Editing Concordia Parish, Louisiana (section)

==Law and government==
The current elected sheriff is David Hedrick.

Concordia Parish is a bellwether for the state of Louisiana, consistently reflecting the state's presidential election outcomes since 1964. The parish trends [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] for local offices. For national offices, the majority has favored [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidates. In the 2008 [[U.S. president|presidential]] election, the Democrat [[Barack Obama]] of [[Illinois]] received 3,766 votes (39.5 percent) in Concordia Parish to 5,668 (59.5 percent) for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[nominee]], [[John McCain]] of [[Arizona]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcpr&rqsdta=11040818 |title=Louisiana general election returns, November 4, 2008 |publisher=sos.louisiana.gov |access-date=June 15, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2004, Concordia Parish cast 5,427 votes (60 percent) for President [[George W. Bush]] and 3,446 ballots (38 percent) for his Democratic rival, Senator [[John F. Kerry]] of [[Massachusetts]].

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|4,974|2,698|83|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|5,550|3,177|101|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|5,477|3,272|123|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|5,450|3,833|97|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|5,668|3,766|93|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|5,427|3,446|107|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,627|3,569|303|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|3,134|4,565|1,016|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|3,223|4,283|1,642|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|5,037|3,461|263|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|6,177|3,332|183|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|4,933|3,956|213|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,849|3,892|171|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,521|2,142|360|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|974|1,983|4,542|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|4,022|809|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1960|Dixiecrat|1,009|768|1,554|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|841|699|576|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,110|1,252|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1948|Dixiecrat|98|329|1,140|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|201|974|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|119|1,173|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|58|1,152|1|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|20|999|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|133|591|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|46|319|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|12|380|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|10|264|3|Louisiana}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|6|205|14|Louisiana}}