lead.
9:48pm: The SoS has now emerged as the most up-to-date source, and they have Dardenne at 36%, with Kershaw and Fayard tied at 19% with 71 precincts reporting. In the LA-03 runoff, Landry leads Downer by 64-36 with 16 precincts reporting.
9:37pm: WWLTV is now up to 52 precincts: their tab for the Lt. Governor’s race is 34% Dardenne, 22% for Sammy Kershaw, and 18% for Dem Caroline Fayard.
9:29pm: The LA SoS also has some early numbers (absentees?) from the 3rd. Landry is eating Downer’s lunch, with a 74-26 lead.
9:20pm: Some action from the Lt. Governor’s race: With 16 precincts reporting, Dem Caroline Fayard leads with 33% to Jay Dardenne’s 30%. Kevin Davis and Roger Villere, a pair of Republicans, trail with 22 and 15%, respectively.
This is it. The last primary night of the year. Polls have now closed in Louisiana, where there are two races to keep an eye on tonight: the GOP primary run-off between Hunt Downer and Jeff Landry in the 3rd District, and the open primary for the Lt. Governor’s office. We’ll be using this thread to follow the results.
RESULTS: LA-03 SoS | LA-Lt. Gov SoS | Associated Press | WWLTV (Lt.-Gov)