Written with Cheyenne Hopkins How can a U.S. senator score easy points with home-state voters? Focus on football when others are talking about the minutiae of Wall Street regulation. Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, plans to cross-examine Mary Jo White next week...
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Drew Brees #9 of the New Orleans Saints points out the defense of the Atlanta Falcons at Georgia Dome on November 29, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia.
SEC Nominee vs. Saints Defensive Line
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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal in Iowa.
Jindal’s Warning to ‘The Stupid Party’
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is a “shining star” of the Republican Party, “someone you can believe in,” Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said last night in Charlotte as he introduced the RNC winter convention’s keynote speaker. Jindal proceeded to...
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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio re-enacts the swearing in of Rep. Charles Boustany, in this Jan. 5, 2011 file photo.
2012 Congressional Elections (Finally) Over — 27th Incumbent Defeated (13 Redistricted Out)
This year’s House elections finally have concluded more than a month after the Nov. 6 presidential election and nine months after the first congressional primary. Louisiana Republican Charles Boustany won a fifth term on Dec. 8 by defeating another Republican...
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Rep. Charlie Melancon, right, speaks with Rep. Charles Boustany, left, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in this file photo.
Boustany Triples Landry in Fundraising as Runoff Looms
Rep. Charles Boustany raised about three times as much in campaign funds in the past month as Rep. Jeff Landry. The two Republicans are seeking the same southern Louisiana district in a Dec. 8 runoff election. Boustany raised $886,727 compared...
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From left, Rep. Robert Wittman, Rep. Jeff Landry, Rep. Charles Boustany, and Rep. John Fleming arrive for the news conference on American Energy Initiative legislation to expand U.S. energy production.
Boustany, Landry Tout Support in Louisiana Ads Before Runoff
Two Louisiana Republican congressmen seeking the same district in a Dec. 8 runoff election are using testimonials in their latest television ads. Jeff Landry, a freshman, is up with a spot highlighting endorsements from four House colleagues. Landry “has the...
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Victoria Williams processes a mail-in ballot at the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters office in Calif., on Oct. 31, 2012.
Not All Contests on Nov. 6 Ballots Are Democrats vs. Republicans
Most of the federal elections on tomorrow’s ballots pit Democrats against Republicans. Yet there are some intraparty contests worth watching in California and Louisiana, where same-party matchups are possible under those states’ unusual election laws. In California, which adopted a...
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Mitt Romney and his family on their newly painted campaign plane following the RNC convention.
Romney’s `Believe in America’ Tour Starts in the Path of Hurricane Isaac
“Believe in America,” reads the slogan painted across Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s new campaign plane — the one heading straight to Louisiana for a tour of the storm damage left by Hurricane Isaac. Romney, who accepted his party’s nomination...
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Campaign staff prepare a site at Ouachita Sheriff's Shooting Range before a rally for Rick Santorum in West Monroe, Louisiana, on March 22, 2012.
Republicans Set New Turnout Mark in Louisiana
More Republicans voted in Louisiana’s March 24 primary than in any other presidential balloting the party has held in the 32-year history of the primary. About 186,377 Republicans cast ballots, 49 percent of which went to winner Rick Santorum, according...
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Rick Santorum at the LSU vs. Mississippi State NCAA college baseball game in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on March 18, 2012.
Louisiana Win Won’t Help Santorum’s Delegate Count
Rick Santorum won’t make much of a dent in Mitt Romney’s 300-delegate lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination if the former Pennsylvania senator wins the Louisiana presidential primary tomorrow. That’s because a maximum of 20 delegates, out...
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