Only 171-thousand of the state’s 3 million registered voters cast their ballots during the early voting period. Pollster John Couvillion, with JMC Analytics, predicts turnout for the runoff to be 35-percent, at the most. He says a runoff during the holiday season has always been bad for turnout, plus this Senate race isn’t exciting voters…:
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A new survey out of Tulane reveals US Senate candidate Republican John Kennedy has a healthy lead in the race against Democrat Foster Campbell in the runoff. Brian Brox, associate professor of Political Science, says they found 59% of respondents said they would vote for Kennedy, while 40% said Campbell is their choice. He says the Republican has always been favored in Saturday’s race…:
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The election will be held this Saturday.

Senator David Vitter gave his farewell speech on the Senate floor today, as he will leave the office he’s held since January 2005. Vitter says as a Louisiana state legislator he worked to impose term limits here, as well as authoring a term limits measure for Congress. He says that’s why he’s imposing one on himself….
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It’s unclear what Senator Vitter will do once his term ends at the end of the year.

LSU running back Leonard Fournette took to Twitter today to say goodbye to Tigers fans. Fournette says he’ll enter the NFL draft following the team’s appearance in the Citrus Bowl. The New Orleans native has battled an ankle injury all season long, but still hopes to play in the bowl game.

Attorneys met with potential jurors as they look for 12 individuals who will sit on a panel to determine if 29-year-old Cardale Hayes should be found guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of former Saints star Will Smith.