Senator John Kennedy says the vaunted Blue Wave ended up being more of a Blue Dribble as the Democrats took control of the House, and flipped seven governorships, but lost seats in the Senate. Kennedy says the performance is proof that Trump isn’t a fluke.
Cut 6, 10 seconds, Kavanaugh hearing
Kennedy is set to announce his intentions for the 2019 governor’s race by December 1st.
The special election for the Secretary of State’s seat is headed for a run-off between the interim holder of the position, Republican Kyle Ardoin and a relatively unknown Democratic candidate Gwen Collins-Greenup. Political Analyst Bernie Pinsonat says when it comes to the December 8th run off, Collins Greenup likely faces an uphill battle, as black voter turnout historically has not exceeded the turnout of white voters.
Cut 5 (08) “…not going to happen.”
Collins-Greenup, a black minister and entrepreneur from East Feliciana Parish
This midterm election was not a big election cycle for Louisiana, but next year will be a different story. There will be a governor’s race, statewide elected officials are up for re-election and seats for the state legislature will be on the ballot next October. LA-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says the field for the governor’s race will soon begin to take shape
Edwards is now the only Democratic governor elected in the south.
The Department of Motor Vehicles is facing statewide outages of services at the moment. Tech crews are working to address the issue.