Republican Michael Melerine wins Louisiana school board seat
April 24, 2021
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Louisiana s top school board has a new member after Republican Michael Melerine won Saturday s runoff election to fill a vacant seat.
Melerine, a lawyer from Shreveport, defeated Democrat Cassie Williams, a college professor from Bossier City, to win a seat on the 11-member Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Melerine will represent District 4, covering 10 parishes across northwestern Louisiana.
Melerine and Williams were the top two vote-getters among five contenders for the position in March s primary. The seat was open because Tony Davis, a Republican from Natchitoches, resigned in January to devote more time to his job with the National Association of Manufacturers.
SHREVEPORT, La. – Louisiana voters will be called upon this weekend to settle some unfinished business. In the April 24 election, voters in northwest Louisiana will decide who claims the
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