Voters in New Orleans and some parts of St. Tammany Parish will head to the polls Saturday to determine a contentious runoff for a New Orleans legislative seat, two Orleans Parish judgeships and a Covington City Council post.
Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
Highlighting the New Orleans ballot is the testy race between Alonzo Knox and Sibil Fox Richardson for the 93rd District seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives. The two Democrats emerged as the top vote-getters in the Feb. 18 special election to succeed Royce Duplessis.
The heavily Democratic district includes the Central Business District, French Quarter, Lower Garden District, Treme, Central City and 7th Ward. Duplessis held the seat for four years, before winning a seat in the state Senate in November in a tough campaign against Rep. Mandie Landry.
Judgeships
Two judgeships are also on the ballot in New Orleans.
Stephanie Bridges, Jeff Dye and Marissa Hutabarat, all Democrats, are running for the Division B seat on the Civil District Court bench.
Diedre Pierce Kelly, Simone Levine and Leon Roche, all Democrats, are running for the Division A seat at Criminal District Court.
Covington area
In St. Tammany, a lone race awaits some voters in Covington.
Incumbent Cody Ludwig faces three challengers for the District D post. Ludwig is a Republican, as are challengers Rene Ferrer, Ben Guidry and Jimmy Inman.
Ludwig was elected to post without opposition four years ago.
Also in St. Tammany Parish, voters in the 13th Fire Protection in the Covington area will decide a 9.74-mill property tax renewal for fire district operations.