I’ll have to admit there’s a temptation to do a brutal public analysis of what went wrong on Tuesday, November 3^rd here in Louisiana and nationally. As tempting as this is to do that, I have 2 friends in the field of battle who are running against Democrats for seats in the US Congress at home in Louisiana. Including one of them State Representative Gabe Firment in my own Congressional district, Louisiana CD 5.  This is not the time to forget our values and get so mad that we forget to geaux early vote at some point between November 28^th through December 5^th for the Dec. 12^th election.

I made some comments in my initial prayer guide that Citizens for a New Louisiana ran immediately after November 3^rd about State Representative Gabe Firment (Candidate in Louisiana Congressional District 5) and State Senator Blake Miguez (Candidate in Louisiana Congressional District 6)

I’ve also asked for continuous prayer for State Representative Gabe Firment and State Senator Blake Miguez in the weekly prayer guide which is continuing over at Citizens for a New Louisiana:

I’ve seen a few articles about Senator Miguez here in the Hayride and I kept waiting for someone to do one about the person I voted for in the primary of Louisiana Congressional District 5, The Honorable Gabe Firment. However, let’s be honest sometimes those with roots in rural Louisiana are forgotten about with the big city light bulbs of Baton Rouge and other fancy places. Like some of you reading this I enjoy some of the luxuries you can find in town, but it ain’t home y’all..

Gabe comes from Grant Parish (He got 76% of the vote there) where to my knowledge they still don’t have a stop light. He’s led the fight to protect our kids from big city nonsense while in the Louisiana State Legislature including getting an override of a veto from then Democrat Governor John Bel Edwards:

He has continually been pro-business in a state that still needs a lot more business. One of the better examples of this is earlier this year where he was rated an All-Star by Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.:

The Results of Pro-Growth Leadership: LABI Releases Annual Legislative Scorecard

He’s been staunchly pro-life which is reflected in his 100% rating from Louisiana Right to Life.

I’m glad to see our Republicans in the US House delegation that have been re-elected to the US House (US House Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Congressman Clay Higgins) have rallied behind him and publicly endorsed him. I have no doubt the others in the federal Republican delegation are behind him as well even though statements may not be public.

I don’t know Gabe’s Democrat opponent very well, but when you get an F from the National Rifle Association like she did in our part of the world that means you don’t honor them with a job promotion.

I know there are also plenty of other parts of the state that have local run-offs (Examples the Carencro and Shreveport Mayor Race) where I know the Republican candidate would appreciate your vote. Let me be hones the party and its candidates aren’t perfect, but I’ll take our imperfections any day over some of the garbage we are about to see coming from Congressional Democrats.  A final reflection to our friends especially in the big cities (Monroe) don’t forget to help Gabe however you can. He’d appreciate any prayers, calls to relatives and friends in CD 5 to remind folks to vote and financial support you can give before December 12^th.

We’d appreciate y’all’s help to “Win the Day” on December 12^th!