Former Governor Edwin Edwards loses for the first time in a runoff election. Michelle Southern reports…

cut 2 (29) “reporting”

Dr. Ralph Abraham easily won in the 5th Congressional District race over Democratic Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo. Abraham says he’s going to work on bringing more jobs and infrastructure to his district…

Cut 16 (10) “5th District”

Republican Congressman Bill Cassidy is Louisiana’s new Senator-elect after defeating Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu in the Senate runoff election. Cassidy had this message for supporters of Landrieu…

cut 10 (08) “applause”

Cassidy received 57-percent of the vote to Landrieu’s 43-percent. This is the first time a US Senator has lost a re-election bid in Louisiana in 82 years.

So what does the Democratic Party do now that all of their major candidates lost their elections this year? LSU Media Professor Bob Mann, who is a former Democratic staffer, says the party needs to have some serious and honest reflection…

cut 4 (09) “in the south”

He says there are many in the Democratic party who feel that the answer may be to moderate its message and start leaning more conservative.