295,000 people showed up to early vote through the first four days, putting the state on pace to potentially have the highest ever early voting total for a non-federal election. JMC Analytics pollster John Couvillon expects early voting to account for roughly a third of all votes cast in this election, with the overall participation in the runoff eclipsing the primary.
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Couvillon expects nearly 500,000 early votes to be cast.
Campaign finance reports are out for the late September to late October fundraising period and Eddie Rispone has seen a fundraising explosion since entering the run-off. Rispone pulled in 2.9 million dollars, and Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says that because Rispone has the full weight of the GOP behind him.
Edwards raised 5.2 million during the period.
Impeachment was on everyone’s lips as the President rallied Republicans to vote for Eddie Rispone last night in Monroe. Rispone worked impeachment into his stump speech as well, using it to attack Governor Edwards’ party affiliation…
The Edwards campaign says the attack was just another example of Rispone trying to make the local race about national issues.
All eyes are on Tuscaloosa this weekend for the biggest game in college football and the LSU’s Traveling Tigers are making the trip as well. Alumni Engagement Travel Manager Ali Brooks says LSU was allotted five-thousand tickets for the game but she says many Tiger fans are being resourceful and finding tickets on the secondary market.