Welcome to the Runoff!: LA 2015 Liveblog

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Miles, this is a bit past due, but what type of Republicans backed Vitter in the primary and why? He absolutely swamped Meirtire (sp?). It's not like the other two (with possible exception of Dardanne) could be reasonably considered DINOs even by LA standards. Whassup?

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Hopefully the last time we see that mug of his.

He's still a Senator, so no.

Surprised JBE's numbers aren't going up as other counties close out and Orleans & Baton Rouge come in.

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Vitter just announced in his concession speech that he for sure won't be running next year.

What a wimp. He couldn't wait a couple weekss and quitely announce it when his supporters aren't already dejected. No class, but then we knew that.

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If i were Edwards i would pin a pic of the AG and Lt gov maps on his desk and nightstand. Because that's the spectre of what he has to beat in 4 years when his opponent isn't Diaper Dave Vitter.

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I forgot all about the runoff last night--I wonder how that happened.  But we got our first snow of the season up here, and it was a doozy.  Our power went out last night, so I guess I couldn't have seen the returns even if I wanted to.

Yahoo is calling Edwards' victory an "upset."  Apparently they went to sleep in the early months of the campaign, because they saw nothing about Vitter's scandals or how Edwards closed the gap.

Even when polling predicts a victory close to the election, the media still calls it an upset when months ago it was seen as impossible for him to win.

yeah, "urprise landslide" would've been more accurate.

though to be fair, over a third of Atlas posters were predicting a Vitter win, and almost all the rest were predicting Edwards ekeing out a narrow win.

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I enjoyed making this map

Is it me or is LA's Congressional map a horribly gerrymandered POS?

I mean don't get me wrong . i realize voting is largely along racial lines and it'll be tough for Democrats to win a second seat outside of Orleans , let alone (lol) a congressional majority .but damned if this map doesn't look wrtten to ensure tat as much asbthe VRAA will possibly allow.