BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Newcomer Davante Lewis, a Democrat backed by an environmental political action committee, easily won Saturday’s runoff for a seat on Louisiana’s Public Service Commission an obscure regulatory body that has received national attention from media, celebrities, climate change activists and major public utility companies.
Election day is over and results are in for the handful of races this fall that needed to be settled in a runoff. Voters weighed in on three proposed amendments to the state constitution, one of the most highly anticipated public service commission races in state history, and in key local races.