LA and NC 2016 Congressional Races

[Miles]

- Fayard is being roundly criticized for an ad where she tries to link Campbell to David Duke, with selective editing.

- John Bel Edwards appears in a Campbell ad.

- Cruz endorses Fleming, though it may be too late.

[MT Treasurer]

Campbell now running an ad that criticizes Kennedy from the right

Link

http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/article_23164d56-b69d-11e6-bf42-d7d1be691328.html
http://thehayride.com/2016/11/video-and-now-for-the-most-bizarre-campaign-ad-of-the-2016-election-cycle-in-louisiana/

[The Other Castro]

Campbell now running an ad that criticizes Kennedy from the right

Link

http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/article_23164d56-b69d-11e6-bf42-d7d1be691328.html
http://thehayride.com/2016/11/video-and-now-for-the-most-bizarre-campaign-ad-of-the-2016-election-cycle-in-louisiana/

Yeesh, that is unsettling. Senator Kennedy it is then.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Probably >90% of politicians in Louisiana are pro-life, and no one cares what someone thought 25 years ago. Campbell, if you're somehow reading this, it was right to state that you're pro-life, of course, but it is now time to move on to some issue where there is actually disagreement between you and Kennedy.

[smoltchanov]

Probably >90% of politicians in Louisiana are pro-life, and no one cares what someone thought 25 years ago. Campbell, if you're somehow reading this, it was right to state that you're pro-life, of course, but it is now time to move on to some issue where there is actually disagreement between you and Kennedy.

Absolutely. It's enough to look at ratings from Louisiana Right to Life: almost all Democrats boast essentially the same 90-100 ratings as Republicans. Including many urban black legislators..

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Only a week left until the runoffs in LA-03, LA-04, and LA-SEN.


Kennedy has spent the runoff campaign tying himself to Trump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bexcVZBh9Rg

[MT Treasurer]

Kennedy's runoff campaign seems to be very low-energy. He is lucky that Campbell has been a flop so far, or else we could be looking at a Democratic pickup here.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Early Voting Tea-Leaves: Not good for Campbell.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/louisiana-senate-runoff-democrats-232142

[MT Treasurer]

Early Voting Tea-Leaves: Not good for Campbell.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/louisiana-senate-runoff-democrats-232142

Keep in mind that that's exactly what they said in 2014... and Landrieu still exceeded expectations on election day, despite her terrible campaign. LA is not a state where Democratic turnout is significantly down in a runoff election.

[Miles]

^ I wish, but even in 2014, Landrieu's electorate was near 30%, even in early voting, IIRC.

[MT Treasurer]

Trump to campaign for Kennedy in Baton Rouge on Friday

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Today is the day of the Louisiana runoff!

Live Results will be covered on this thread after the polls close at 9 PM EST. These are the races to be covered:

U. S. Senator

Foster Campbell (DEM)   
John Kennedy (REP)   

U. S. Representative -- 3rd Congressional District

Scott A. Angelle (REP)
Clay Higgins (REP)

U. S. Representative -- 4th Congressional District

"Mike" Johnson (REP)   
Marshall Jones (DEM)


Sources for results may include, but are not limited to:

https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/#/2016-12-10/resultsRace/Congressional
http://www.nola.com/elections/
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2016/by_state/LA_Page_1210.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS


Go Campbell!

[Figueira]

Who is expected to win in the 3rd district?

[Heisenberg]

Who is expected to win in the 3rd district?

I think Higgins is favored but I'm rooting for Angelle.

[Pandaguineapig]

Who is expected to win in the 3rd district?

Higgins, but some late breaking stories about unpaid child support could hurt him

[MT Treasurer]

Results pages:

https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical
http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/senate

[Maxwell]

Who is expected to win in the 3rd district?

Higgins, but some late breaking stories about unpaid child support could hurt him

meh - Higgins has the whole Trump thing going for him, people feel like he gives a crap about them while Angelle just doesn't. If you connect with someone, it's going to take a lot more than some unpaid child support to beat that back.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

CNN may have county results for the house races here: http://www.cnn.com/election/results/house

[Miles]

^ Really? How? There aren't any counties in LA, so IDK where they'd get results from...

[Heisenberg]

^ Really? How? There aren't any counties in LA, so IDK where they'd get results from...

Parish results, you know what he means. I remember I once had a history teacher who adamantly said "I don't care what Louisiana says, they are called counties, not parishes." LOL.

[MT Treasurer]

Low turnout is being reported:

http://www.kplctv.com/story/34023494/low-voter-turnout-for-congressional-general-election

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Polls have closed

[MT Treasurer]

Early vote coming in: Kennedy leading 60-40 with 13/64 parishes reporting.

Kennedy: 25,895
Campbell: 17,255

[Heisenberg]

<1% in, Higgins leads 68-32 in the 3rd. Poor Angelle.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Johnson up 78-22 in the 4th district.