See who’s running for St. Francisville mayor, almdermen seats in West Feliciana Parish

Nov 05, 2024

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — West Feliciana Parish voters can choose the officials of their cities and towns. The St. Francisville mayor seat is open, as are four aldermen seats.

Andrew “Andy” D’Aquilla, No Party, and incumbent Robert “Bobee” Leake, Republican, are in the mayoral race.

Six are campaigning for the the four aldermen Election Section 2, seats in St. Francisville: incumbent Abby Temple Cochran, No Party; Alden Daniel, Libertarian; incumbent Collin Howell, Republican; Edgar “Tommy” Wheeler Jr., Republican; John Wilson, Republican. Jerad “Cody” Powell withdrew from the race.

Three judicial seats were decided before the primary election in the parish. Democrat John Michael Guidry won his seat as the associate justice for the 2nd Supreme Court District on the Louisiana Supreme Court when his opponents were disqualfied.

Blair Downing Edwards, Republican, won the race for the 3rd District, Division A seat on the Court of Appeal unopposed. Incumbent Allison Hopkins Penzato, a Republican, also won the Division C race without a challenger.

Incumbent Gigi Thomas Robertson, Democrat, will keep her seat as alderman of Election Section 2 in St. Francisville. She was the only one to qualify.

On Tuesday, Nov. 5, polls will open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. in Louisiana.

Nationwide, voters will decide the next president of the United States. Across the state, voters will decide on a proposed constitutional amendment and representation in the U.S. Congress. According to the Louisiana Secretary of State’s office, 22 parishes have local races and propositions; 22 have local races but no propositions; 15 have state and presidential elections only; and five have local propositions but not local races.

Any runoff elections will be held on Saturday, Dec. 7. Early voting for that election will be from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 22-30, excluding Sunday, Nov. 24, Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29. Residents who want to vote early can use the GeauxVote mobile app to find their early voting locations, review their sample ballot and check out the Election Day voting site.

Andrew “Andy” D’Aquilla, No Party.

Robert “Bobee” Leake, Republican.

Abby Temple Cochran, No Party.

Alden Daniel, Libertarian.

Collin Howell, Republican.

Edgar “Tommy” Wheeler Jr., Republican.

John Wilson, Republican.

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