BREAKING: Nezat defeats Koonce for Sulphur Council seat
Published 9:19 pm Saturday, June 4, 2022
Nicholas Nezat defeated Mike Koonce in the race for District 2 Sulphur City Councilman Saturday. Nezat received 287 votes. Koonce received 170.
This is the second election for the District 2 seat.
Koonce was defeated by Nezat in the March 26 election and contested the results after around 30 voters were not moved to District 2 after redistricting. Contested elections require a judgment. Judge Kendrick Guidry found the irregularities of the first election substantial and ordered a second election.
Maps were posted at precincts for this election, and details checked, then checked again.
On Friday afternoon, June 3, Calcasieu Registrar of Voters Chief Deputy Kiisha Breaux said 146 voters had voted early, in-person.
Forty-five residents mailed or hand-delivered votes.
Breaux said the office would continue to accept hand-delivered ballots until 4:30 Friday.
The number of eligible registered voters for this election is 2,422.
