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Last night, both Louisiana and West Virginia conducted their Congressional primaries. Though the Louisiana Congressional primary was a very low turnout affair (7% overall turnout, with 13% on the GOP side and 5% on the Democratic/Independent side), there are several items which are worth mentioning:

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Tomorrow is Election Day in Louisiana. On the ballot will be the party primaries for its Congressional races. All forms of early and absentee voting have concluded. We kept track of the early voting numbers (with special thanks to the Secretary of State’s office), and what we noticed so far was as follows:

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Primaries were held last night in Alaska, Arizona, Florida, and Vermont. Overall, primary voters sent mixed messages as to whether they prefer the safety of “establishment” candidates or the risk of insurgent candidates who may or may not have personal baggage.

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Louisiana’s Congressional primaries are now less than a week away. Early voting for the Congressional primaries has concluded, although mail in/faxed ballots will still be accepted up until Friday. We are keeping track of the early voting numbers, and what we’ve noticed so far is as follows:

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Louisiana’s Congressional primaries are now a little over a week away. Early voting for the Congressional primaries started this past Saturday and will conclude this Saturday at 6PM. We are keeping track of the early voting numbers, and what we’ve noticed so far is as follows:

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Election season in Louisiana is upon us now. Early voting for the Congressional primaries started yesterday and will continue until Saturday, August 21. From examining early voting statistics provided to us by the Secretary of State, there are several things we noticed:

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This piece originally ran in the Washington Examiner… In his May 22 weekly address, President Obama announced the creation of a National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, “tasked with providing recommendations on how we can prevent – and mitigate the impact of – any future spills that result from offshore [...]

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This afternoon, as the House began preparations for a vote on the job-killing CLEAR Act, which the Congressional Budget Office incidentally estimates will bring about some $14 billion in litigation costs, dramatics ensued when Louisiana’s lone House Democrat put forth an amendment purporting to lift the deepwater moratorium that the rest of the delegation strenuously [...]

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This piece originally ran at TheHill.com… Two man-made disasters have hit the Gulf Coast: the BP oil spill and the President’s moratorium on energy production.  A third disaster is scheduled for a vote in the House today. Two hundred twenty-six days before the Deepwater Horizon rig collapsed, the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources (CLEAR) [...]

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Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-Baton Rouge) took to the airwaves this morning, appearing with Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) on CNBC to talk about the CLEAR Act, which goes to a House vote today. Cassidy’s got a lot of facts. Pallone? Watch it and decide if this guy knows anything other than how to pile up that [...]

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