In St. Mary Parish, President Barack Obama and Santorum were the clear favorites among local voters in both parties.
Democratic Party candidates and their totals were:
“Bob” Ely, 73 votes, 7.03 percent
Barack Obama, 805 votes, 77.48 percent
Darcy G. Richardson, 54 votes, 5.20 percent
John Wolfe, 107 votes, 10.30 percent
For the Republican Party, candidate totals were:
Michele Bachmann, 3, 0.18 percent
Randy Crow, 1, 0.06 percent
Newt Gingrich, 285, 17.13 percent
Jon Huntsman, 1, 0.06 percent
Ron Paul, 67, 4.03 percent
Rick Perry, 7, 0.42 percent
Charles “Buddy” Roemer, 17, 1.02 percent
Mitt Romney, 431, 25.90 percent
Rick Santorum, 852, 51.20 percent
Franklin’s Jessie Morton won nomination to the Republican State Central Committee, 50th Representative District, Subdistrict B, with 329 votes or 64.51 percent, versus Blake J. Steiner with 181 votes or 35.49 percent.

