...Louisiana voters also decided a pair of open U.S. House races Saturday. Republicans held both seats. The GOP will start the next Congress by at least matching its largest majority since World War II. In the race for Cassidy’s 6th district seat, Garret Graves (R), a former coastal adviser to Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), defeated former governor Edwin Edwards (D), a felon and well-known figure in the state. In the deeply conservative 5th district, Republican physician Ralph Abraham defeated Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo (D). ... washingtonpost/politics/voters-in-louisiana-head-to-polls-on-runoff-day/2014/12/06/665328dc-7d79-11e4-9a27-6fdbc612bff8_story.html?wprss=rss_national
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 03:07:00 +0000
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