Current First Assistant District Attorney Ricky Babin and former state Sen. Louis Lambert will meet in a runoff for the 23rd Judicial District Attorney’s office after placing as the top two vote-getters in Saturday’s primary election, according to unofficial results from the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office. The runoff will be decided during the Nov. 4 presidential election. The race featured four candidates - two current assistant district attorneys, a retired district judge and a former state senator - each looking to succeed outgoing District Attorney Anthony Falterman, who chose not to seek reelection after 18 years as district attorney. With all 105 district precincts reporting Saturday night, Babin finished atop the total with 11,540 votes, or 35 percent. Lambert finished second with 9.370 votes, or 28 percent. Finishing third was former District Judge Pegram Mire (D-Donaldsonville) with 6,800 votes, or 20 percent. Current Assistant District Attorney and Donaldsonville City Attorney Charles “Chuck” Long finished fourth with 5,476 votes, or 17 percent. The district includes Ascension, Assumption and St. James parishes. “This is amazing,” Babin said. “I want to thank everyone who has supported me throughout this campaign and hope they will continue to support me in the runoff. We ran a clean campaign and tonight, that hard work paid off.” Babin said that while he finished atop the primary voting, he did not plan to re ...
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