BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana voters have chosen four new state lawmakers in weekend special elections.
Election results show Ruston businessman Chris Turner, a Republican, will take over the 12th District seat. Democrat Ed Larvadain III, an Alexandria city councilman, won the 26th District job.
Pineville attorney Mike Johnson, a Republican, took the vacant 27th District seat. And Republican Ryan Bourriaque, Cameron Parish Police Jury administrator, won the 47th District position.
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Three other vacant legislative seats will be decided by runoff elections scheduled for March 30.
New legislators are filling seats for the remainder of a term that ends in January. They’ll have to run for re-election in October if they want to keep the jobs.
Lawmakers previously in the seven positions were elected or hired to jobs elsewhere, including parish presidencies and judgeships.
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