Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso has called a press conference for 10 a.m. Wednesday (Feb. 8) and the expectation is that he will either announce he will not seek a sixth term – or announce his immediate resignation, according to two separate sources.
First elected in 2003, he was reelected to a fifth term with 88 percent of the votes cast in 2019.
If Mancuso does announce his resignation, the move could be considered a political ploy for him to name his successor.
If he resigns now, there would have to be a special election to fill the post until the next regular election next October. Speculation is that he might resign and simultaneously endorse Chief Deputy Stitch Guillory for the special election.
Guillory would be a strong favorite to win and thus go into the October election as an incumbent.
Louisiana Voice 
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