Special election will see two vie for Abbeville’s District B City Council seat

It’s almost time to head to the polls once again.
Early voting for the March 29 election will begin this Saturday, March 15. Some voters in the city of Abbeville will see a special election, while all Vermilion Parish voters will see four constitutional amendments.
The process will run through Saturday, March 22. However, there will be no early voting on Sunday, March 16, when the Vermilion Parish Courthouse is closed. It will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day in the Vermilion Parish Registrar of Voters office, located on the courthouse’s first floor.
Some voters will help decide a special election for the District B seat on the Abbeville City Council. Rachel Touchet Mouton and Francis Plaisance are the two candidates seeking the remainder of former Councilman Francis Touchet Jr.’s unexpired term, which is set to end in June 2026. Touchet, who is the superintendent of the Lafayette Parish School System, stepped down last September.
Mouton, Touchet’s sister, was appointed by the council last October and currently holds the seat. Plaisance previously served on the city council as councilman-at-large from 2006 to ‘22.