Theriot wins as mayor of Maurice after no one qualifies to run against him

Wayne Theriot will return as mayor of Maurice after no one qualified to run against him.
Theriot is in his final year of his first term as mayor of Maurice. He will begin his second term in January of 2015.
“I am very fortunate for another opportunity to serve the people of Maurice,” he said Friday after the clerk of court’s office closed. “It is humbling.”
The first four years, Theriot has been a part of Maurice’s growing pains.
For the 2010 census, Maurice had a population of 964.
Today, because of the new apartment complex, new nursing home and new homes, Theriot is figuring there are 1,480 people in the Village of Maurice.
The biggest challenge for Theriot and the new aldermen will be Maurice growing. He said the Village can handle a population of just under 3,000 people. More than 3,000, then the Village will have to make adjustments.
Already, with the explosion of population, Maurice is looking into hiring two policemen for the night shift instead of having only one. Three maintenance workers also have their hands full keeping up with the demand of keeping the Village operating. The Village may look into hiring a fourth one in the near future.
In January of 2015, there could be three new aldermen in Maurice.
Only Phyllis Catalon Johnson, who as a sitting alderman, qualified in Maurice. The new names who qualified are are Lynn Howell, “Keno” Picard and Travis Howell.
Maurice has three aldermen and there are four people running.
Maurice Police Chief Warren Rost has a challenger, Brian Baumgardner.

Other winners in the parish because no one qualified to run against them are:
• Kayla Henry, the chief of police in Gueydan.
• Richard Putnam, City Judge in Abbeville
• Ed Broussard, District Judge
• Jeremiah Bolden, Abbeville City Marshal

• School Board members
Chris Gautreaux, District B
Stacy Landry, District D
Tony Fontana, District E
Ricky Broussard, District H

• Justice of the Peace
Sheb Callahan, Ward 6
Johnny Choate, Ward 7
‘Tim’ LeBlanc, Ward 8

• Constables
Fabian J. Hulin, Ward 2
Charles J. Hebert, Ward 4
Earl C. Hoffpauir, Ward 5
Grayson Benoit, Ward 8

Here is the list of who qualified after the final day of qualifying in the Vermilion Parish Court House.

Gueydan

• Mayor
Chris Theriot (Dem.)
David Dupuis (Dem.)
Charlotte Venable-Hartwell (Dem.)

• Aldermen
Marilyn Campbell (No Party)
Claudette Simon Price (Dem.)
Gale Smith (Dem.)
Jason Suire (Rep.)
Jude Reese (Other)
Scott Vallo (Dem.)

• Chief of Police
Kayla Henry (Dem.) (Winner)

Maurice

• Mayor
Wayne Theriot (Rep.) (Winner)

• Aldermen
Travis Bodin (Rep.)
Kenneth Picard (Other)
Lynn Howell (Dem.)
Phyllis Catalon Johnson (Rep.)

• Chief of Police
Warren Rost (Dem.)
Brian Baumgardner (Rep.)

Erath
• Mayor
John Earl LeBlanc (Dem.)
‘Billy’ Cormier (Dem.)

• Aldermen
Donald Menard (Dem.)
Robert Vincent (Dem.)
Clarence Fusilier (Dem.)
Guy Nerren (Dem.)
Robert ‘T-Bob’ Domingues (Dem.)
“Timmy” Landry (Dem.)
‘Tony” Richard (Other)

• Chief of Police
Gerald Hebert (Dem.)
John Toups (Rep.)

Abbeville

• City Judge
Richard Putnam III (Dem.) (Winner)

• City Marshal
Jeremiah Bolden (Other) (Winner)

Kaplan

• City Court Judge
Stanton Hardee (Rep.)
Frank LeMoine Sr. (Dem.)

• City Marshal
Ruby Thibeaux (Dem.)
Brodney Mouton, Sr. (Dem).

Vermilion Parish

• 15th Judicial District Judge

Division C
Ed Broussard (Dem.) (Winner)

Division G
Burton Guidry (Dem.)
Laurie Hulin (Dem.)

• District attorney
Mike Harson (Dem.)
Keith Stutes (Rep.)

Justice of the Peace

• Ward 1
Shane Broussard (Other)
Rene Dartez (Other)

• Ward 2
Eric John Toups (Dem.) (Winner)

• Ward 4
William A. Keaty II (Rep.)
Bobby Duhon (Dem.)

• Ward 5
Jessie Fabre (Dem.) (Winner)

• Ward 6
Sheb Callahan (Dem.) (Winner)

• Ward 7
Johnny Choate (Dem.) (Winner)

• Ward 8
Tim LeBlanc (Rep.) (Winner)

Constables

• Ward 1
Cory Benoit (No Party)
Randy Granger (Dem.)
Paul Poche (No Party)

• Ward 2
Fabian Hulin (Dem.) (Winner)

• Ward 4
Charles Hebert (Dem.) (Winner)

• Ward 5
Earl C. Hoffpauir (Rep.) (Winner)

• Ward 6
Jake Hebert (Dem.)
B.J. Lege (Dem.)
James ‘Jed’ Deshotels (Dem.)
Austin Romero (No Party)

• Ward 7
Antoine Barras Jr. (Dem.)
‘Mike’ Brewer (Dem.)

• Ward 8
Grayson J. Benoit (Dem.) (Winner)

School Board Members

• District A
‘Skip’ Gardiner (Dem.)
Luddy Herpin (Dem.)

• District B
Chris Gautreaux (Dem.) (Winner)

• District C
Dexter Callahan (Dem.)
Laura LeBeouf (Other)

• District D
Stacy Landry (Dem.) (Winner)

• District E
Tony Fontana (Rep.) (Winner)

• District F
Charles Campbell (Dem.)
Lamondon Williams (No Party)

• District G
“Bubba” LeBlanc (Dem.)
Sara Bourgeois Duplechain

• District H
Ricky Broussard (Rep.) (Winner)

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