The Biden Administration Squares Off With Congressional Progressives in Louisiana
Troy Carter and Karen Carter Peterson, on opposite wings of the party on several issues, run for a House seat in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
Troy Carter, left, and Karen Carter Peterson, candidates in Louisianaâs Second Congressional District
On April 24, voters in Louisianaâs Second Congressional District, which encompasses New Orleans and Baton Rouge, will vote in a special election to select a replacement for Cedric Richmond, who left Congress to become director of the Office of Public Engagement for the Biden administration. Itâs a Democrat-on-Democrat showdown in a safely blue district between two former state senators who have served for decades in Louisiana politics and even share similar names: Troy Carter and Karen Carter Peterson. They finished first and second, respectively, in Marchâs open primary.