Future control of the U-S Senate is unknown as three races are still too close to call or headed to a run-off. Brooke Thorington has more from Republican Senator John Kennedy.
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Voter turnout for Tuesday’s election was 43-percent and there’s still one more election to go this year. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Louisiana’s U-S House members were all re-elected last night winning by big margins. The lone Democrat of the state’s Congressional delegation, Congressman Troy Carter of New Orleans, says both parties should focus on repairing the pandemic’s damage to the economy
Carter says more resources are also needed in the fight against crime, beginning with the root causes.
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It appears likely that Republicans will wrestle control of the US House of Representatives away from Democrats. Carter says his approach will be the same no matter which party is in control.
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Carter represents Louisiana’s Second Congressional District, which stretches from New Orleans to parts of Baton Rouge.
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And while it remains to be seen if Republicans will gain control of the Senate, Louisiana Senator John Kennedy was asked his thoughts on the tight races after he declared victory last night.
Kennedy recalled polls that indicated South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell would lose their races but they won.
Kennedy however is hopeful Republicans would gain control in the mid-term elections and Americans who are reeling from inflation will bring about a Red Wave.
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In addition to the economy, the Mississippi native and former Louisiana State Treasurer says residents in the Bayou State are worried about inflation, crime, what their children are being taught in school, and whether are they going to have to eventually leave the state for a better job.
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The three key Senate races yet to be called are in Nevada, Wisconsin, and Georgia.
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Shreveport mayor Adrian Perkins has been ousted after just one term. Perkins did not make the runoff election. LSU-Shreveport Political science professor Jeff Sadow says Perkins committed misstep after misstep.
Republican Tom Arceneaux and Democrat state senator Greg Tarver will face each other in the December 10th runoff election.
Sadow says it will be an uphill battle for Arceneaux
Arceneaux received 28 percent of the vote in the primary. Tarver got 24 percent.
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Five of the eight constitutional amendments on Tuesday’s ballot failed. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says voters are not interesting in making changes in the current constitution….
Two of the amendments approved dealt with property taxes that were beneficial to certain homeowners like veterans with disabilities. Pinsonat says that’s the type of constitutional amendment the public can support.
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In November of 2020, five of the seven constitutional amendments on the ballot passed, but the one amendment on the December ballot was soundly rejected. In 2021, three of the four constitutional amendments failed to pass and this year five of the amendment went down in defeat. Pinsonat says this should be a message to lawmakers…