TRSL Board elections: Results announced for Districts 5 and 6 elections

October 15, 2024

Baton Rouge, La. — At its October meeting, the TRSL Board of Trustees received voting results for the District 5 and District 6 elections.

District 5

No candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the District 5 election, which means a run-off will be held between the top two candidates who received the most votes in the primary.

Advancing to the run-off are Tamara Ross (Monroe City School District) with 48.7% of the vote and Jonathan L Loveall (East Feliciana Public Schools) with 28.7% of the vote. The third candidate in the race, Charles William Anderson Jr. (Concordia Education Center), received 22.6% of the vote.

Voting information for the run-off election will be mailed to eligible voters on Oct. 18. The deadline to vote is 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18.

Run-off results will be announced at the TRSL board’s December meeting. The candidate receiving the most votes will represent actively working TRSL members in Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Franklin, Jackson, Livingston, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Tensas, Union, West Carroll and West Feliciana parishes for a four-year term beginning January 2025.

​​​​​​​District 6

Marcella Fisher (St. Landry Parish School District) was re-elected to serve as the District 6 Board of Trustees representative after receiving the most votes in an election against Gary D. Brown (Rapides Parish School Board). Fisher received 57.74% of the vote while Brown received 42.26%.

Fisher is risk manager for the St. Landry Parish School District. She’s worked as a teacher, a literacy instructional coach, assistant principal, and principal. 

​​​​​​​Fisher’s four-year term will begin in January 2025. District 6 represents actively working TRSL members in Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Grant, Jefferson Davis, LaSalle, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vernon, West Baton Rouge, and Winn parishes.