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The 2nd District congressman entered October with more than $666,000 in cash on hand, with PAC contributions accounting for much of his cumulative fundraising.
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…
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill was indicted Thursday by an Orleans Parish grand jury on 16 felony counts tied to letters she sent New Orleans officials during the state’s fight over control of the Orleans Parish clerk of court’s office. Murrill is facing eight counts of public intimidation and eight counts of malfeasance in office,…
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 a clear show of party support ahead of Saturday’s election. U.S. Rep. Troy A. Carter Sr. publicly endorsed Davis this week, posting that Davis is “the voice we need” in…
New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno has endorsed Jamie Davis in Louisiana’s Democratic runoff for U.S. Senate, giving Davis another high-profile boost as his campaign works to close out the nomination fight and turn Democratic attention toward the fall. Davis announced the endorsement Monday in a social media post, framing Moreno’s support as part of a…
Gov. Jeff Landry has signed Louisiana’s newest congressional map into law, locking in another dramatic rewrite of the state’s U.S. House districts after years of litigation, court orders, legislative reversals and voter confusion. Under the newly signed law, Louisiana Republicans have likely drawn themselves a 5-1 congressional map unless courts intervene quickly. That intervention is…
Nick Albares has ended his campaign for U.S. Senate, effectively clearing the way for a Democratic runoff between Jamie Davis and Gary Crockett after a primary that exposed just how different Louisiana’s closed Democratic electorate looks from the version many campaigns seemed to be targeting. In a Tuesday statement, Albares said that although votes are…
The legal fight over Louisiana’s suspended congressional primaries changed Monday night, but it did not end. The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order allowing its ruling in Louisiana v. Callais to take effect immediately, giving Gov. Jeff Landry and Republican lawmakers a stronger procedural argument as they rush to redraw Louisiana’s congressional districts before this…
A federal judge on Sunday blocked Louisiana from enforcing a new state law that would have abolished the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court clerk’s office one day before Calvin Duncan was set to assume the post voters elected him to fill. The ruling clears the way, at least temporarily, for Duncan to take office Monday…
For a party that has spent years struggling to build credible federal campaigns in Louisiana, the first-quarter fundraising reports offered something Democrats do not always get in this state: signs of life. Several Democratic candidates posted respectable numbers in reports covering Jan. 1 through March 31, enough to show that there is still donor interest,…
With Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District open for the first time in years, Democratic candidate Lindsay “Rubia” Garcia is trying to make the case that this is not the cycle for cautious politics. In an interview with The Bayou Progressive, Garcia described herself as a teacher, advocate, organizer, and newly minted lawyer who has spent years…
As Louisiana’s 2026 legislative session begins, State Representative Mandie Landry does not sound like someone expecting a loud, dramatic showdown at every turn. That, in her view, may be part of the problem. In an interview with The Bayou Progressive, the New Orleans Democrat described the opening days of the session as oddly subdued —…
When people talk about the integration of New Orleans public schools in 1960, they often focus — rightly — on the four little girls who walked into history under the protection of federal marshals. They were six years old: Leona Tate, Ruby Bridges, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost. But behind those children were mothers who…
When the CEO of the Louisiana Chemical Association took the Rotary Club podium Wednesday to complain about “misinformation” in discussions of industry health impacts, he stepped so far into cognitive dissonance that it might now qualify as public art. David Cresson’s defense of the petrochemical industry — the dominant economic engine in the Mississippi River…
Helena Moreno will be the next mayor of New Orleans after securing a first-round victory in Saturday’s primary, avoiding a runoff and cementing her position as one of the city’s most prominent political figures. Moreno, a Democrat and current City Council President, captured roughly 55% of the vote, easily surpassing the 50-percent threshold needed…
On April 10, 2025, a federal appeals court gave residents of St. James Parish what they’ve been fighting for years to get: their day in court. In a landmark decision, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a civil rights lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in St. James Parish’s land-use policies can move forward….
