Caddo Parish (Shreveport) Sheriff flips to D by one vote - UPDATE: result annulled!
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« on: November 19, 2023, 09:20:44 AM »
« edited: December 05, 2023, 05:00:37 PM by GeorgiaModerate »

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With all precincts reporting, Henry Whitehorn has won the Caddo Parish sheriff's race by one vote, according to the Louisiana Secretary of State's website.

If the result stands, Whitehorn becomes the first Black sheriff in Caddo Parish's history and the first Democrat to hold the seat since since 1995, narrowly defeating Republican John Nickelson with a final vote tally of 21,621 to 21,620.

Nickelson told The Shreveport-Bossier Advocate that he will be requesting a recount.

https://www.shreveportbossieradvocate.com/news/state_politics/henry-whitehorn-wins-caddo-sheriff-race-by-one-vote/article_0cb39b72-83d7-11ee-bfaa-73bc072120bf.html

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« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2023, 09:39:40 AM »

I hope the recount keeps the result the same because it's so ing funny.
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« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2023, 04:46:24 PM »

Every vote counts. Literally.
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« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2023, 08:06:29 AM »

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« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2023, 10:08:45 AM »

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« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2023, 01:23:58 PM »


Well deserved accolades. Tongue
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« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2023, 02:04:20 AM »

Well Caddo County did go 52.5% Biden- 45.8% Trump in '20.

'20 Pop numbers are 48% Black and 43% Anglo.

Not sure about off-year TO % numbers without any PREZ or SEN on the mix, although clearly statewide PUBS swept statewide by large numbers...

Still County Sheriff races are such that one would imagine that there might be many White folks willing to vote for a Black Dem for County Sheriff, since we got the whole truism about "all elections are local", and maybe Whitehorn managed to do large scale cross-over voting in after all an election which in most places would be considered a non-partisan election for the new local "top cop".

People trying to read too much into the partisan results might likely be smoking way too much Oregon high THC illicit imports..
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« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2023, 05:01:43 PM »

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Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Justice E. Joseph Bleich has made a ruling in the election lawsuit filed by Caddo Parish sheriff candidate, John Nickelson.

That ruling came down Tuesday, Dec. 5. The judge ruled the results of the Nov. 18 runoff election, in which Henry Whitehorn defeated Nickelson by one vote, are declared void. It was further ordered a new runoff election shall be conducted. Whitehorn’s team appealed that decision Tuesday afternoon.

The ruling states “it was proven beyond any doubt that there were at least 11 illegal votes cast and counted” and that it is “legally impossible to know what the true vote should have been.”

https://www.ksla.com/2023/12/05/judge-makes-ruling-caddo-parish-sheriff-recount-lawsuit/
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« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2023, 05:33:17 PM »

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Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Justice E. Joseph Bleich has made a ruling in the election lawsuit filed by Caddo Parish sheriff candidate, John Nickelson.

That ruling came down Tuesday, Dec. 5. The judge ruled the results of the Nov. 18 runoff election, in which Henry Whitehorn defeated Nickelson by one vote, are declared void. It was further ordered a new runoff election shall be conducted. Whitehorn’s team appealed that decision Tuesday afternoon.

The ruling states “it was proven beyond any doubt that there were at least 11 illegal votes cast and counted” and that it is “legally impossible to know what the true vote should have been.”

https://www.ksla.com/2023/12/05/judge-makes-ruling-caddo-parish-sheriff-recount-lawsuit/
Wonder how high up this appeal goes -- surely the Louisiana Supreme Court, for all their flaws, wouldn't order a new election.
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« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2023, 06:41:24 PM »

Big development in this race:

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Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Justice E. Joseph Bleich has made a ruling in the election lawsuit filed by Caddo Parish sheriff candidate, John Nickelson.

That ruling came down Tuesday, Dec. 5. The judge ruled the results of the Nov. 18 runoff election, in which Henry Whitehorn defeated Nickelson by one vote, are declared void. It was further ordered a new runoff election shall be conducted. Whitehorn’s team appealed that decision Tuesday afternoon.

