TRSL Board announces retiree run-off election

July 7, 2017

Baton Rouge—In the recent retiree election for the TRSL Board of Trustees, no candidate received more than 50% of the vote. A run-off election will be held with the top two candidates, who received the most votes, on the ballot.

Moving forward in the run-off election will be Jerry J. Baudin, Ph.D. of Baton Rouge and David E. Gullatt of Simsboro. The primary election results are as follows:
 

Jerry J. Baudin, Ph.D. (Baton Rouge)	47.40%
David E. Gullatt (Simsboro)	16.83%
Eula M. Brown Beckwith (New Orleans)	9.50%
Walter C. Lee (Shreveport)	6.56%
W. Harry Ingalls (Pineville)	5.27%
Sharon Guy Hornsby (Greensburg)	4.77%
Irvin R. West (Hammond)	3.40%
Frank Vine (Zachary)	3.21%
Terrence “Terry” Young, Jr. (Metairie)	2.99%

Voting information for the run-off election will be mailed to eligible voters at the end of this month, and the deadline to vote is 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 30. Run-off election results will be announced at the TRSL board meeting in September.

The person receiving the most votes will represent retired members on the board for a four-year term beginning January 1, 2018.