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Troy Carter, who has served on the New Orleans City Council and in both chambers of the state legislature, won the runoff election April 24 over Karen Carter Peterson.
Carter, who hails from New Orleans, received 55 percent of the vote.
He replaces former Congressman Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, who left the seat to become a senior advisor for President Joe Biden. Richmond backed Carter in the campaign.
He touted Richmond’s endorsement as “having the ear of the guy who will have the ear of the president.”
“This was a hard-fought race, and now it is time to come together,” Carter said after the election. “I want to be clear. I welcome everyone to our tent because the election is over, and I represent everyone.”
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Troy Carter wins House special election in Louisiana David Weigel Louisiana state Sen. Troy Carter won a special election Saturday to replace White House adviser Cedric L. Richmond in Congress, defeating a challenger backed by much of the Democratic Party’s left and expanding the party’s narrow majority in the House. Carter held a steady lead as votes were counted in a runoff with state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, a former chair of the Louisiana Democratic Party. The Associated Press projected Carter as the victor less than three hours after polls closed. Carter will take office once the election is certified, giving Democrats 219 seats in the House, with three more Democratic vacancies to be filled by special elections this year.
Troy Carter wins House special election in Louisiana David Weigel Louisiana state Sen. Troy Carter won a special election Saturday to replace White House adviser Cedric L. Richmond in Congress, defeating a challenger backed by much of the Democratic Party’s left and expanding the party’s narrow majority in the House. Carter held a steady lead as votes were counted in a runoff with state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, a former chair of the Louisiana Democratic Party. The Associated Press projected Carter as the victor less than three hours after polls closed. Carter will take office once the election is certified, giving Democrats 219 seats in the House, with three more Democratic vacancies to be filled by special elections this year.
Two Louisiana state senators will go head-to-head in a runoff election Saturday that will determine who will succeed a White House adviser in the U.S. House.
State Sens. Karen Carter Peterson and Troy Carter, both Democrats, will compete for the 2nd Congressional District seat left vacant by Cedric Richmond, whom President Biden tapped to serve as the White House s director of public engagement.
The majority-Black district includes most of New Orleans.
Carter and Peterson were the top two finishers in a crowded open primary last month. In that contest, Carter received about 36% of the vote, while Peterson finished second with 23% of ballots cast, narrowly edging out Baton Rouge activist Gary Chambers Jr. for a spot in Saturday s runoff.
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