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Undeterred Democrats qualify for La. congressional races favoring GOP candidates 

  • Greg LaRose, Elise Plunk

A new congressional district map in Louisiana is expected to further tilt its U.S. House delegation toward Republicans in 2027. But the new political landscape has not discouraged some Democrats from qualifying for races on the Nov. 3 ballot in which they will be considered extreme long shots. 

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Nine Republican primaries, one question: what do GOP voters want from Jefferson City?

  • Jason Hancock

For weeks, The Independent has profiled 11 state Senate primaries on Tuesday’s ballot, including nine Republican contests. In most of these districts, the primary is the whole election. Read together, the GOP primaries look less like nine separate campaigns than nine versions of the same argument: What, exactly, do Republican voters want? Four things will […]