Tony Migues has a long row to hoe.

The former Army officer and New Iberia Recreation superintendent will take on a new challenge — bringing the New Iberia City Marshal’s Office into the 21st century.

Migues won the runoff election for city marshal against Brett Lang easily, scoring 57 percent of the vote to Lang’s 43 percent. Migues drew 4,770 votes to Lang’s 3,591 with 44.2 percent of registered voters casting ballots.

Although he has acknowledged the long shadow previous Marshal “Vic” Delcambre cast, he said he also knows that the office needs to jump forward if it is going to run efficiently.

“The first thing I’m going to do is ask for an audit,” Migues said. “I need to know where the office stands financially, how much money we have. Then I will evaluate the operation for three months. Then go from there.”

Just because there is a period of evaluation doesn’t mean nothing will be taking place. Migues said he has his eyes on a number of items that can begin right away.

“There are several things I need to do,” he said. “Upgrading and setting up technology in that office is a must. We need to start to get the backlog of failure to appear warrants under control. Right now, there are about 2,500 of those warrants stacked up. That is probably like $300,000 in revenue. I know that we won’t collect on all of them, but I need to get out there and start collecting that money.”

This is not Migues’ first brush with law enforcement. For the past four years, he has worked as an investigator at the Office of the Louisiana Attorney General and as a sheriff’s deputy with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office. He is also Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certified.

Migues has a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Regents University and an associate’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.

While he knows there will be changes coming, Migues said there are portions of the operation that he said are already operating efficiently.

“The court system is good,” he said. “Those guys are doing a good job.”

Overall, he said he is looking forward to the challenge the new position offers.

“I’m excited,” Migues said. “I’m going in with an open mind to look at what we have.”

IBERIA PARISH

SHERIFF

Murphy Meyers, Rep.11,096

Tommy Romero, Rep.12,148

CITY MARSHAL

CITY COURT, NEW IBERIA

Brett Lang, Rep. 3,591

Tony Migues, Rep. 4,770

PARISH COUNCIL

DISTRICT 10

Roger Duncan, Rep. 936

Eugene Olivier Sr., Dem. 1,118

Twin Parish Port District — 4 Mills/1 Mill Renewal – TPPC – 10 Yrs.

YES 1,473

NO 1,538

ST. MARTIN PARISH

PARISH COUNCIL

District 2

Carla Jean Batiste, Dem. 1,110

Thomas Nelson, Dem. 1,014

District 7

Albert “Da Da” Menard, Dem. 937

Francis Reed, Dem. 920

ST. MARY PARISH

PARISH COUNCIL

District 3

Rodney Olander, Rep. 1,275

Peter Soprano, Dem. 1,083

District 10 – At Large

Jeremy A. Chesteen, Rep. 7,606

Gwendolyn Hidalgo, Dem. 7,647

Recreation District No. 4 — 2.24 Mills Renewal – BOC – 10 Yrs.

YES 1,013

NO 1,194

Recreation District No. 5 — 7-1/2 Mills Renewal – BOC – 10 Yrs.

YES 466

NO 275

STATEWIDE ELECTION RESULTS

GOVERNOR

John Bel Edwards, Dem. 773,118

Eddie Rispone, Rep. 733,160

SECRETARY OF STATE

Kyle Ardoin, Rep. 866,260

Gwen Collins-Greenup, Dem. 600,023

* — 3,928 of 3,934 precincts reporting

MULTI-PARISH ELECTION RESULTS

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

46th REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

Keith Baudoin, Rep. 7,480

Mike Huval, Rep. 7,744

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

48th REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

Beau Beaullieu, Rep. 9,586

Ricky Gonsoulin, Rep. 7,229

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

50th REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

Raymond Harris Jr., NP 5,601

Vincent St. Blanc III, Rep. 7,760