In a rare, unified appearance, the current mayors of Ascension Parish s three municipalities, one former mayor and some their council members showed up in Donaldsonville to let the Parish Council
A businessman and former planning official who was the subject of an election inquiry by Ascension parish presidential candidate Murphy Painter has had his residency for the fall contest challenged
Three members of the Ascension Parish Council were unopposed, while Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment drew two challengers as the qualifying period for the Oct. 14 election closed in the afternoon Aug. 10.
Onetime lawman Murphy Painter is again running for Ascension Parish president against incumbent Clint Cointment — and it has already become a rough-and-tumble race.