IS WDSU NEWS AT TEN. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THIS ELECTION NIGHT. POLLS ARE CLOSED AND THE RESULTS ARE ROLLING IN. AND WE WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT ONE OF THE BIG RACES ON THE BALLOT. IN JEFFERSON PARISH FOR THE JUDGE SEAT. THAT WAS A TIGHT ONE. THE RESULTS ARE IN FOR THAT RACE. TAKE A LOOK RIGHT HERE AT YOUR SCREEN. VOTERS ELECTED JACKIE MALONEY TO THE JUDGE’S SEAT. SHE BEATS COMPETITOR LINDSEY VALENTI AND THE RUNOFF RACE WDSU REPORTER COURTNEY WILLIAMS IS LIVE FROM HER CAMPAIGN PARTY IN METAIRIE RIGHT NOW. COURTNEY. ELIZABETH, YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. RIGHT NOW I AM STANDING NEXT TO JACKIE AND LET ME TELL YOU, SHE WAS BORN IN METAIRIE, RAISED IN NEW ORLEANS HER ENTIRE LIFE. SHE THEN WENT ON TO GRADUATE FROM MOUNT CARMEL ACADEMY, THEN WENT ON TO UNO, THEN FINISHED OFF HER CAREER AT TULANE SCHOOL OF LAW. TELL ME ALL OF THAT BROUGHT YOU TO THIS VERY MOMENT. TELL ME, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU? IT’S A IT’S AN AMAZING FEELING. AND I’M SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON PARISH. LET ME TELL YOU, THEY’RE HAVING A GOOD TIME IN HERE RIGHT NOW. THE ENTIRE FAMILY, THE ENTIRE FAMILY, FRIENDS, EVERYONE IS SURROUNDING HER RIGHT NOW. I SPOKE TO SO MANY PEOPLE. WE EVEN CAUGHT UP WITH SOMEONE WHILE WE WERE WALKING OVER HERE. AND THEY WERE LIKE, COURTNEY, TELL ME WHAT’S THE RESULT? WHAT IS IT LOOKING LIKE? I’M LIKE, SHE’S WINNING. SHE’S SHE’S IN THE LEAD RIGHT NOW. TELL ME. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THIS WAS A LOT GOING INTO THIS. THE RACE WAS PRETTY TIGHT, BUT OVERALL YOU CAME OUT ON TOP. TELL ME ABOUT THAT I DID I ACTUALLY DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE RESULTS ARE. I CAME OVER HERE. SO I KNOW IT WAS A GREAT RESULT. AND. I’M THRILLED WITH IT. I’M SO PLEASED THAT THE VOTERS OF JEFFERSON PARISH DECIDED THAT EXPERIENCE WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. I LOVE THAT NOW LISTEN, I HAVE HER SON BACK HERE. I’M GOING TO PUT HIM ON THE SPOT. I SPOKE TO YOU. I SPOKE TO YOU EARLIER. YOU TOLD ME YOU ARE CURRENTLY A STUDENT AT JESUIT. TELL ME, WHAT IS THIS GOING TO MEAN FOR YOU GOING TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY? I MEAN, THEY’RE GOING TO BE LIKE, MAN, I SAW YOU ON TV. UM, I DON’T KNOW. I MEAN, IT’S IT’LL BE INTERESTING. VERY INTERESTING. AND TELL ME, HOW DOES THIS FEEL TO SEE YOUR MOM IN THIS POSITION RIGHT NOW? UH, KNEW FROM THE START SHE WAS GOING TO WIN, HAD COMPLETE FAITH. BUT, UH, IT’S GREAT SEEING HER, UH, HAVE BE LIKE THIS, RIGHT? IT’S GREAT SEEING HER THIS RELIEVED. IT’S GREAT. OH, MY GOODNESS, I LOVE THAT, GUYS. IT DOESN’T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS. BEING SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS AND FAMILY. RIGHT NOW. YOU’RE HEARING FROM JACKIE TAKING HOME THE WIN ONCE AGAIN. CONGRATULATIONS JACKIE SO MUCH. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I LOVE IT I LOVE IT. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. SENDING IT BACK TO YOU ELIZABETH IN THE STUDIO. AND COURTNEY, ANOTHER RACE THAT WE HAVE OUR EYES ON IN JEFFERSON PARISH IN GRAND ISLE. VOTERS CHOSE A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER FOR SEAT A, JAMIE SHERM WAS ELECTED TO THE SEAT AGAINST COMPETITOR SCOOTER RESWEBER, AND IN THE CITY OF SLIDELL, VOTERS WEIGHED IN ON A TAX MEASURE TO MAINTAIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT MEASURE OVERWHELMINGLY PASSING. THIS COULD RESULT IN BETTER AND MORE COMPETITIVE PAY FOR OFFICERS AND A NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS, AND SEVERAL VOTERS IN THE FLORIDA PARISHES, WEIGHING IN ON A MEASURE TO RENEW THE THREE MIL PROPERTY TAX THAT FUNDS THE AREA’S JUVENILE JUSTICE DISTRICT, A MILLAGE EXTENSION PASSED. THIS WAS ON THE BALLOT IN TANGIPAHOA, WASHINGTON, AND SAINT TAMMANY PARISHES FOR A FULL RECAP OF TONIGHT’S ELECTION RESULTS, YOU CAN HEAD OVER TO WDSU.COM. WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE RESULTS SCROLLING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.