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The Tensas Parish farmer fell just 25,857 votes short in a state Donald Trump carried by 22 points, raising questions about what his grassroots campaign might have accomplished with greater national support.
The Tensas Parish farmer fell just 25,857 votes short in a state Donald Trump carried by 22 points, raising questions about what his grassroots campaign might have accomplished with greater national support.
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The former Baton Rouge Metro Council member has spent decades fighting for communities she believes government has neglected. Now, she's trying to turn that record into a congressional victory in a heavily Republican district, with little money, a late start and a conviction that personal relationships can overcome political divisions.
The Democrat has gained ground in the campaign's polling, with a sizable lead among independent voters, as Louisiana enters Election Day following unusually high early turnout.
The longtime Libertarian candidate takes aim at Republican spending, Donald Trump's MAGA movement and Washington's political establishment while offering an unconventional vision of what limited government should actually mean.
From property taxes and drinking water to the governor’s term limits, Louisiana voters will decide 10 changes to the state Constitution on November 3. Here’s a straightforward guide to what each amendment would actually do.
More than 520,000 Louisianans have already voted, with Black participation approaching Obama-era levels and Democratic strongholds showing particularly significant gains. But the numbers also reveal important questions about youth engagement and what the early vote can tell us about Election Day.
The north Louisiana farmer is betting that a growing fundraising operation, an economic populist message and a December runoff could turn his challenge to the House speaker into a national fight.
With Election Day approaching and President Trump preparing a last-minute campaign appearance for Republican Julia Letlow, the Democratic Senate nominee emphasized public education, labor support and voter turnout.
Read the story →The Tensas Parish farmer fell just 25,857 votes short in a state Donald Trump carried by 22 points, raising questions about what his grassroots campaign might have accomplished with greater national support.
Federal officials say the monitors will observe voting without interference, but an expanded operation involving personnel from federal law enforcement agencies is facing an emergency legal challenge on the eve of Election Day.
With Election Day just hours away, seven of the 10 candidates seeking Louisiana's 6th Congressional District seat debated economic policy, immigration and government accountability, while three notable contenders were absent.
From property taxes and drinking water to the governor’s term limits, Louisiana voters will decide 10 changes to the state Constitution on November 3. Here’s a straightforward guide to what each amendment would actually do.
The number of Louisiana voters classified as inactive more than doubled during a matter of weeks last summer, according to a new analysis from the ACLU of Louisiana that also found the impact fell disproportionately on Black and Democratic voters across nearly every parish in the state. The report, released August 4 and authored by…
A new report from Tulane University’s Newcomb Institute connects Louisiana’s population decline to the state’s deeper failures on public health, maternal care, rural access and economic opportunity. Louisiana is not just losing people. It is losing people while struggling to keep too many of its remaining residents healthy, safe and economically stable. That is the…
Gov. Jeff Landry has reached an unusual point in his increasingly bitter relationship with New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno: he will not speak to her, but he would still like to be thanked. Landry took to social media Friday afternoon after Moreno issued a statement marking the end of the Louisiana National Guard’s eight-month deployment…
It turns out reparations are not unrealistic. They are not too complicated. They are not inherently divisive. They are not some fringe fantasy that no serious government could ever administer. Apparently, reparations are perfectly manageable when the beneficiaries are Donald Trump’s political allies. On Monday, the Trump administration announced the creation of a $1.776 billion…
Gov. Jeff Landry ordered flags lowered for Martha Elizabeth Odom, the 17-year-old Lafayette student killed in a shooting at the Mall of Louisiana. Let’s start where basic decency requires us to start: Martha Odom was a child. Her death was a horror. Her family deserves grief without spectacle, memory without exploitation, and space to mourn…
