There are lines stretching outside of voting locations as the Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin is predicting a voter turnout around 70-percent. Nearly a million votes were cast during early voting, compared to just over a half a million in 2016. Ardoin says just because more people cast an early ballot doesn’t mean wait times will be lower today, so give yourself time…
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The state’s senior Senator, Dr. Bill Cassidy is up for reelection today against a packed field of 14 opponents. UL Lafayette Poli Sci Professor Pearson Cross expects the race will end tonight without heading to a December run-off unless voters get “confused” by the long list of names…
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Voters in northeast and central Louisiana and in the Florida parishes will select a new Congressman for the 5th district today. There are nine candidates seeking to replace Republican Ralph Abraham, who did not seek re-election. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says Abraham’s former chief of staff Luke Letlow has run a strong campaign…
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Stockley says the question is whether Letlow will end up in a run-off with a Republican or Democrat or win outright.

A federal judge has handed down a 25-year sentence to a south Louisiana man who admitted he burned down three predominantly African-American churches in Port Barre and Opelousas during a ten-day span in the Spring of 2019. Holden Matthews plead guilty to four counts and faced up to 70 years. Legal analyst Tim Meche…
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Matthews gets 18 months credit for time served.