At this hour, Republican Donald Trump is speaking to a crowd of about five-thousand people at an airport hangar in Baton Rouge. Trump is in Louisiana for a get out of the vote rally as he’s asking voters to support Republican John Kennedy in tomorrow’s US Senate race. Governor John Bel Edwards, who is supporting Democrat Foster Campbell in the race, had a chance to speak to Trump when he landed. The two were expected to talk about flood recovery dollars.

Secretary of State Tom Schedler is expecting an overall voter turnout around 30-percent for Saturday’s election. Schedler says voter fatigue has hit and now people are more worried about getting ready for the holidays…
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Schedler says there are 156 local tax propositions across 44 parishes on the ballot. Two congressional races also have to be decided.

The University of New Orleans Survey Research Center finds Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Kennedy continues to have a huge lead over Democrat Foster Campbell in Saturday’s election. UNO Pollster Ed Chervenak says 62-percent of the 776 respondents favored Kennedy while 33-percent supported Campbell…
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In the latest poll from the Trafalgar Group, Clay Higgins leads Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle 49-46 percent. UL Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says one thing that may give Angelle some hope is that voters who turn out for this run-off are different than who voted in the President’s race….
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