It’s Election Day and the roughly half of voters nationwide who haven’t already cast a ballot are flocking to the polls for the Trump vs. Biden Presidential election. JMC Analytics pollster John Couvillon says we may know a winner tonight but if it’s close there are a few swing states that could really drag this out.
Those states adopted heavy vote by mail programs for this election, and most of them have little to no experience processing that volume of mail-in ballots.
Mail ballots are up an estimated 165-percent in Louisiana compared to 2016 but state officials are hoping this will not lead to a delay in getting complete results thanks to a law passed in the most recent special session, authored by Slidell Senator Sharon Hewitt.
Nine candidates are facing off in the northeast and central Louisiana based 5th Congressional District Race, a race spurred by the retirement of Congressman Ralph Abraham. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says Abraham’s former Chief of Staff Luke Letlow has Abraham’s endorsement and is running a strong race so the biggest question is whether he ends up in a run-off against another Republican or a Democrat. Stockley says state representative Lance Harris, a Republican from Alexandria could get enough support to force a runoff…
Southwest Louisiana sees the only potentially other competitive Congressional race in the state as Congressman Clay Higgins is up for reelection. UL Lafayette Poli Sci Professor Pearson Cross says Higgins is probably a safe bet to win outright and avoid a December run-off…