Early voting for the November 3rd election is over, with nearly 521,000 voters casting ballots. According to the Secretary of State’s Office, registered Democrats outnumbered Republicans among early voters by nearly 16,000. Also added to the mix are almost 93-thousand no-party voters. LSU political science professor Robert Hogan says no party voters tend to vote Republican in Louisiana
Cut 4 (08) “…are Republican voters.”
Halloween is a hit again this year with almost three-quarters of Americans saying they’ll celebrate. National Retail Federation Senior Analyst Lea Grgich says shoppers are expected to spend two-billion dollars on adult Halloween costumes.
Grgich says comic book characters dominate Halloween costume choices for kids.
With less than a week to go until Election Day, how are supporters of Julia Letlow and Jamie Davis feeling? Former Democratic lawmaker Melissa Flournoy tells Jim Engster on Talk Louisiana that Davis has run a great campaign, especially with limited resources.
At an event in Lafayette last week that marked the kickoff to early voting, a Letlow supporter said the congresswoman is the only viable option to send to the U.S. Senate.
LSU football coach Lane Kiffin said today he was shocked to see that the November seventh game between the Tigers and Alabama will not kick-off at night. The game is scheduled for a 2:30 start and Kiffin joked if you thought the SEC would give LSU the advantage by playing the game at night than you must have been on Mars the last four months.