Louisiana sheriff candidate wins do-over after disputed 1-vote victory was tossed

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Louisiana Democrat wins sheriff’s race do-over after first victory was disputed

Henry Whitehorn, who won by a single vote in November, will be the first Black sheriff in Caddo countyMonths after his disputed one-vote victory in a Louisiana sheriff’s race was tossed by a court, a Democrat was decisively elected over his Republican rival on his second try Saturday.Henry Whitehorn got 53% of the vote in Saturday’s election in north-west Louisiana’s Caddo parish. He’ll be the first Black sheriff in the parish – which is the wor…