In a race decided by 25-thousand votes, Republican Julia Letlow has been elected U.S. Senator. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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Louisiana has two Congressional races headed to a December run-off. In the Fifth District, Grant Parish Republican state representative Grant Firment will face Democratic state representative Pat Moore and in the sixth District Republican state Senator Blake Migeuz will face Democrat and former East Baton Rouge metro council member Chauna Banks.
Sources have told Louisiana Radio Network that Mike Johnson does not intend to run for House minority leader now that the Democrats will have control of the House when a new Congress is sworn in January.
Louisiana Republican Congressman Steve Scalise from Jefferson Parish could transition from House Majority Leader to House Minority Leader. Scalise vowed that as Republicans transition to the minority, he will act as a primary opponent and “firewall” against Democratic and socialist-aligned policies
New Orleans Democratic Congressman Troy Carter says the President’s failed policies and empty promises is why Democrats have regained the majority…