The Gazette
January 25, 1939

Vote Exceedingly Close In Returns

Truett L. Scarborough, Ruston attorney, was elected in yesterday’s run-off election to fill the unexpired term of the late T. C. Bergeron as district attorney for the Third Judicial District of Louisiana.

The vote was exceedingly close when all the precincts were reported, and with complete but unofficial returns counted, the Lincoln Parish candidate was in the lead by only 88 votes.

Union Parish again outvoted Lincoln by a total of 842 votes, with Union Parish polling a total of 4,204 votes and Lincoln polling a total of 3,362.

The total vote in the district was 3,827 for Scarborough and 3739 for Rabun.

In Union Parish, Rabun lead with a total of 2,641 votes, with Scarborough receiving 1,563 votes.

Lincoln Parish voters gave Rabun 1,098 votes and Scarborough 2,264 votes.

The total vote by ward and precincts in Union Parish is as follows:

Ward 1, precinct 1: Rabun 403, Scarborough 120.

Ward 1, precinct 2: Rabun 276, Scarborough 137

Ward 2, precinct 1: Rabun 97, Scarborough 62

Ward 2, precinct 2: Rabun 24, Scarborough 27

Ward 2, precinct 3: Rabun 156, Scarborough 94

Ward 3, precinct 1: Rabun 75, Scarborough 128

Ward 3, precinct 2: Rabun 67, Scarborough 64

Ward 3, precinct 3: Rabun 67, Scarborough 87

Ward 3, precinct 4: Rabun 44, Scarborough 30

Ward 4, precinct 1: Rabun 83, Scarborough 53

Ward 4, precinct 2: Rabun 259, Scarborough 170

Ward 5, precinct 1: Rabun 119, Scarborough 67

Ward 5, precinct 2: Rabun 169, Scarborough 103

Ward 6, precinct 1: Rabun 133, Scarborough 51

Ward 6, precinct 2: Rabun 92, Scarborough 18

Ward 7: precinct 1: Rabun 215, Scarborough 64

Ward 8: precinct 1: Rabun 102, Scarborough 27

Ward 8: precinct 1: Rabun 52, Scarborough 104

Ward 9: precinct 1: Rabun 107, Scarborough 56

Ward 10: precinct 1: Rabun 45, Scarborough 31

Ward 10: precinct 2: Rabun 56, Scarborough 70

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