Early voting wrapped up with Democrats outnumbering Republicans at the polls by almost 16-thousand among the nearly 521-thousand early and absentee ballots cast. Former Democratic lawmaker Melissa Flournoy tells Jim Engster on Talk Louisiana it underscores the energy and enthusiasm Democrats have for Jamie Davis and in this election as a whole.
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Citing the two publicly-released polls that show Julia Letlow leading Davis by a much smaller margin than originally forecast, a Letlow supporter said at an early voting kickoff event last week that this election cannot be taken for granted.
Election Day is next Tuesday; polls are open from six a-m to eight p-m. Along with the U.S. Senate general election, it’s also the open primary for the six U.S. House races, and voters will decide ten constitutional amendments.
The final month of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season begins Sunday. So far, the 2026 season has produced just 10 named storms and one hurricane. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says as expected, El Nino has limited storm formation this year. He says this will be two years in a row that Louisiana did not have a hurricane make landfall along the state’s coast.
The State Fair of Louisiana begins its 120th year tomorrow at the Fairgrounds in Shreveport. One of the great new attractions is the Freedom 250 Wheel, which was in Washington D-C this past summer for the Great American Fair. Russell Adams with the Louisiana State Fair says their carnival operator, Talley Amusements, owns the ferris wheel.
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