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    Forbes Campaign Reports Raising More Than $100,000 in First 8 Weeks

    Democratic congressional candidate Pat Forbes announced Thursday that his campaign has raised more than $100,000 from over 2,000 individual donors in its first eight weeks,...

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    Judicial, Justice of the Peace Candidates Make Their Case at Baton Rouge Forum

    Candidates for district judge, Family Court and Justice of the Peace seats made their pitches to Baton Rouge voters Thursday night at a candidate forum...

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    Pat Forbes says experience, not ideology, is his case for Louisiana’s 6th District

    Pat Forbes does not pretend that three Democrats competing in Louisiana’s newly redrawn 6th Congressional District is an ideal situation. “Obviously, it’s not good for...

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    In Louisiana’s 6th District, Democrats Are Running Three Different Races

    For the better part of 30 minutes Sunday evening, the three Democrats running for Louisiana’s newly redrawn 6th Congressional District did something they had not...

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    Another Davis Poll Shows Letlow Up Four — And a Race That Has Barely Moved

    For the second time in two months, a poll commissioned by Democrat Jamie Davis’ U.S. Senate campaign shows Republican Julia Letlow leading by just four...

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    by The Bayou Progressive 2 weeks ago2 weeks ago
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    Baton Rouge Federal Contractor Gave $100,000 to Pro-Letlow Super PAC While Holding NASA Contract, Complaint Alleges

    A Baton Rouge construction company gave $100,000 to a super PAC supporting U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow’s Senate campaign while it was performing work under a...

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    by The Bayou Progressive 1 month ago1 month ago
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    ASAP’s Boots on the Ground Convening Aims to Build Political Power Across North Louisiana

    For Omari Ho-Sang, the political challenge facing North Louisiana is not simply convincing more people to vote in November. It is building the kind of...

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    ‘We Just Don’t Write It Off’: Lauren Jewett on Taking On Steve Scalise in LA-1

    Lauren Jewett knows the odds. The Metairie special education teacher is running for Congress in Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District, a reliably Republican seat represented for...

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    by The Bayou Progressive 2 months ago2 months ago
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    Landry Wants Credit From a Mayor He Refuses to Speak To

    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,...

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    by Quentin Anthony Anderson 2 months ago2 months ago
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    Louisiana PSC Sides With Meta Secrecy, Blocks Scrutiny of Data Center Claims

    The Louisiana Public Service Commission sided with Meta this week in a fight over whether the technology giant should have to substantiate the claims being...

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