BATON ROUGE —  Republican Toni Menard was elected to a new district judge seat in the 23rd Judicial District Court by voters in Ascension, Assumption and St. James parishes on Tuesday.

Menard won the election by more than a 2-1 margin and will serve in Division F of the 23rd Judicial District Court, which will be based in Ascension Parish.

In the same district, Republican John Smith was unopposed for reelection to Division C.