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Vermilion Parish voted to elect Donald Trump to the White House.
On Tuesday, with the help of Vermilion Parish and the state, Trump won the national election.
He received 21,510 votes in Vermilion Parish and 1,208,233 votes across Louisiana.
In contrast, Kamala Harris garnered 4,637 votes in the parish and 766,405 votes in the state.

Here is how Vermilion Parish voted for the president and U.S. Representative races.

President’s Race

Vermilion Parish Police Jury President Mark Poché stated that when Vermilion Parish voters rejected the renewal of two tax proposals in April, the police jury did not effectively promote the renewals.
In an unexpected move, the jury placed the two defeated tax renewals back on the ballot. Fortunately, the second attempt was successful, as parish voters approved both renewals on Tuesday.

Here are the parish propositions.

On Friday, at approximately 9:47 a.m Abbeville Police Department received a call of a bomb threat at Capitol One Bank on Hwy 14 By-pass in Abbeville.
The caller stated that there was a male subject inside the bank asking to withdraw a large amount of cash, then passed a note advising that there are bombs all around the building. The complainant gave a brief description of the suspect and what he was wearing.
Abbeville Police Officers responded and arrived within minutes to find the suspect still standing at the bank teller’s window.