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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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    by The Bayou Progressive 3 hours ago3 hours ago
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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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    by The Bayou Progressive 1 week ago4 days ago
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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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    by The Bayou Progressive 1 week ago1 week ago
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    Louisiana Leaders Mourn State Sen. Larry Selders After Sudden Death at 44

    State Sen. Larry Selders, a Baton Rouge Democrat who represented Louisiana’s 14th Senate District, died suddenly Tuesday evening at 44, prompting an outpouring of grief...

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    by The Bayou Progressive 3 months ago3 months ago
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    Jamie Davis Wins Democratic U.S. Senate Runoff in Landslide, Setting Up November Race Against Julia Letlow

    Jamie Davis, the Tensas Parish farmer who built his campaign around an outsider message and a call for Democrats to reconnect with working people across...

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    by The Bayou Progressive 3 months ago3 months ago
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    Louisiana’s Democratic Members of Congress Line Up Behind Jamie Davis Ahead of Senate Runoff

    Louisiana’s two Democratic members of Congress are lining up behind Jamie Davis in the final days of the Democratic runoff for U.S. Senate, giving Davis...

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    by The Bayou Progressive 4 months ago3 months ago
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    Jamie Davis Says There’s No “Dress Code” to Serve Louisiana

    Jamie Davis knows some voters do not see him as the polished, consultant-built version of a U.S. Senate candidate. He does not sound like one....

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    by The Bayou Progressive 4 months ago4 months ago
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    Jamie Davis Won Because He Understood the Democratic Electorate That Actually Showed Up

    Jamie Davis did not win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate outright Saturday night. But he did win the first round decisively. And the reason...

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    by The Bayou Progressive 5 months ago5 months ago
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    Shreveport Forum Puts Democratic Candidates on the Spot Over Data Centers, Utility Bills and Affordability

    At a Democratic candidate forum in Shreveport Tuesday night, the biggest question was not simply who could win votes in Louisiana’s new closed primary system....

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    by The Bayou Progressive 5 months ago5 months ago
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    In Louisiana’s Senate Primary, the Debate Was Over the Messenger

    At Southern University on Tuesday night, Louisiana’s three Democratic U.S. Senate candidates offered less of an ideological clash than three different arguments about what kind...

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    by The Bayou Progressive 6 months ago5 months ago

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