It’s election day and Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says while election security is a big topic, Louisiana was ranked sixth in a recent report for election integrity…
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Ardoin says 372,000 ballots, which includes early voting and absentee were already cast before today.
There’s the possibility Republican John Kennedy will be re-elected to a second term in the U.S. Senate without the need of a runoff tonight. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Republicans are more energized for this election which should push him over the 50-percent mark, which is what he needs to avoid a run-off….
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Pinsonat says the most intriguing race is in the third congressional district as GOP Congressman Clay Higgins may need a run-off election to hold off Republican challenger Holden Hoggatt.
Polls are open until 8 pm.
Congressman Steve Scalise is challenged by Democrat Katie Darling and Libertarian Howard Kearney. The House Minority Whip has raised just over $19-million. Darling has raised $131-thousand and Kearney zero. Scalise says he looks forward to returning to DC in the New Year as part of the GOP majority in the House…
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Attendees at Saturday night’s game in Tiger Stadium when LSU beat Alabama in overtime 32 to 31 produced an earth-shaking response. LSU Chair of Geology and Geophysics Darrell Henry says the school’s seismometer measured two significant seismic events and they just happen to time with the last two plays of the game.
He says when Garth Brooks played Callin’ Baton Rouge in April there was a similar response.