Editor’s Note: A press release from the Louisiana Freedom Caucus PAC

BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Freedom Caucus PAC (LAFCPAC) announced the endorsements of two candidates for House seats in Louisiana’s upcoming primary elections October 14. It’s the second set of LAFCPAC endorsements, and a supplement to the 37 endorsements the PAC made in House and Senate on August 30. Another set to come in advance of the November 18 general elections.

The Louisiana Freedom Caucus PAC is an organization created to support the Louisiana Freedom Caucus, a new entity devoted to conservative principles and their application in the state legislature. Its endorsements are aimed at providing a slate of qualified conservative candidates that the Louisiana Freedom Caucus could consider for membership in the next legislative cycle, so that the Freedom Caucus might become the most powerful bloc of legislators in both houses at the State Capitol.

Both of the new endorsees are challengers running against Republican incumbents.

Timothy Kerner, Jr., is running in Senate District 8 against incumbent Patrick Connick. Charles Marsala is running in House District 94 against incumbent Stephanie Hilferty.

Louisiana Freedom Caucus secretary/treasurer Beryl Amedee explained that electing Marsala and Kerner would greatly improve the chances of moving the state forward next year.

“The stage is set. We have an unprecedented opportunity to turn Louisiana into a leader among states–an economic driver, an energy powerhouse, and a place where families can flourish once again! But in order to accomplish these things, it’s vital that we elect legislators who hold firmly to core conservative principles. If we keep electing and re-electing RINOs, nothing will change. I hope November brings us more Freedom Caucus members.”

LAFCPAC board member Barry Hugghins said Marsala and Kerner offer a clear choice for the voters of House District 94 and Senate District 8, respectively.

“Both candidates, in our interviews with them, agreed on bringing back party primaries, eliminating the state income tax and maximizing the amount of parental choice in education,” he said. “They’re not get-along, go-along status quo politicians and you have to have people willing to support real change if this state is going to catch up to Texas and our other neighbors.”

LAFCPAC board member Derek Babcock, who is also the Secretary of the Republican Party of Louisiana, touted both candidates as offering a fresh conservative perspective and a departure from the failed status quo formula at the state legislature.

“We’ve spent this cycle looking for candidates who want to do more than just enjoy being members of the Legislature,” he said. “We’ve been fortunate to find more of them than we expected. Charles and Tim fit that mold, and we’re very proud to endorse them.”

LAFCPAC used several criteria as the basis for its endorsements, but where incumbents were concerned only the 19 members of the House of Representatives who voted against breaking the constitutional spending caps in this past regular legislative session were eligible for endorsement. All other current members of the Louisiana legislature were ineligible based on that bright-line test, which had been signaled by both the PAC and the Freedom Caucus during the session.

In the case of Connick and Hilferty, their voting records and actions at the Louisiana legislature made them particularly unsuitable for continued service, according to LAFCPAC chairman Scott McKay.

“We’ve watched, particularly over the last eight years, certain so-called Republican legislators who cozied up to John Bel Edwards and the Democrat Party,” said McKay. “Two of the most egregious examples have been Pat Connick in the Senate and Stephanie Hilferty in the House.

“Connick eliminated whatever doubt there might have been about his subservience to the Edwards regime earlier this year when he sat out a veto override session which, among other things, resulted in a ban on pediatric sex changes and chemical castration drugs given to children.

“Meanwhile, Hilferty can’t seem to find a left-wing aggression she disagrees with; it’s so bad that when Rep. Ray Garofalo tried to stop Critical Race Theory being used to indoctrinate public school students in Louisiana, she attacked him in a committee hearing and accused him of defending slavery.

“Both are RINOs who pretend to stand with Republicans, and this fraudulent conduct can’t be tolerated. We’d be much better off without either.”

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For more information, visit LAFreedomCaucusPAC.org.