LA Governor - The Results Thread

[smoltchanov]

Not bad for Democrats (except BESE). 24-15 Senate and something like 60-42-3 House is almost the upper limit of what could be expected. The "last hurrah" of very (and by that i mean really very, probably more then Bobby Bright and "on par" with conservative Republicans) conservative Democrats like Ben Nevers and  Rick Ward (almost sure future party switcher) in state Senate and some (Danahay, mostly - Thibaut, Fannin, Jones, Hill, who, mostly, went unopposed) in House. But after these conservatives retire or switch - Republicans will get even bigger majorities (assuming that suburbs will not moderate anytime soon). BTW - even many black candidates and legislators in Louisiana are socially (and sometimes - economically) conservative too...