Future control of the U-S Senate is unknown as three races are still too close to call or headed to a run-off. Brooke Thorington has more from Republican Senator John Kennedy…

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A mayor in south Louisiana up for re-election was killed in a crash on Election Day. State Police says 84-year-old Velma Hendrix, the mayor of Melville, was a passenger in an SUV involved in a two-vehicle wreck near Port Barre. L-S-P says Hendrix was not restrained. She was first elected as mayor in 2018.

Five of the eight constitutional amendments on Tuesday’s ballot failed. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says voters are not interesting in making changes in the current constitution….
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Two of the amendments approved dealth with property taxes that were beneficial to certain homeowners like veterans with disabilities. Pinsonat says that’s the type of constitutional amendment the public can support.

And there will be a new mayor in Shreveport. Current mayor Adrian Perkins failed to make the run-off and LSU-Shreveport political science professor Jeff Sadow says that sets up a December run-off between Republican Tom Arcenaux and state senator Greg Tarver, a Democrat…
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