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Nov 9, 2022 · Published 8:41 PM PDT, November 8, 2022. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins won a fourth term Tuesday, fending off a challenge from prosecutor and fellow Republican Holden Hoggatt, who mounted a challenge focused in part on discontent with the pace of federal aid in reaching the state’s hurricane-battered southwestern region.
Oct 24, 2022 · Louisiana’s midterm elections are unique in that the state never held a primary, meaning all candidates will appear on the November ballot to vie for a victory in the general election ...
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Sep 28, 2022 · BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — With Louisiana’s midterm elections just weeks away, Republican Congressional candidate Holden Hoggatt released a political ad Wednesday attacking three-term GOP U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins and calling him a “fraud.”. The 48-second video mocks Higgins’ attention-grabbing Crime Stoppers videos, in which the former ...
Nov 9, 2022 · News World Americas US politics Midterm Elections 2022 Here’s why Louisiana voters didn’t A renewed abolitionist movement closed 13th Amendment ‘loopholes’ that allow slavery as punishment ...
- Shift in Attitudes
- Meanwhile, Republicans Shift Focus to Crime
- The Drive to Register Voters
A statewide survey conducted months before the Dobbs rulingindicated a shift in attitudes toward abortion. In 2016, 40 percent of Louisiana’s adult residents said abortion should be legal in all or most cases; 55 percent said the procedure should be illegal in all or most cases. Six years later, those figures are 46 and 49 percent, respectively, ac...
Abortion is sharing the spotlight with issues like the economy and inflation, which polls show have shifted voters’ focusin recent weeks. However, in interviews with a half-dozen Louisiana voters, all mentioned crime as one of their top concerns, which could help Republican candidates who prefer it as a messaging strategy. Sen. John Kennedy, R-Madi...
The electoral optimism from both parties arises in part from increases in voter registration as Republican and Democratic leaders vie to keep attention on their preferred issues. Grassroots organizations on both sides are getting an earful at voter registration drives. The registration drives have been huge; one, at the historic matchup between Sou...
View Louisiana's election results and maps for the 2022 midterm elections. For more information, visit cnn.com/election.
Nov 8, 2022 · Gerald Herbert/AP, FILE. Louisiana voters head to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots for the Senate, House and state legislature along with eight constitutional amendments. Polls open at 7 ...
