It’s Republican-versus-Democrat in the two U.S. House runoffs in Louisiana. In District Six, it’s Republican Blake Miguez versus Chauna Banks. And in District Five, Democrat Pat Moore will face Republican Gabe Firment. Moore was the leading vote-getter in the nine-candidate race with just 18-percent of the vote.
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Firment was just behind at 17-percent; and while he’s favored to win the runoff, he says he’s taking nothing for granted.
Cut 11 (07) “…we haven’t visited.”
Louisiana voters approved seven of the ten constitutional amendments on Tuesday’s ballot. Public Affairs Research Council president Steven Procopio says amendments that had confusing wording did not succeed.
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Even though their candidate fell just short in the U.S. Senate race, the Louisiana Democratic Party is feeling a lot more optimistic today than it did just weeks ago. Louisiana House Democratic Caucus Chairman Kyle Green says the closeness of what was expected to be a Letlow blowout is something that he and his fellow Democrats saw coming.
LSU hosts Alabama Saturday. LSU linebacker Whit Weeks was listed as doubtful on Wednesday’s availability report, but Bama had five starters listed as questionable. Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer says those players are returning to the field for practice this week after missing previous games.