Ascension Parish holds special election to fill vacancy on council
GONZALES — Ascension Parish voters in District 11 selected a replacement for a Parish Council member who has moved away.
Complete but unofficial results show Jennifer DeFrances defeating Corey Perrillioux by a better than 4-1 margin.
The winner replaces former Councilman Michael Mason, who resigned to take a job at Howard University in Washington. Tia Starr has been serving as Mason's replacement.
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Data from the secretary of state's office show that just 4 percent of the district's 8,360 voters cast ballots. DeFrances picked up 277 of the 336 votes cast; Perrillioux had 59.