WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, who along with Louisiana’s other senator is considering a move from the U.S. Capitol to the State Capitol, said Tuesday that he’ll soon announce whether he'll run for governor.
WASHINGTON – U.S. House and Senate members returned Monday to the Capitol to sort out their next steps as the muddled outcome of the midterm elections began to take form after nearly a week of counting ballots, with leadership positions for Louisi…
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A red congressional midterm tsunami, widely anticipated to come ashore Tuesday night, by the end of the week turned out to be only a high tide, at best.
When asked on “Small Town Podcast,” which was released last week, why someone should visit Ville Platte, Mayor Jennifer Vidrine quickly replied “the best food, the friendliest people.”
Once elected, members of the Public Service Commission typically have an easy time hanging onto their jobs. Voters don’t know much about them or their work, and the only real money in the campaigns has traditionally come from utilities and others with business before the agency. They tend to keep incumbents well financed.
Bogalusa voted Tuesday to elect a 23-year-old mayor, bringing the incumbent mayor's term to an end.
Voters across metro New Orleans decided a host of political races Tuesday, including judges, mayors and school board members. Some races will be decided in runoffs Dec. 10.
Republicans woke up angry Wednesday morning as the predicted red wave failed to reach shore in the hoped-for numbers.
WASHINGTON — Control of Congress hung in the balance Wednesday as Democrats showed surprising strength, defeating Republicans in a series of competitive races and defying expectations that high inflation and President Joe Biden’s low approval rati…
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins believes he did more than secure a fourth consecutive term Tuesday.
New Orleans voters re-elected a sitting Municipal and Traffic Court judge and picked a new one in the Tuesday election.
Control of Congress hung in the balance early Wednesday, with both parties notching victories in some of the most competitive races in a midterm election that centered on voter frustration over high inflation and the sudden rollback of abortion rights.
Karen Herman, a longtime judge and former prosecutor, secured a victory Tuesday in the race for an open at-large seat on 4th Circuit Court of Appeal.
A challenger in the New Orleans’ court system overtook an incumbent Tuesday night to win the race for Clerk of 1st City Court in New Orleans.
Leila Eames was elected to the Orleans Parish School Board Tuesday in a special election for the open 1st District seat. She will serve the remainder of the term until 2024.
Abita Springs voters returned Dan Curtis to the mayor's office Tuesday, voting to give him another term in the office.
All of Louisiana’s incumbent members of Congress — U.S. Sen. John Kennedy and the six members of the U.S. House of Representatives — are headed back to Washington, winning convincing victories in the midterm elections Tuesday.
St. Tammany Parish voters turned two incumbent St. Tammany Parish School Board members out of office Tuesday and returned two more to new terms in one of the most contentious election seasons for Louisiana’s fourth-largest school system in years.
Joe Lee, a Pearl River alderman who was appointed interim mayor of Pearl River after Dave McQueen's death in late 2021, was elected to be the town's new mayor Tuesday with 54% of the vote.
State Rep. Royce Duplessis won a heated race Tuesday to fill a state Senate seat in New Orleans, defeating a fellow Democratic state representative, Mandie Landry.
Attorney Bonnie Clements and business owner Arthur Laughlin, both political newcomers, will face each other in a Dec. 10 runoff for the St. Tammany Parish Council seat that was held for decades by Steve Stenfancik, who died in office last year.
Lance Willie won a second term as mayor of the tiny village of Folsom, defeating challenger Susan Willie, with 71% of the vote, according to complete but unofficial returns.
Public Service Commissioner Lambert Boissiere III was pushed to a runoff in his bid for re-election Tuesday, a promising sign for climate activists who have spent big to unseat him and usher in a more progressive candidate.
New Orleans voters on Tuesday night approved a significant change to how City Hall officials are appointed, setting up a new system that empowers the City Council to confirm or deny the mayor's picks to run key departments.
Five seats on the nine-member Jefferson Parish School Board were up for grabs in Tuesday's election.
Louisiana voters Tuesday rejected a constitutional amendment aimed at clarifying Louisiana's ban on slavery but disavowed by the sponsor because of confusion over the wording.
Former Plaquemines Parish Council member Keith Hinkley will face off against current council member and longtime politico Benny Rousselle in a runoff for Plaquemines Parish president.
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins appeared to have secured a fourth term as Acadiana’s representative Tuesday despite a number of Republicans — former Reps. John Breaux, Chris John and Charles Boustany — throwing their support behind political newcomer Holden Hoggatt.
Harahan Mayor Tim Baudier was reelected on Tuesday, defeating Pete Schneckenburger IV with 64% of the vote.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, of Baton Rouge, on Tuesday won his fifth two-year term to the U.S. House of Representatives.
U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow on Tuesday won her first full two-year term to the U.S. House of Representatives.
U.S. Rep. Troy Carter won his first full two-year term to Congress on Tuesday night, according to WWL-TV.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. John N. Kennedy was reelected Tuesday night to a second six-year term.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Scalise, dean of the state’s Republican-dominated congressional delegation, was reelected Tuesday night to his ninth two-year term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Authorities say a 15-year-old boy from another state is responsible for two bomb threats at Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy that led to the closure of a polling location on Tuesday and the evacuation of students and staff on Thursday.
Americans are making choices Tuesday in a key election that will decide whether Republicans end the Democratic Party’s hold on Washington.
The polling place at Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy has been relocated to nearby Audubon Elementary School in Kenner after a bomb threat was called into the location Tuesday, the second in five days, according to parish officials.
GeauxVote, Louisiana's election portal, was operational again Tuesday after the Secretary of State said the site was "experiencing technical difficulties" early Election Day.
Election Day is here. Many Louisiana voters went to the poll during early voting, but many more will show up between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
Two other likely Republican candidates, Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and Treasurer John Schroder, lambasted the decision.
WASHINGTON — All across the nation politicos are scrambling for last minute votes for Tuesday’s midterm elections that will determine which party runs 46 state Legislatures, 36 governorships, and the two chambers of the U.S. Congress.
WASHINGTON — Anxiety is the best description as the nation’s voters approach the Tuesday election that will decide which party controls Congress for the next two years.
In an unprecedented move, the Northshore Business Council is diving into the Nov. 8 St. Tammany Parish School Board elections, hiring a political consultant and sending chronic voters a mailer that points to plummeting school system performance ra…
In unsuspecting PSC race, ad blitzes, grassroots efforts kick into high gear as incumbent challenged
Public Service Commissioner Lambert Boissiere has unleashed an advertising blitz ahead of Tuesday’s election, as he looks to avoid a runoff in the face of stiff opposition from environmental advocates and progressives looking to unseat him.
Louisiana state representative suggests voters should elect him to the Senate, in a hotly contested race in New Orleans, because the seat historically has been held by a Black person.
Early voting numbers in Louisiana show greater enthusiasm among Republican voters, and that’s good news for U.S. Sen. John Kennedy as he seeks to win re-election outright on Tuesday.
Like her hero Lindy Boggs, Julia Letlow picked up the congressional mantle when her husband died.
WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump taped recorded a message on Facebook asking Acadiana to vote for U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins in Tuesday’s congressional midterm elections.
Eddie Rispone, the Republican megadonor who lost a competitive bid to unseat Gov. John Bel Edwards, told party activists Tuesday he’s supporting Attorney General Jeff Landry for governor in 2023, and he wants the party to break with tradition to back a single candidate ahead of the primary.
In November, voters across Louisiana will cast their ballots for U.S. Senate candidates, eight contitutional amendments and a host of other local races.