Democrat Troy Carter wins New Orleans-based US House seat
Carter easily defeated Karen Carter Peterson in the race for Louisiana’s only Democrat-held seat in Congress, handing a victory to the more moderate side of the party.
Melinda Deslatte
Sen. Troy Carter (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Democrat Troy Carter won Saturday’s special election for Louisiana’s vacant U.S. House seat, defeating his state Senate colleague and ending an acrimonious, intraparty clash.
Carter easily defeated Karen Carter Peterson in the race for Louisiana’s only Democrat-held seat in Congress, handing a victory to the more moderate side of the party after Peterson planted herself firmly in the progressive camp.
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State Sen. Troy Carter won Louisiana s 2nd Congressional District seat which was vacated by Cedric Richmond after he left to be part of President Biden s administration. Max Becherer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Democrat Troy Carter won Saturday s special election for Louisiana s vacant U.S. House seat, defeating his state Senate colleague and ending an acrimonious, intraparty clash.
Carter easily defeated Karen Carter Peterson in the race for Louisiana s only Democrat-held seat in Congress, handing a victory to the more moderate side of the party after Peterson planted herself firmly in the progressive camp.
BATON ROUGE, La. — Democrat Troy Carter won Saturday’s special election for Louisiana’s vacant U.S. House seat, defeating his state Senate colleague and ending an acrimonious, intraparty clash. Carter easily defeated Karen Carter Peterson in the race for Louisiana’s only Democrat-held seat in Congress, handing a victory to the more
Democrat state senator wins New Orleans-based US House seat
Louisiana state Sen. Troy Carter campaigns April 24, 2021, in uptown New Orleans. (Photo Provided/Troy Carter/Facebook)
by: MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated Press
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Apr 24, 2021 / 10:56 PM EST
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Democrat Troy Carter won Saturday’s special election for Louisiana’s vacant U.S. House seat, defeating his state Senate colleague and ending an acrimonious, intraparty clash.
Carter easily defeated Karen Carter Peterson in the race for Louisiana’s only Democrat-held seat in Congress, handing a victory to the more moderate side of the party after Peterson planted herself firmly in the progressive camp.
Troy Carter, who polished his political pedigree on the New Orleans City Council and in both chambers of the Louisiana Legislature, won a bruising battle Saturday to become the state’s only Democrat in Congress, USA Today Network is projecting.
Carter, a New Orleanian who is serving in the Louisiana Senate, earned a promotion to Congress by beating fellow New Orleans Democratic state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson in a special election.
Carter was leading 55% to 45% with 608499 of 657 precincts reporting.
He replaces former Congressman Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, who gave up his seat to become a senior adviser for President Joe Biden and backed his close friend Carter during the campaign.