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Louisianans fought through a surreal Wednesday on frayed nerves, too much coffee and too little sleep as the slow trickle of election results from around the country left unclear who had won the feverishly anticipated presidential election.
Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmetta pulled down more votes Tuesday night than he did to win reelection in 2014. But the two-time Republican incumbent finds himself facing a rookie Democratic candidate in the Dec. 5 runoff.
A Baton Rouge judge has denied a request by Attorney General Jeff Landry to block Gov. John Bel Edwards from issuing new coronavirus restrictions until he complies with a petition filed by House Republicans to cancel all virus rules, as both sides…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of the United States presidency hung in the balance Wednesday as Democratic challenger Joe Biden picked up a win in Wisconsin and fought President Donald Trump in other battleground states that could prove crucial in det…
Louisiana lawmakers earlier this year voted overwhelmingly to ask voters to add a new tax break to the state constitution that would allow manufacturers to negotiate lower tax bills with local governments.
Voters in 55 of 64 parishes Tuesday approved sports betting, setting up a major battle in the Louisiana Legislature on exactly what form the wagering will take.
Sharon Weston Broome came just shy of an outright victory Tuesday with 48% of the vote and is now headed to a Dec. 5 runoff against former state Rep. Steve Carter, who captured 20% of the vote and nudged out several other Republicans.
Baton Rouge and Livingston Parish voters renewed separate taxes that generate funding for crucial public works initiatives in Livingston Parish and in development in downtown Baton Rouge.
Kanye West was always a long shot candidate for the U.S. presidency, and a long shot candidate he remained Tuesday, where in Louisiana he couldn't even scrape past 1% of the vote.
Sharon Weston Broome fell just short of winning reelection as East Baton Rouge mayor-president on Tuesday and instead will face former state Rep. Steve Carter in a runoff Dec. 5.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden were locked in tight races in battleground states across the country Tuesday night as they concluded an epic campaign that will shape America's response to the surging pa…
President Donald Trump easily won Louisiana’s eight electoral votes Tuesday in an election where voters turned out in big numbers across the state, during a public health and economic crisis, to elect the next president, U.S. Senator, six members …
East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome is heading to a Dec. 5 runoff against former state Rep. Steve Carter.
Updated at 8:30 p.m.
President Donald Trump has won Louisiana, Nebraska, Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming, while Democrat Joe Biden has won New Mexico and New York.
A ballot measure that would allow betting on football games and other sports won lopsided approval Tuesday night across south Louisiana, including in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Lafayette.
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy easily secured a second term Tuesday after a low-key election against 14 opponents.
After more than three decades, voters in St. Francisville selected a new mayor after longtime mayor Billy D’Aquilla announced his plans to retire from the town’s top administrative role.
In a rematch of their August runoff decided by a razor-thin 27-vote margin, 19th Judicial District Judge Tiffany Foxworth defeated longtime Baton Rouge City Court Judge Yvette Alexander once again Tuesday — this time by more than 7,000 votes and f…
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Louisiana voters Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment that would add anti-abortion language to the state constitution and rejected another proposal that would allow local governments to negotiate payments in lieu of property taxes paid by b…
Republican U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, of Baton Rouge, breezed to reelection Tuesday.
As polls close and election results roll in, follow the latest Baton Rouge-area Election Day results here.
Voters around the state are complaining Tuesday of voting machine malfunctions, particularly when candidates from different parties are chosen.
East Baton Rouge's Metro Council will face its largest turnover in over a decade, with five council members facing term-limits and another, Matt Watson, choosing instead to run for mayor-president.
Police responded to a street corner in Baker after receiving reports of an armed man with a Trump sign down the street from a polling location, the Baker Police chief said.
Voters are turning out in big numbers across Louisiana today with no major problems after a divisive presidential election during a pandemic that has killed more than 230,000 people nationwide.
With the president and a number of local races on the ballot, officials believe Louisiana could see the largest turnout for a presidential election in more than two decades.
In June 1982, a Black voter registration march from Shreveport to Baton Rouge lasted 16 days and covered 246 miles.
The Advocate | The Times-Picayune has partnered with the nonprofit investigative news organization ProPublica to cover the 2020 election, and voters in Louisiana can help.
Very few polling locations in southeast Louisiana will be relocated because of Hurricane Zeta, officials said Monday, after power restoration, generators and outdoor lights alleviated much of the worry by election administrators about the lingerin…
GONZALES — The tumult in the 23rd Judicial District Court began well before the coronavirus changed the way judges do business, and come Tuesday the three-parish area just south of Baton Rouge will have turned over 40 percent of its bench since th…
Louisiana’s low-key U.S. Senate election is winding up with the two main candidates making their final pitches during low-key visits in different parts of the state.
As Gov. John Bel Edwards, Attorney General Jeff Landry and the Legislature duke it out over who has the authority to enact — and to repeal — coronavirus restrictions, Louisiana is in limbo.
After a record-setting early voting period that saw nearly 1 million people cast ballots in person or by mail, election officials in Louisiana are expecting the state could see the largest turnout in the presidential election in more than two decades.
GONZALES — The tumult in the 23rd Judicial District Court began well before the coronavirus changed the way judges do business, and come Tuesday the three-parish area just south of Baton Rouge will have turned over 40 percent of its bench since th…
Louisiana’s low-key U.S. Senate election is winding up with the two main candidates making their final pitches during low-key visits in different parts of the state.
As Gov. John Bel Edwards, Attorney General Jeff Landry and the Legislature duke it out over who has the authority to enact — and to repeal — coronavirus restrictions, Louisiana is in limbo.
After a record-setting early voting period that saw nearly 1 million people cast ballots in person or by mail, election officials in Louisiana are expecting the state could see the largest turnout in the presidential election in more than two decades.
Eyes tend to glaze over when voters hit the constitutional amendments part of their ballot. Historically, 13% fewer votes are cast at the bottom of the ballot, where proposals to change the state’s fundamental law dwells, compared to the top where…
Gov. John Bel Edwards on Friday appointed a Baton Rouge native and 25-year veteran of Louisiana State Police to be the new superintendent of the embattled agency.
After holding the job for just 10 months, Jen Racca faces a rental property manager and a community advocate as she seeks her first full term as representative for Metro Council District 12.
A month or so ago, Gov. John Bel Edwards declined to say whether he would vote for President Donald Trump or former Vice President Joe Biden on Nov. 3.
Hurricane Zeta ripped through the New Orleans area just days before the Nov. 3 presidential election, and officials on Thursday raced to survey the damage to polling places, warehouses full of voting machines and the offices of local election officials.
Gov. John Bel Edwards said Thursday morning about 469,000 homes and businesses are without power after Hurricane Zeta roared through southeast Louisiana late Wednesday afternoon.
The final weekend of campaigning in this year's mayor-president's race will bear little resemblance to those from elections past. A record number of people have voted early, while the coronavirus pandemic will tamp down some door-to-door travels a…
The number of votes cast in the 2020 presidential election in Louisiana, so far, have shattered records for early and mail-in voting, with the total early votes cast already nearing half of the total number of all ballots cast for entirety of the …