The ruling states “it was proven beyond any doubt that there were at least 11 illegal votes cast and counted” and that it is “legally impossible to know what the true vote should have been.”

https://www.ksla.com/2023/12/05/judge-makes-ruling-caddo-parish-sheriff-recount-lawsuit/

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« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2023, 07:03:40 PM »

How is a retired judge able to issue such a ruling?
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« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2023, 08:48:19 PM »

Big development in this race:

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Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Justice E. Joseph Bleich has made a ruling in the election lawsuit filed by Caddo Parish sheriff candidate, John Nickelson.

That ruling came down Tuesday, Dec. 5. The judge ruled the results of the Nov. 18 runoff election, in which Henry Whitehorn defeated Nickelson by one vote, are declared void. It was further ordered a new runoff election shall be conducted. Whitehorn’s team appealed that decision Tuesday afternoon.

The ruling states “it was proven beyond any doubt that there were at least 11 illegal votes cast and counted” and that it is “legally impossible to know what the true vote should have been.”

https://www.ksla.com/2023/12/05/judge-makes-ruling-caddo-parish-sheriff-recount-lawsuit/
Wonder how high up this appeal goes -- surely the Louisiana Supreme Court, for all their flaws, wouldn't order a new election.

They have determined that 2 people voted twice in an election ultimately decided by 1 vote.  Therefore, we have no idea who rightfully won the election.  That's nothing like the frivolous Trump 2020 challenges.

BTW the retired judge was appointed to hear the case because all of the elected local judges recused. 
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« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2023, 03:05:09 AM »

Big development in this race:

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Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Justice E. Joseph Bleich has made a ruling in the election lawsuit filed by Caddo Parish sheriff candidate, John Nickelson.

That ruling came down Tuesday, Dec. 5. The judge ruled the results of the Nov. 18 runoff election, in which Henry Whitehorn defeated Nickelson by one vote, are declared void. It was further ordered a new runoff election shall be conducted. Whitehorn’s team appealed that decision Tuesday afternoon.

The ruling states “it was proven beyond any doubt that there were at least 11 illegal votes cast and counted” and that it is “legally impossible to know what the true vote should have been.”

https://www.ksla.com/2023/12/05/judge-makes-ruling-caddo-parish-sheriff-recount-lawsuit/
Wonder how high up this appeal goes -- surely the Louisiana Supreme Court, for all their flaws, wouldn't order a new election.

They have determined that 2 people voted twice in an election ultimately decided by 1 vote.  Therefore, we have no idea who rightfully won the election.  That's nothing like the frivolous Trump 2020 challenges.

BTW the retired judge was appointed to hear the case because all of the elected local judges recused. 

Because of nine of them were friends with Nickelson, for the record.
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« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2023, 10:20:53 AM »

Big development in this race:

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Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Justice E. Joseph Bleich has made a ruling in the election lawsuit filed by Caddo Parish sheriff candidate, John Nickelson.

That ruling came down Tuesday, Dec. 5. The judge ruled the results of the Nov. 18 runoff election, in which Henry Whitehorn defeated Nickelson by one vote, are declared void. It was further ordered a new runoff election shall be conducted. Whitehorn’s team appealed that decision Tuesday afternoon.

The ruling states “it was proven beyond any doubt that there were at least 11 illegal votes cast and counted” and that it is “legally impossible to know what the true vote should have been.”

https://www.ksla.com/2023/12/05/judge-makes-ruling-caddo-parish-sheriff-recount-lawsuit/
Wonder how high up this appeal goes -- surely the Louisiana Supreme Court, for all their flaws, wouldn't order a new election.

They have determined that 2 people voted twice in an election ultimately decided by 1 vote.  Therefore, we have no idea who rightfully won the election.  That's nothing like the frivolous Trump 2020 challenges.

BTW the retired judge was appointed to hear the case because all of the elected local judges recused. 

Because of nine of them were friends with Nickelson, for the record.

Then they were right to recuse.  I imagine this could be a difficult situation to find an unbiased adjudicator as most (all?) local judges would know the longtime incumbent local sheriff on a personal level.
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