In the runoffs in districts five and six next month, a Republican will square off against a Democrat. In district six, Blake Miguez will face Chauna Banks; and in district five, Game Firment will take on Pat Moore. In the fifth district, Republicans combined to get 63-percent of the vote, compared to 37-percent for the Democrats. Firment says in the course of reaching out to voters in the Fifth District, he will especially focus on those who voted for Republicans other than himself.
Moore says Firment bills himself as the most conservative Republican in the state House; and given what happened on Tuesday, that might not be the best selling point in the long run.
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The incumbents all easily won the other four open primaries outright – Steve Scalise, Troy Carter, Clay Higgins and Mike Johnson.
Jamie Davis’s strong showing in the U.S. Senate race has given the Democratic Party hope they can make a comeback in Louisiana. Jeff Palermo has more.
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Bill Cassidy now knows that Julia Letlow will be succeeding him in the U.S. Senate come January 3rd. Letlow’s win was one of the few bright spots for a Republican party that suffered huge losses Tuesday night. Cassidy says this election was a referendum on President Trump.