New Orleans State Senators Karen Carter Peterson and Troy Carter advance to the runoff in the special election for the 2nd Congressional District. Matt Doyle has more.
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Louisiana has hit another grim milestone from the coronavirus pandemic. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The special election for the 2nd Congressional District is headed to a runoff between New Orleans State Senators Karen Carter Peterson and Troy Carter.
Carter won 36 percent to Peterson’s 23 percent. Baton Rouge activist Gary Chambers nearly made the runoff at 21 percent. JMC Analytics Publisher John Couvillon says Carter is the favorite, but…
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Total turnout was 18 percent, above initial predictions that it would land in the high single digits.
Republican candidates combined for 16 percent of the vote. Couvillon says along with a Chambers endorsement this is the second biggest factor that will impact the runoff.
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Claston Bernard led the Republican field at ten percent.
The race did see one strange situation. Peterson took third place in her home district while Chambers took third place in his hometown Baton Rouge precincts. Couvillon says it’s hard to know what to make of that…
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The runoff is set for April 24th.
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Republican Julia Letlow overwhelmingly wins the special election for the fifth congressional district. The seat was previously won by her husband Luke Letlow, who passed away from COVID in December before being sworn in. She says winning is the honor of a lifetime especially in the district she calls home.
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Letlow who garnered 65-percent of the vote is the mother to two young children, Jeremiah is three and Jacqueline one. Letlow says they were with her Saturday night as the results came in.
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One of Letlow’s opponents ran for the seat out of concern she wouldn’t have time for her two young children. Letlow says women have been juggling for centuries and she’s just following the lead of other women who have gone before her.
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Letlow says once the state certifies the votes she will be sworn in office.
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It’s a nice day today, but get ready for some wet weather starting tomorrow. Christopher Bannon with the National Weather Service in New Orleans says southeast Louisiana could see several inches of rain Tuesday through Thursday.
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The entire state will see rainfall over the next few days, but Bannon says a flash flood risk exists both tomorrow and Wednesday for southeast Louisiana as a cold front stall over the area
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A flash flood watch is in effect for southeast Louisiana from Tuesday morning through Thursday night. Bannon says multiple rounds of moderate to heavy rain are expected across and the area. He says flooding of low-lying and flood-prone areas is possible with localized flash flooding…
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Over 10,000 Louisianans are now believed to have died from COVID-19 as of today’s Department of Health report.
The first reported COVID-19 death in Louisiana occurred on March 14th, 2020. Governor Edwards says it’s a grim reminder of just how deadly the pandemic has been.
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Early on in the pandemic, there was widespread misinformation calling COVID-19 no worse than the common flu. Edwards says that’s been completely debunked.
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Despite that grim milestone, there are signs of hope. As of today over a million Louisianans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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