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Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court Randy Deshotel (left) hands the microphone to Mamou Mayor-Elect Leisa Deshotel (right) during a live broadcast on KVPI on election night. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
By: TONY MARKS
Editor
Voters in the Town of Mamou have elected a new mayor and new chief of police after all the numbers were reported on Tuesday, November 8.
Leisa Deshotel, current alderman-at-large, defeated current mayor Ricky Fontenot after receiving 51% of the vote.
Deshotel said, “I’d like to thank everybody in Mamou. I am so excited to get to work. We’re going to roll up our sleeves very…
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