A poll from Southern Media and Opinion Research finds Republican John Kennedy is still leading in the U.S. Senate race with 22-percent and Democrat Foster Campbell came in right behind Kennedy with 16-percent. Pollster Bernie Pinsonat says the number of undecided voters for the senate seat is 15-percent, down from the last poll.
Cut 13 (07) “into the runoff”

Early voting for the November 8th election has just started and it’s already breaking records for voter turnout. Secretary of State Tom Schedler says the 2012 election set voting records in the state but yesterday’s turnout topped that.
Cut 6 (08) “in 12″

Early voting runs until November 1st, except for Sunday.

A Baton Rouge man has been arrested after setting his wife on fire in September. Sgt. Don Coppola with the Baton Rouge Police Department says 28-year-old John Harleaux got into an argument with his wife and evaded police since the dispute. He says thanks to tips from Crime Stoppers they were able to locate Harleaux and he was booked in the parish prison.
Cut 5 (05) “by burning”

The victim suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns to her arms, shoulder, and back.

A two-day meeting discussing the importance of coastal restoration in Louisiana has now wrapped up. Governor John Bel Edwards says it would help if Congress allows Louisiana to reinvest 100 million dollars in annual payments for the levee system constructed after Hurricane Katrina. He says it’s important to protect this asset which taxpayers have invested in.
Cut 11 (09) “gonna perform”