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Opelousas mayoral and police chief races headed to runoff elections

Opelousas voters will return to the polls for runoff elections in both the mayoral and police chief races, as no candidate secured enough votes to win outright in the initial voting. Kenon Lamb led the mayor's race with 23% of the vote, while the police chief race also advanced to a runoff.

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