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In Louisiana, elections beget elections Jeremy Alford If you’re starting to think these elections are never going to end, that may be due to the fact that these elections never seem to end. President Joe Biden claimed his seat last year, which in turn prompted the resignation of former Congressman Cedric Richmond, who is now working for the White House. The special election to replace Richmond concluded this past weekend with voters siding with Congressman-elect Troy Carter, who, as a result, will soon resign from his state Senate seat, which will require another special election. Now there are three sitting state representatives (Gary Carter of New Orleans, Mack Cormier of Belle Chasse and Rodney Lyons of Harvey) and one former state senator (David Heitmeier of Algiers) who are considering running in the special Senate election to replace Carter. Should any three of the state representatives win, yet another special House election will need to be called this yea ....
Alford: In Louisiana, elections beget elections If you’re starting to think these elections are never going to end, that may be because these elections never seem to end. President Joe Biden claimed his seat last year, which in turn prompted the resignation of former Congressman Cedric Richmond, who is now working for the White House. The special election to replace Richmond concluded this past weekend with voters siding with Congressman-elect Troy Carter, who, as a result, will soon resign from his state Senate seat, which will require another special election. Now there are three sitting state representatives (Gary Carter of New Orleans, Mack Cormier of Belle Chasse and Rodney Lyons of Harvey) and one former state senator (David Heitmeier of Algiers) who are considering running in the special Senate election to replace Carter. Should any three of the state representatives win, another special House election will need to be called this year by the legislative le ....
Republican Michael Melerine won the BESE District 4 runoff on Saturday against Democrat Cassie Williams. Melerine, who finished second to Williams in the general election on March 20, won the runoff easily with 62% of the 38,087 ballots cast. He won the majority of votes in Bossier, Webster, DeSoto, Red River, Winn, Vernon, Natchitoches and Sabine parishes. Williams had 14,546 votes or 38% of the vote. She had finished first in the general election with 29% of the vote, but was forced to the runoff after failing to earn over 50% of the vote. Williams won the majority of votes in Caddo and Bienvi Melerine will replace Republican Troy Davis of Natchitoches who resigned from his seat last year. Melerine, a Shreveport attorney, was one of the first candidates to qualify as a candidate for the District 4 seat. ....