Lincoln Parish supports Trump
Leader photo by Nancy Bergeron
Lincoln Parish Clerk of Court personnel Anna Coleman, left, and Paula Cup, center, along with election commissioner Gloria Daniels, examine the first box of ballots Tuesday evening.
Lincoln Parish has backed Republican Donald Trump for the third consecutive presidential cycle.
Local voters also gave their nod to Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson’s bid for reelection to the 4th Congressional District seat, a district that now includes Lincoln Parish.
Complete but unofficial returns from Tuesday’s election show in the presidential race Trump received 62% of the parish vote to Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris’ 36%, while in the congressional race Johnson polled 81% of the vote to challenger Josh Morott’s 19%.
Tuesday’s turnout was 65%, slightly lower than the turnout in both 2016 and 2020.
Trump was expected to carry the parish. Voting totals show he polled 11,128 votes to Harris’ 6,627.
Johnson, who cruised to an easy apparent victory districtwide, got 12,850 Lincoln Parish votes to Morott’s 2,996.
Morott, also a Republican, is a substitute teacher from Vernon Parish who was making his first bid for office with no campaign organization and no money.
Meanwhile, Lincoln Parish voters tracked their peers statewide in approving the lone state constitutional amendment on the ballot.
Voters said yes to allowing federal money Louisiana gets from alternative energy production to be dedicated to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund, where the funds can only be used for projects aimed at safeguarding Louisiana’s residents and businesses along the coast.
