Representative Franklin Foil will request a recount in the hotly contested Baton Rouge Senate race that currently is set for a three-way run-off after the two Republican candidates tied. Foil was initially shown to be the 2nd place winner by eight votes, but late Saturday night the Secretary of State informed him a correction put him in a 12,522 vote tie with Representative Steve Carter…
Democrat Beverly Brooks Thompson took 1st place in the race.
A political analyst says Governor Edwards has a lot of work to do if he wants to cut into the 52 percent share of the vote Republicans won in the primary. UL Lafayette Poli Sci Professor Pearson Cross says white rural voters ran from Edwards en masse during the primary, and to win them back he needs to reassure them on a few key conservative cultural issues.
The influenza season in Louisiana is off to an early start, so in an effort to fight the flu, the Louisiana Health Department has scheduled days where residents can get vaccinated for free. L-D-H immunization director Doctor Frank Welch says most parish health clinics have selected a day to give out free flu shots
Cut 3 (10) “…much less serious”
To find the flu vaccination day nearest you, visit the state health department’s website and go to the fight the flu section.
It is day four of rescue operations at the Hard Rock Hotel collapse in New Orleans and officials remain hopeful that a missing construction worker may be found still alive. There has been no shift in the structure or cranes, but New Orleans Fire Chief Tim McConnell says with the uncertainty of stability, they are being very thorough in accounting for rescue workers.