Dupree elected Pineville mayor by 5 votes; $110M bond issue for Alexandria schools passes

Melissa Gregory, Alexandria Town Talk
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Rich Dupree was elected Pineville mayor by just five votes Saturday, defeating James Rachal to replace longtime Mayor Clarence Fields.

Results for all races below are complete, but unofficial.

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The race was tight the entire evening as precincts reported. The final result was a 50-50 tie, but Dupree got 1,320 votes to Rachal's 1,315.

The Rapides Parish School Board's $100 million bond issue for District 62 schools, those within Alexandria, passed by a wide margin.

With 53 precincts reporting, the bond issue passed with 2,663 (64%) yes votes to 1,511 (36%) no votes.

A parish-wide tax renewal for the Rapides Parish Library also passed by a comfortable margin. Yes votes numbered 6,683 (66%), while no votes were 3,203 (32%).

All but one of the tax propositions or renewals on the ballot passed, and two passed with 100% of the votes.

The District 57 school tax continuation failed by three votes.

Other results from Saturday's Rapides Parish ballot are:

  • A 10-year property tax renewal of 10.98 mills for Rapides Parish Police Jury Road District No. 9B: PASS - Yes: 188 (66%); No: 96 (34%).

  • A 10-year property tax continuance of 22.57 mills for Fire Protection District No. 3 (Alpine): PASS - Yes: 354 (83%); No: 70 (17%).

  • A 10-year property tax renewal of 41.66 mills for Fire Protection District No. 5 (Oak Hill): PASS - Yes: 240 (76%); No: 77 (24%).

  • A 10-year property tax renewal of 26.04 mills for Fire Protection District No. 7 (Ruby Kolin): PASS - Yes: 148 (82%); No: 33 (18%)

  • A 20-year, $1 million bond issue for Fire Protection District No. 9: PASS - Yes: 175 (80%); No: 43 (20%).

  • A 10-year property tax continuance of 37.77 mills for Fire Protection District No. 11 (Spring Creek): PASS - Yes: 108 (92%); No: 10 (8%).

  • A 10-year property tax continuance of 53.67 mills for Fire Protection District No. 11 (Spring Creek): PASS - Yes 34 (100%); No: 0.

  • A 10-year property tax renewal of 25 mills for Fire Protection District No. 15 (Taylor Hill): PASS - Yes: 26 (81%); No: 6 (19%).

  • A 10-year property tax continuance of 15 mills for Fire Protection District No. 16 (Alfalfa): PASS - Yes: 12 (100%); No: 0.

  • A 10-year property tax continuance of 3.08 mills for Rigolette School District No. 11: PASS - Yes: 1,095 (66%); No: 566 (34%).

  • A 10-year property tax continuance of 3.26 mills for Cotile School District No. 22A: PASS - Yes: 239 (68%); No: 114 (32%).

  • A 10-year property tax continuance of 4.88 mills for Lecompte-Lamourie-Woodworth School District No. 57: FAIL - Yes: 194 (50%); No: 197 (50%).

  • A 10-year property tax continuance of 19.05 mills for Sixth Ward School District No. 58: PASS - Yes: 63 (68%); No: 30 (32%).

  • A 10-year property tax continuance of 4.80 mills for Forest Hill-Cheneyville-Lecompte-Lamourie-Woodworth Consolidated School District No. 61: PASS - Yes: 306 (57%); No: 229 (43%).

  • A new one-half of 1% sales and use tax in the town of Boyce to be collected in perpetuity: PASS - Yes: 70 (63%); No: 41 (37%).

This article originally appeared on Alexandria Town Talk: Rich Dupree defeats James Rachal for Pineville mayor by 5 votes