There are growing signs Louisiana’s U-S Senate race could be closer than previously expected. Washington-based Inside Elections has moved the race from Solid Republican to Likely Republican, while Shreveport-based pollster Bishop George now calls it a toss-up. Political consultant Mary-Patricia Wray says that helps explain why President Trump is holding a tele-rally for Julia Letlow Monday night.
With more absentee ballots coming in between now and Monday afternoon, Democrats now outnumber Republicans in early and absentee voting by almost 17-thousand. Almost 94-thousand no-party voters have cast early and absentee ballots, and LSU Shreveport Political Science Professor Jeffrey Sadow says how those no-party voters marked their ballots is anyone’s guess.
Cut 8 (09) “…there than Democrats.”
An advocacy group is calling for additional vehicle safety enhancements after a three-year-old girl is killed in a Carencro restaurant parking lot. The group Kids and Car Safety says the tragedy spotlights the fact that automakers need to make additional safety technology standard across all trim levels. Spokeswoman Chloe Burke says no amount of technology can substitute for good old fashioned parenting.
Cut 6 (12) “…physically holding them.”
A recent study says Louisiana’s college campuses need four-billion dollars worth of repairs and maintenance. Higher Education Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed says the previous estimate was two-billion dollars. She says they can start reducing the backlog by getting rid of buildings that have outlived their usefulness.