Security on and near the LSU campus will be beefed up ahead of the Tigers’ next home game October 25th. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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State Senator Blake Miguez is encouraged by the money his campaign is bringing in. Colleen Crain reports.
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Those of you going to LSU’s next home game on October 25th against Texas A-and-M can expect extra security on and near campus. This, after for the second time this season, gunfire marred the festivities. Baton Rouge Police Chief T.J. Morse says his department will help LSU campus police in any way it’s asked to do.
Morse says he will meet with his counterpart at LSU Police tomorrow to coordinate efforts. He says even though his department is shorthanded in manpower, securing the campus and the surrounding area is of utmost importance on LSU football gamedays.
Before this past Saturday’s game, a man accidentally shot himself in a leg, and two people were injured in a shooting by the campus’ north gates. Chief Morse says the latter incident happened with officers nearby; and as such, arrests will be coming soon.
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State Senator Blake Miguez says his campaign has more than two and a half million dollars in cash on hand. His campaign released that figure as a preview of the campaign finance report that, along with everyone else’s, is due to the Federal Elections Commission tomorrow. Miguez says his contributions are coming from real people.
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Miguez’s cash on hand, however, pales in comparison to the nine-million in cash Senator Bill Cassidy reported last quarter. Miguez says he’s not concerned by how much money Cassidy has – he believes voters are tuning Cassidy out because of his vote to convict then-former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial in 2021.
Miguez says his campaign is building momentum, and he believes whoever advances to the runoff against Cassidy will ultimately be the next U.S. Senator from Louisiana.
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Shreveport State Senator Alan Seabaugh is announcing (at 2:00 this afternoon) that he is running for District Attorney in Caddo Parish – an office currently held by Democrat James Stewart. LSU Shreveport Political Science Professor Jeffrey Sadow (SAD-ow) says Seabaugh is expected to attack Stewart’s record.
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Although Stewart has not formally announced his intentions of running for re-election, Sadow says he expects him to do so – and assuming no other prominent candidates jump into the race, he would expect a race between Stewart and Seabaugh to be a competitive one.
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Sadow says while not insurmountable, Stewart would enter the race with a slight advantage.