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    Jefferson Parish elects Tim Kerner Jr. as District 1 councilperson

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    Tim Kerner Jr. projected winner of Jefferson Parish Council District 1 race

    GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. JEFFERSON PARISH ELECTS A NEW COUNCILMAN AS PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE STATE VOTE ON THIS ELECTION DAY. HERE IS A LOOK FOR YOU AT VOTERS IN ORLEANS PARISH, WHERE MILLAGES ARE ON THE BALLOT TONIGHT. BUT THE BIG STORY IN JEFFERSON PARISH, TIM KERNER WINS THE RUNOFF AGAINST ANDREA MANUEL FOR A COUNCIL SEAT. WDSU REPORTER JASMINE FRANKLIN IS LIVE OUTSIDE OF KERNER’S WATCH PARTY AND IS HEARING FROM THE WINNER TONIGHT. JASMINE. YES. ELIZABETH. TIM KERNER JUNIOR HAS BEEN ELECTED AS THE NEW COUNCILMAN SERVING DISTRICT ONE OF JEFFERSON PARISH. INSIDE OF HIS WATCH PARTY. RIGHT NOW, HIS SUPPORTERS ARE CHANTING AND DANCING, CELEBRATING HIS VICTORY IN THIS ELECTION. REPUBLICAN TIM KERNER FACED OFF AGAINST DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE ANDREA MANUEL IN THE RUNOFF ELECTION. KERNER WON THE RACE WITH 56% OF THE VOTE. JUST OVER 14,000 JEFFERSON PARISH VOTERS CAST THEIR BALLOTS IN THIS RACE. KERNER CURRENTLY SERVES AS MAYOR OF LAFITTE, AND SAYS DURING HIS TERM AS MAYOR, HE HAS LED THE TOWN THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES, INCLUDING DEVASTATING HURRICANES AND BRIDGE COLLAPSES. HE TELLS ME HE IS GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT HE RECEIVED IN THIS ELECTION. KERNER SAYS THE THE WIND FEELS EVEN MORE PERSONAL BECAUSE HE’LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE SERVING THE AREA HE GREW UP IN. I’M JUST SO THANKFUL. JASMINE. MY DAD ALWAYS TAUGHT ME, HE SAID. IF YOU DON’T LET THE PEOPLE DOWN, THEY WON’T LET YOU DOWN. I’M GIVING MY ALL TO BE THE BEST I COULD BE DURING THIS CAMPAIGN AND MY TIME AS MAYOR AND AND SEEING THE PEOPLE RESPOND THIS WAY, IT MEANS. IT MEANS THE ENTIRE WORLD TO ME. AND KERNER TELLS ME HE IS JUST EXCITED, READY TO GET TO WORK AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING SERVING JEFFERSON PARISH. PEOPLE ARE STILL INSIDE OF HIS WATCH PARTY RIGHT NOW, CELEBRATING HIS VICTORY AGAIN. HIS SUPPORTERS OBVIOUSLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT HIS WIN, REPORTING LIVE IN GRETNA, JASMINE FRANKLIN, WDSU NEWS. YEAH, I CAN HEAR THEM THERE IN THE BACKGROUND. JASMINE. THANK YOU. LET’S STAY IN THE BALLOT IN JEFFERSON PARISH RIGHT HERE. THERE WERE THREE VILLAGES ON THE BALLOT, ALL OF THEM PASSED. ONE WOULD GIVE THE PARISH MONEY TO HELP IMPROVE DRAINAGE IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT GRAND ISLE. THIS MILLAGE, IF RENEWED, WHICH IT IS, WOULD COST TAXPAYERS ABOUT $27 A YEAR. ANOTHER MILLAGE PROVIDES MONEY TO KEEP RECREATION PROGRAMS AND EVENTS GOING, AND THE FINAL MILLAGE THERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH PROVIDES MONEY FOR LIBRARIES. THE MONEY WOULD BE USED TO BUILD TWO NEW LIBRARIES IN THE PARISH AND FUND THEIR BUDGET. MEANTIME, IN ORLEANS PARISH, A KEY MILLAGE IS UP. AFTER TEN YEARS AND SHERIFF SUSAN HUTSON SAYS IF THIS ONE PASSES, IT WILL NOT INCREASE TAXES. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THIS MILLAGE WILL GO TOWARD CRITICAL PROGRAMS, MAINTENANCE AND STAFFING. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY TIGHT RACE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON YOUR SCREEN, THIS RACE, SEPARATED BY LESS THAN 100 VOTES. OF COURSE, WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS MORE RESULTS COME IN. ALL THROUGHOUT THIS NEWSCAST. MEANTIME, WE ALSO ARE UPDATING YOU ON ELECTION RESULTS, ALSO ONLINE AT. DOT COM, AS WELL AS ON O

    Tim Kerner Jr. projected winner of Jefferson Parish Council District 1 race

    The Jefferson Parish Councilmember District 1 race was determined Saturday. FULL RESULTS: | JEFFERSON | ORLEANS | ST. TAMMANY| TANGIPAHOA | WASHINGTON | ST. JAMES | PLAQUEMINES | TERREBONNE |Jefferson Parish voters went to the polls Saturday for the municipal common election runoff. Tim Kerner Jr. secured 56% of the votes to win the place. Kerner is the mayor of Jean Lafitte and the son of a longtime politician and present state Rep. Tim Kerner. Sr. Kerner Jr. simply ran for a Senate seat that he misplaced in 2023.

    The Jefferson Parish Councilmember District 1 race was determined Saturday.

    FULL RESULTS: | JEFFERSON | ORLEANS | ST. TAMMANY| TANGIPAHOA | WASHINGTON | ST. JAMES | PLAQUEMINES | TERREBONNE |

    Jefferson Parish voters went to the polls Saturday for the municipal common election runoff.

    Tim Kerner Jr. secured 56% of the votes to win the place.

    Kerner is the mayor of Jean Lafitte and the son of a longtime politician and present state Rep. Tim Kerner. Sr.

    Kerner Jr. simply ran for a Senate seat that he misplaced in 2023.

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