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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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    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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    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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    Letlow’s Financial Disclosure Deadline Passes as Stock Trading Questions Deepen

    Rep. Julia Letlow had until Thursday to file the annual financial disclosure that should provide Louisiana voters with their clearest accounting yet of her finances...

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    New Poll Puts Jamie Davis Four Points Behind Julia Letlow as 1 in 5 Voters Remain Undecided

    A four-point U.S. Senate race in Louisiana would be a political earthquake. Donald Trump carried the state by 22 points less than two years ago....

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    by The Bayou Progressive 2 weeks ago2 weeks 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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    Landry Recall Co-Chair Steps Down as Recall Effort Faces Leadership Crisis and Money Dispute

    The resignation comes after a public split between the group’s co-founders, a dispute over a $100,000 donation, and growing questions about whether the statewide recall...

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    by The Bayou Progressive 2 months ago2 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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    Nick Albares Endorses Jamie Davis Ahead of U.S. Senate Runoff

    Former U.S. Senate candidate Nick Albares has endorsed Jamie Davis ahead of Saturday’s runoff election, giving Davis another public show of support from a former...

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