Derrick Shepherd has filed for a recount after losing the Jefferson Parish Council 3rd District seat to incumbent Byron Lee by about 500 votes, Clerk of Court Jon A. Gegenheimer
Jefferson Parish elections typically go one of two ways: They’re either lopsided victories for favored (or unopposed) incumbents or bare-knuckle brawls that divide the parish into geographic and/or political factions.
In a stunning show of the power of incumbency, almost every parishwide official in Jefferson Parish was automatically re-elected Thursday when no candidates signed up to challenge the sitting parish
In a stunning show of the power of incumbency, almost every parishwide official in Jefferson Parish was automatically re-elected Thursday when no candidates signed up to challenge the sitting parish