12:30 LRN Newscast

The Secretary of State’s Office is projecting a voter turnout today of 48 to 52-percent, which would be high for a midterm election. John Couvillon with JMC Analytics and Polling expects the percentage of Black voters will be 30-percent or higher…

Cut 3 (12) “…White Hot”

Couvillon says midterm elections are usually not good for the party that occupies the White House.

Based on polling data, there’s an excellent chance Democrats will take back the House from Republicans. The only question left to answer is how strong the incoming Democratic majority will be. Jeremy Alford, the publisher of LaPolitics-dot-com, says flipping that chamber would cost Louisiana Congressmen Mike Johnson and Steve Scalise the speakership and the majority leadership, respectively.

Cut 6 (12) “…the Republican party.”

 

The U-S Senate race is the main item on the ballot and there are also U-S House races with two open seats, in the fifth and sixth district. Lapolitics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says we could see a Democrat make the runoff in either or both races…

Cut 26 (13) “….in these districts”

At a Sixth District Congressional forum in Baton Rouge, Democratic candidate Chauna Banks says soaring prices can be traced to two things…

Cut 9 (11) “…were out allies”

But Two Republican candidates, Stephen Wagley and Larry Davis, says the solution to lowering inflation is cutting down on wasteful government spending.

Cut 11 (14) “…care of them.”