Ark-La-Tex election results tonight

For you real political junkies, there is a Louisiana House race (runoff) today to fill the District 4 position left vacant by Cedric Glover, who was recently elected as Mayor of Shreveport. The term for the winner will be a mere 10 months long, but the Louisiana legislature will be convening for a regular legislative session at the end of April. The candidates are Patrick Williams and Larry Ferdinand, both Democrats. As you know from previous entries on the blog, party affiliation matters not in free-for-all Louisiana elections -- the top two vote-getters meet in the runoff regardless of party.

Williams, a former Caddo Parish Commissioner, is the favorite and garnered 44% in the primary (compared to Ferdinand's 26%). City Councilman Calvin Lester finished third with 19% in the primary and Reginald Johnson, the head of the Metropolitan Planning Commission, came in fourth with 11%. District 4* encompasses most of eastern Caddo Parish and takes in some of northern Shreveport.

*- Here's your useless but interesting tidbit for the day. House Districts 1 in each of the four states in the Ark-La-Tex are adjoining. Louisiana House District 1 makes up the northwesternmost part of Louisiana. I represent District 1 in extreme southwest Arkansas. Rep. Stephen Frost's District 1 across State Line Avenue is made up of extreme northeast Texas, and Oklahoma House District 1 is in the southeasternmost portion of that state.

Update: With 96% reporting, Williams wins with 66% of the vote.