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Dec 4, 2014 · BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In 2002, a public hospital physician named Bill Cassidy donated to Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu’s first re-election campaign. A year later, he used a newspaper letter to the editor to criticize Republican gubernatorial candidate Bobby Jindal as a disaster for Louisiana’s health care system.
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December 6 general election
1. Mary Landrieu 2. Bill Cassidy
November 4 primary election
1. Mary Landrieu - Incumbent a 2. Wayne Ables 3. Vallian Senegal 4. William Waymire Jr. 5. Raymond Brown 6. Bill Cassidy - Representative from the 6th District a 7. Thomas Clements 8. Rob Maness- Retired Air Force colonel 9. Brannon McMorris
Withdrew from race
1. Paul Hollis - State Representative
Most vulnerable seats
The Senate race in Louisiana was included on a list of the seven most vulnerable Senate seats up for election in 2014. The seven included in the list were: Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia. Going into the 2014 election, all seven seats were held by Democrats.
According to an April 2013 report, Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu raised $1.2 million in the first quarter of 2013, and had $3.5 million cash on hand. However, challenger Rep. Bill Cassidy (R) was not far behind, with $2 million in the bank at the end of the first quarter.Cassidy far outpaced other opponents in fundraising. In reports from July...
Abortion
Following the signing of restrictive abortion rights legislation by Gov. Bobby Jindalon June 12, 2014, the contrast between Landrieu and Cassidy became a central issue in the election, as the state tends to lean rightward on the issue of abortion.
Landrieu chair position
Landrieu was selected as the next chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committeeon February 11, 2014.
Rhea Suh nomination
Bill Cassidy (R) sent a letter to Mary Landrieuopposing Rhea Suh's nomination to be assistant Interior Secretary of Fish and Wildlife and Parks. In their letter, Cassidy, along with Charles Boustany, Steve Scalise, John Fleming and Vance McAllister, wrote, “Ms. Suh has spent the past four years at a high level in the Department advocating against natural gas production and implementing policies such as the ill-directed moratorium in the Gulf that displaced thousands of Louisiana workers.” Dav...
DSCC
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) launched a $2.4 million advertising buy attacking Bill Cassidy(R) on August 21, 2014.
AFP
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) released the ad, “Mailbox,” on February 12, 2014, that tied Landrieu to her vote for Obamacare. The ad showed people reading insurance cancellation notices under the healthcare law. The $750,000 ad buy brought the total spent by AFP in Louisiana, to around $2.6 million between October 2013 and February 2014.During the same period of time, AFP spent approximately $27 million on “Obamacare accountability efforts” nationwide.
RNC
The Republican National Committee launched a radio advertisement against Mary Landrieuon January 7, 2014.
Mary Landrieu
1. The Louisiana Sheriffs' Association endorsed Mary Landrieuon August 1, 2014.
Bill Cassidy
1. Cassidy was endorsed by state Rep. and former challenger Paul Hollis, who ended his own campaign in July 2014. 1. Cassidy received support from the National Republican Senatorial Committee. 1. The Louisiana Republican Party endorsed Bill Cassidy on May 31, 2014. 1.1. Roger Villere, head of the state Republican Party, noted that such an early endorsement was an “extraordinary move” for the group. 1.2. “It is an extraordinary move for our state party to endorse a candidate. But because of wh...
Rob Maness
1. Family Research Council President and former Louisiana House member Tony Perkins endorsed Rob Manesson July 28, 2014. 1. Tea Party Express endorsed Rob Manesson May 28, 2014. 1. Former Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin endorsed Maness on May 8, 2014. 1.1. "In the Louisiana Senate race we have the opportunity to send a true conservative and a real warrior to join that fight. So, today I am lending my support to retired Col. Rob Maness for U.S. Senate. Having spent his career...
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commissionduring the 2014 elections season.
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Sep 20, 2013 · Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) donated his current Senate opponent’s Sen. Mary Landrieu’s (D-La.) first reelection bid.
Dec 4, 2014 · In 2002, a public hospital physician named Bill Cassidy donated to Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu's first re-election campaign. A year later, he used a newspaper letter to the editor to...
Nov 3, 2020 · Cassidy (Republican Party) won re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Louisiana outright in the primary on November 3, 2020, after the general election was canceled. Cassidy was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2014, defeating incumbent Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and becoming the first Republican to hold the seat since 1883.
Dec 9, 2014 · After 18 years of defying political gravity, Mary Landrieu’s electoral world came crashing down losing badly to a candidate many Republicans considered weak and unelectable statewide.
In 2013, Cassidy called his donation to Landrieu a "youthful indiscretion", saying that she "got elected and fell into partisan politics... Louisiana hasn't left Mary, Mary has left us." Since 2001, he has mostly contributed to Republican candidates, including Senator David Vitter .
