Welcome to the Runoff!: LA 2015 Liveblog

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lmao Cameron Parish voted 87% for Romney in 2012, just gave 59% for John Bel

That's a 72% point D swing.

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Democrats need more fighters like JBE. He knows exactly what to say and how to attack.

Yes Edwards ran a great campaign on attacking Vitter's character.

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Swing and Trend from Vitter's last election in 2010:

The Northeast Panhandle of the state really did Vitter in I think in this years election.

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Republican tears taste so sweet.

Hey you win some you lose some. That's the way it is.

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Now we need to find another 20 or so John Bel's to sweep Southern gubernatorial and senatorial races.

The only reason Edwards won is because Vitter barely survived the jungle primary. Republicans have no one to blame but themselves here. It's still hilarious that Matt Bevin (LOL) won while David Vitter lost.

Well there were 2 other Republicans in the jungle primary. It is hilarious that Bevin won and Vitter lost. I do wonder if Dem Governor's have a better chance of getting elected in Louisiana than say the rest of the Southern States with exceptions being NC, VA, or FL from here on in.

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Democrats ended the GOP supermajority in the Senate actually.

Dem Pickups: 24, 38

Rep Pickups: 12

That leaves the Senate balance at 14D and 25R.

Isn't Milkovich a very conservative socially?

"Milkovich, who grew up working on cattle ranches, said he stands in firm support of the Second Amendment, the free expression of faith and the eradication of Common Core standards in Louisiana schools. Milkovich said the heart of his campaign stemmed from values that unite the community — faith, family and hard work.​​

"It's time to get back to old school," Milkovich said in an earlier interview with The Times. "We should defund Planned Parenthood. We should support religious liberties of teachers, of coaches and principals. Familes have to live on a budget, so should the government. It's time to reduce the size of the government and cut taxes on working families and small businesses." ​

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2015/11/21/senate-race-district-38/76104502/

Milkovich sounds like a House Republican in the "Freedom Caucus" with his defunding of Planned Parenthood rhetoric and reducing the size of government. Cutting taxes sounds like Reagan from 1980.

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Isn't it disgusting that 2/3 voters do not care about deciding who's their next Governor ?

Most Voters just care about the Presidential Election.

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I enjoyed making this map

Like the Blue Counties surrounded by Red Counties in the Northern part of the state!

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Just looked at the Trend Map every county trended towards Edwards from Jindal's 2011 victory.