7:30 LRN Newscast

President Donald Trump will hold a Republican rally in Lake Charles on Friday night to urge voters to vote Republican in the governor’s race on Saturday. Today in Lafayette, Donald Trump Junior will be joined by GOP candidates Ralph Abraham and Eddie Rispone for a Republican turnout event at the Cajundome at noon. U-L Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross…
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Governor Edwards will spend the day in northeast Louisiana, visiting with supporters. The Times-Picayune and Advocate have endorsed Edwards.

Nearly everyone can endorse the cooler temperatures that are arriving in Louisiana today. State Climatologist Barry Keim says this is the first of two cold fronts that will sweep through the state this week…
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Most of the attention for the October 12th election has been on the governor’s race, but there’s also a heated race for Insurance Commissioner. Republican Incumbent Jim Donelon has served in the position since 2006 and says if re-elected he’ll continue fighting to get laws passed that will continue to drag down insurance rates.
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Republican challenger Tim Temple says the state’s second-highest in the nation car insurance rates is unacceptable and punishes working families and the companies that employ them.
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Polls on Saturday will be open from seven AM to 8 PM.

Who Dat Nation is fully behind Teddy Bridgewater after his performance in yesterday’s 31-24 win over Tampa Bay. Bridgewater threw a career-high four touchdown passes as the Black and Gold improved to 4-and-1.