Today on this second day of the qualifying period for the October 24th elections, Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden became the first Democratic candidate for the Louisiana Lt. Governor’s job. He joins Republicans Elbert Guillory, Billy Nungesser and John Young.

All four major candidates for governor qualified yesterday. A new Triumph Campaign poll shows Republican David Vitter and Democrat John Bel Edwards tied with around 30% support. Pollster Justin Brasell says they are polling strong in key voting blocks…:
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Republicans Jay Dardenne and Scott Angelle have 13 and 14 percent support respectively.

Saints Coach Sean Payton saw Drew Brees tackle an alligator on NBC’s Running Wild on Monday. So would he ever let his star quarterback do such a thing again?…:
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President of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Chas Roemer, announces he won’t be running for re-election on October 24th. The announcement comes on the second day of qualifying for the races. Roemer, who is the son of a former governor, did not say why he wouldn’t be running again for the BESE District 6 seat which represents the Baton Rouge area.

AT&T has plans to bring widespread internet access to remote areas in Louisiana. Emelie Gunn has more…:
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