Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has ended speculation that he might mount a run for governor next year by announcing Wednesday that he will seek a second term as attorney general.
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Incumbent Vereta Lee and challenger Dadrius Lanus traded jabs at a forum Tuesday over who’s backing their campaigns and about their respective teaching experience during their first debate since they faced off a week ago at the polls. They are in …
CONVENT — A recount Tuesday found St. James Parish School Board member Dianne Spencer retained her District 5 seat by the same 4-vote margin that emerged in election returns last week, parish officials said.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
A district court judge has ordered another election to be held for the Maringouin's mayor's race after the current mayor claimed her re-election bid was thwarted by a mere 4 votes because 11 people were allowed to vote illegally in last week’s election.
Monday, November 12, 2018
The state Democratic Party may have endorsed another candidate in last week’s Secretary of State primary, but party leadership this week is reaching out to Gwen Collins-Greenup, who surprised politicos across the state by scoring a spot in the Dec…
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Saying grace was the only difference from other family gatherings when a couple of dozen members of the Collins-Greenup clan gathered near Clinton on Tuesday to watch election returns.
Saturday, November 10, 2018
Jazz musicians often use recognizable melodies as their base from which they improvise their way to new interpretations.
Thursday, November 08, 2018
Voters in Central sent a clear message in Tuesday's election: They wanted across-the-board change in the city's leadership.
Wednesday, November 07, 2018
CONVENT — St. James Parish School Board member Dianne Spencer holds a four-vote lead over Patricia Heary "Ducy" Schexnayder, and the challenger said she isn’t ready to concede just yet.
Wednesday, November 07, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats seized the House majority from President Donald Trump’s Republican Party on Tuesday in a suburban revolt that threatened what’s left of the president’s governing agenda. But the GOP gained ground in the Senate and prese…
Tuesday, November 06, 2018
As the final Election Day 2018 results were tabulated across Louisiana, there were no major upsets in the southern part of the state. But the outcomes of a few races are sure to raise some eyebrows.
Tuesday was a busy night for school board races in East Baton Rouge Parish. Below are recaps from each race.
Tuesday, November 06, 2018
Backed by high-spending outside groups, Tramelle Howard knocked off incumbent Kenyetta Nelson-Smith on Tuesday, vaulting the 28-year-old onto the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board to represent District 3.
Mayor David Amrhein will spend another four years at the helm of Zachary City Hall after winning a third term Tuesday night, according to complete, but unofficial election results.
Buoyed by more than $100,000 in outside spending on his behalf, educator Dadrius Lanus on Tuesday forced long-serving incumbent Vereta Lee into a Dec. 8 runoff in the District 2 race for the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board.
Tuesday, November 06, 2018
Michael Gaudet won a new term Tuesday on the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, cementing his victory in a special election a year ago for the District 7 seat.
Voters returned Evelyn Ware-Jackson on Tuesday to the East Baton Rouge Parish School for a third time as she defeated challenger Cliff Lewis to represent District 5.
WASHINGTON — Voters in all six of Louisiana’s congressional districts re-elected their incumbent congressmen, sending the state’s five Republicans and one Democrat back to Washington for new two-year terms.
Central's longtime top administrator will now serve as the city's elected leader as David Barrow carried Tuesday's election for mayor.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Clay Higgins, a Port Barre Republican who rode his viral Crime Stoppers video fame to an upset victory two years ago, managed to beat back six opponents and claim a second term Tuesday.
Dawn Collins was re-elected on Tuesday to a full term representing District 4 on the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, defeating her lone challenger, teacher Chrisdelin Kelly Lyles.
Jill Dyason, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board’s longest serving member, earned another four years in office Tuesday after voters in District 6 re-elected her to fifth and final term.
The incumbent mayor of Denham Springs was elected to a second term in office.
WASHINGTON — Northwest Louisiana voters sent U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson back to Congress for a second term Tuesday, complete, but unofficial election returns show.
State voters jettisoned a 120-year-old mainstay of Louisiana justice Tuesday, overwhelmingly passing a constitutional amendment to require unanimous juries in all felony trials and ending an aberrant practice rooted in the Jim Crow era.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Garret Graves cruised to re-election on Tuesday to claim a third term in Congress, the Associated Press reported.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham easily beat back three opponents Tuesday to claim a third term in Congress, complete, but unofficial election returns show.
The runoff to decide the next secretary of state will be between a Republican who spent about a quarter of a million dollars and a Democrat who raised less than a thousand.
WASHINGTON — Voters are sending House Majority Whip Steve Scalise back to D.C. for a sixth term in Congress, picking the incumbent over a field of five challengers in Tuesday’s election.
Louisiana has one statewide position on the Election 2018 ballot Tuesday, a special election to fill a secretary of state seat vacated because of a sexual harassment scandal, but the crowded primary competition has lacked the attention-grabbing na…
Two delayed openings of precincts on Election Day have prompted Louisiana Democrats to call for an extension of voting hours in two Louisiana parishes.
Voters across Baton Rouge and New Orleans cast their ballots on Tuesday, but many missed out on the coveted “I voted” stickers that have lit up social media as voters across the country show off the accessories as signs of civic participation — le…
After a high turnout during early voting, voters headed to the polls Tuesday to weigh in on a number of positions, taxes and constitutional amendments.
Monday, November 05, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — The day of reckoning for American politics has nearly arrived.
Sunday, November 04, 2018
In the Nov. 6 election, the ballots include the congressional midterm races, as well as other state and local races, state constitutional amendments and local propositions. Below are some of the races and propositions of note in the Baton Rouge region.
The race at the top of the Nov. 6 ballot — a race that began in scandal earlier this year — goes to Louisiana voters Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Casting it as a key step in a broader struggle to build a more equitable justice system, National Urban League President Marc Morial on Wednesday announced his organization’s support for a proposed amendment to Louisiana’s constitution that would …
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry isn’t exactly wearing his opposition to Amendment 2 on his sleeve.
More than 307,000 Louisiana residents have voted in advance of next week's election, exceeding the state's early voting turnout for all but presidential election years.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
A charter-school friendly group based in New York City is spending nearly twice as much as all the candidates combined who are seeking a seat on the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board.
Louisiana Secretary of State candidate A.G. Crowe is in the Crowe Mobile
Monday, October 29, 2018
The major candidates in the Nov. 6 election for Secretary of State pretty much agreed on the main issues during a forum at LSU on Monday night.
Saturday, October 27, 2018
Key conservative funder Lane Grigsby sounds like he’d rather drink weed killer than support a run by U.S. Sen. John N. Kennedy for Louisiana governor.
Friday, October 26, 2018
So many Louisiana voters have cast ballots early that instead of a tepid turnout in the teens as many had predicted, experts now calculate that up to 35 percent of the state’s registered voters will participate in the Nov. 6 election when all is s…
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
An astounding number of Louisiana voters turned out Tuesday to cast ballots in the first day of early voting.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, Louisiana's lone congressional Democrat, appears well-positioned to retain his 2nd Congressional District seat and could see his influence rise on Capitol Hill should his party regain control of the House after this fall…
Monday, October 22, 2018
Turnout for early voting, which begins Tuesday, and ultimately for the Nov. 6 election, could be higher than expected – not so much for what’s on Louisiana ballots but because of what’s happening nationally.
U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, the Benton Republican who represents northwest Louisiana, is facing his first reelection with 60-times more money than his nearest rival.
Saturday, October 20, 2018
The race that began in May to replace Tom Schedler, who abruptly resigned as secretary of state after being sued by an employee accusing him of sexual harassment, hasn’t received much attention.