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Landry Pulls State Party Endorsement In 3rd District Race

Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by macaoidh

From a release this afternoon by the Louisiana Republican Party, Jeff Landry has secured the state party endorsement over Hunt Downer in the runoff election Oct. 2 for the GOP nomination in the 3rd Congressional District race: “The Republican Party of Louisiana urges Republicans in the Third Congressional District to unite behind the candidacy of Jeff [...]

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Vitter Jumps On Melancon-Tea Party Debate Screwup

Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by macaoidh

We could have predicted this in our sleep, but when Democrat Senate candidate Charlie Melancon made the mistake of calling for five debates with incumbent Republican David Vitter but refusing to take part in any sponsored by Tea Party groups he opened up a can of worms Vitter has now happily poured all over him. [...]

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Dardenne Hits A Million Bucks In Lt. Gov. Race Fundraising

Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by macaoidh

Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne appears more and more like an easy winner in this fall’s special election for Lieutenant Governor, a race initiated when Mitch Landrieu left the position to successfully run for mayor of New Orleans. Dardenne’s campaign reported today that they’ve raised just over $1 million in total contributions for the [...]

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Landry Snags Endorsement From Parish GOP Exec Committees, Downer Slams Tea Party Group

Posted on September 1st, 2010 by macaoidh

Nine of the 13 Republican Parish Executive Committees from the 3rd Congressional District unanimously reaffirmed their previous endorsements at a special joint meeting in Thibodaux last night, according to a release by the group and the Landry campaign. The committees, representing  the parish Republican Party organizations in Ascension, St. James, Assumption, St. John, Iberia, St. Martin, Lafourche, St. Mary [...]

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Rasmussen: Vitter Commands Massive Lead On Melancon

Posted on September 1st, 2010 by macaoidh

A Rasmussen Reports poll done two days ago has Sen. David Vitter sitting atop a burgeoning 54-33 lead over Democrat challenger Charlie Melancon in the coming election for the former’s U.S. Senate seat. Rasmussen’s poll surveyed 500 likely voters on Aug. 30.

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Melancon Refuses To Participate In Tea Party Debates

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by macaoidh

In the Times-Picayune today is an article on the Melancon campaign’s call for five televised debates with incumbent Republican David Vitter in advance of the Nov. 2 general election for the Senate seat Vitter currently holds. But Melancon offers a curious quote toward the end of the article.

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Tea Party Of Louisiana Endorses Landry In 3rd District Race

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by macaoidh

The Tea Party of Louisiana has now come out in favor of Jeff Landry over Hunt Downer in the Republican runoff for Louisiana’s 3rd Congressional District. The winner of the Oct. 2 election will take on Democrat Ravi Sangisetty on Nov. 2.

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Another Call For Downer To Quit

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by Christopher Gary

On Monday, August 30th’s Moon Griffon program, the conservative talk show host shared his thoughts on the 3rd Congressional District run-off race between Jeff Landry and Hunt Downer. Popular consensus in the area is in agreement with the statement made by Griffon, which is that Downer needs to step aside in this race and allow [...]

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Louisiana Primary Results – what do they mean for November ?

Posted on August 29th, 2010 by JMC Enterprises

When we discussed the election results, we briefly examined the vote that David Vitter and Charlie Melancon received overall and in each parish. There are a couple more things we wanted to mention regarding Vitter and Melancon’s performance:

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Downer Can’t Win, And He Needs To Get Out

Posted on August 29th, 2010 by macaoidh

In the aftermath of last night’s 3rd District GOP congressional primary, one thing is very clear. Hunt Downer can’t win.

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