2011 Governor's Races in LA, MS, and KY

[Meeker]

Any more news on a possible candidate against Jindal? Not even a high profile one but any at all?

[Meeker]

On a related note, what's the current LA law on how the election works? Are they still using a jungle primary where you can win it all in October if you have a majority?

[Meeker]

Rich guy John Georges - last seen losing the New Orleans Mayoral race as a Democrat - has apparently loaned himself $10 million dollars to run for something statewide. No word what it is or whether he'll run as a Democrat (in 2007 he ran as an Indy).

[Meeker]

It's a bipartisan thing, ironically a lot of the opposition is coming from Rrpublicans. Enough fresh faces with Mansion loyalties can fix that. Though I suspect that most of the Republican opposition are the recent floor-crossers. I mean, it wouldn't be unprecedented to run without opposition: Thune did last year.

A Senator running unopposed is quite a bit different from a Governor running unopposed. I don't think that has happened since somewhere in the South in the 1960's.