With an unofficial tally of 40.8% voter turnout, Randy Delatte has secured 4 years as Parish President with 71% of the vote.
The ultimate rely was 24,918 – 10,155. Delatte opened with an enormous lead, 9,100 – 3,891, to start out the night time with early voting totals and mail-in ballots.
Delatte, who’s at present the parish councilman for District 8 and in his ultimate 12 months of his first time period, mentioned he intends to concentrate on points equivalent to drainage, site visitors, crime, and “bureaucratic inefficiency.”
“We have now main issues in Livingston Parish and it’s time we acknowledge that and get to work fixing them,” Delatte mentioned within the assertion. “I hear from residents on a regular basis who love this Parish as a lot as I do, however they’re bored with ready on leaders to repair our damaged system of presidency.
“That’s why I ran for Council within the first place – however I’m solely certainly one of 9. As parish president, I can be ready to essentially result in optimistic change.”
A lifelong resident of Livingston Parish, Delatte grew up in Maurepas and graduated from Maurepas Excessive in 1972. As a licensed basic contractor, Delatte constructed faculties, church buildings and different companies in and round Livingston Parish, he mentioned within the assertion. He additionally labored for Turner Industries and Massive River Industries as a upkeep supervisor.
Delatte was elected to characterize District 8 on the Livingston Parish Council in 2019, selecting up almost 60 p.c of the vote to defeat opponent Barry Hardy. District 8 covers the southeastern portion of the parish.
Previous to changing into a council member, Delatte served 12 years on the Livingston Parish Police Jury. That included a stint as jury president previous to the parish’s adoption of the Dwelling Rule Constitution in 1996, he mentioned.
“The Police Jury President ran the day by day operations of the Parish at the moment so I really have already got expertise doing the job I’m operating for now,” mentioned Delatte, who famous his different experiences as public works director, planning director and constructing official.
