Republican Bill Cassidy is the second U.S. Senator in Louisiana’s history not to be re-elected in the last 94 years. Cassidy finished third in the Senate Republican Primary, while Congresswoman Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming advance to a June 27th run-off. Cassidy spoke with supporters on Saturday…
Congresswoman Letlow, who had the support of President Trump, won the Senate Republican Primary with 45-percent of the vote and told her supporters…
In the Democratic US Senate Primary, unofficial results have Jamie Davis and Gary Crockett advancing to the runoff as Crockett edged out Nick Albares by 284 votes. Albares has until 4:30 Tuesday afternoon to request a recount.
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If you missed the big takeaways from this Saturday’s primaries, the gist is Senator Bill Cassidy is out and voters said no to 5 constitutional amendments, including one that would have given Louisiana teachers a permanent pay raise. Andrew Greenstein has details.
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A man is dead after being shot early Sunday morning in Washington Parish. Sheriff’s officials there say deputies were called to Jamieson Creek Road early yesterday morning where they found 64-year-old Johnny Slocum suffering from a gunshot wound. We’re told Slocum was taken to a local hospital where he later died.