Mayor Wayne Breaux and Police Chief Gerald Minor were both returned to office Saturday.

Both were challenged and re-elected by Baldwin voters in the election postponed from Oct. 5 due to Hurricane Lili.

Breaux garnered 787 votes over challenger Shelton Barard with 374, while Minor took 622 votes over challenger David Bruner with 517.

This is Breaux’s fourth term as mayor, and Minor’s fourth as police chief.

Breaux thanked the voters of Baldwin for his return to office.

"It was an overwhelming victory, an overwhelming vote of confidence," he said this morning. "I am really looking forward to the next four years. I think it will be a really exciting time for Baldwin, with a number of major projects forthcoming."

There were some voting place issues during the election which Breaux said he is going to look into.

With new voting lines since the last election, the newly incorporated area to the east of Baldwin had to vote at Franklin
Senior High School. Those voters previously cast ballots at the Port of West St. Mary office.

To the west, some voters on Malcolm, Joseph, Ronnie and Kerry streets, who have been incorporated for many years, have to vote in Charenton.

"We’re going to do what’s necessary to have voters in Baldwin vote in the Baldwin limits," Breaux said.

He said state legislative action that voting boundaries have to be defined by visible boundaries contributed to the situation.

Minor thanked the voters for returning him to office.

"I will continue to work for all the people of Baldwin," he said this morning. "I look forward to another good four years, and hope to see a lot of progress in town in working with the administration, and as always, doing the right thing."

In the Baldwin alderman’s race, returning incumbents will be Herbert Druilhet, 564 votes; Mike Lancelin, 745 votes; Gene St. Germain, 601 votes; and Clarence Vappie, 562 votes.

Incumbent alderman Patrice Rodriguez Picard did not make either the first slate of elected aldermen nor the runoff with 423 votes.

There will be a runoff Nov. 5 between Mike J. Caesar with 456 votes and Doug Frederick with 475 votes.

Other candidates and their totals were Peggy B. St. Germain, 398; Wayne J. Hebert, 345; Carolyn Bowser, 339; and Ronald Pinell Jr., 115.

Candidates Willie Rack and David McCoy Jr. will be facing off Nov. 5 for the Third Ward Court marshal’s seat.

Rack’s 1,138 votes and McCoy’s 813 votes put them in the runoff over candidates Henry G. Louviere with 749 votes and Angelo M. Graffeo with 194.

In the school board elections, District 1 incumbent Joe Foulcard won a landslide re-election with 1,053 votes over challenger Holly White Dixon with 203.

District 3 will see a runoff Nov. 5 between Edward Payton Jr., with 554 votes, and Tony J. Scelfo with 325 votes. Challengers Jennifer Scelfo got 241 votes, and Robert H. "Bob" Titus 116 votes.

In District 4, incumbent Willie J. Peters returns to office with 624 votes against challenger Lucy R. Watson who garnered 588.

And District 7, school board member Wayne J. Deslatte took 597 votes to defeat challenger Robert G. Ayres with 423.

A new face on the school board will replace one that has been there 25 years.

Ginger Griffin of Patterson defeated long-time board member Louis Lipari, also of Patterson, for the newly-fashioned District 5 school board seat in Saturday’s election.

Griffin earned 605 votes (55 percent) to Lipari’s 489 votes (45 percent) to win the seat.

District 2 board member Mary Lockley of Franklin ran unopposed as did District 6 board member Marilyn LaSalle of Patterson.

Incumbent board members Mike Taylor of Berwick (District 8), Betty Guarisco of Morgan City (District 9) and Frances Miller of Morgan City (District 10) all ran without opposition.

In the three-man District 11 race, former school board supervisor Roland Herman Verret of Amelia cruised to an easy victory over his two opponents.

Verret received 564 votes (71 percent) while Joey M. Busbice of Morgan City received 175 votes (22 percent) and Glyn "Gabe" Meranto II of Morgan City received the remaining 55 votes (7 percent).

In Division G, incumbent Judge Charles Porter took 5,016 votes to defeat opponent Lucretia Pecante-Burton with 3,968.

Division H will see a Nov. 5 runoff between candidates Curtis Sigur, 2,111 votes, and Lori Landry, with 2,980. Other candidates were Oneal Jones Jr., with 1,420; "Tai" Green, 1,420 and Joslyn Alex, 1,410.

For Justice of the Peace Ward 1, Hilliard W. Buckner took 397 against challenger Charles L. Olds with 203.

In the Justice of the Peace Ward 4 race, Shelby J. Bourgeois was re-elected with 521 votes, against Thomas L. "Tex" Palmer with 176.

Justice of the Peace Ward 10’s race found Benny J. Druilhet with 591 and Charlet Achee with 589.

The race for Constable Ward 2 resulted in 92 votes for Ernest Metz and 39 for Robin N. Landry.

Constable, Ward 4 saw David Comeaux, with 351 votes and Allen J. Pillaro with 344.

Constable Ward 10 results were Harry J. Smith, Jr. with 453, now in a Nov. 5 runoff with Lonnie J. Simoneaux with 398. Other candidates were Cardell Bowser Ina, 263 votes and Fred Walker, 87 votes.