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<p>Posted on November 30, 2002 U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., visited Pecanland Mall in Monroe on Friday to shop with family and talk to voters about her proposed tax cut plans.</p> <p>Landrieu, who was in Monroe to visit with family for the Thanksgiving holidays, said she took the opportunity to catch up on some holiday shopping and to greet northeastern Louisiana voters.</p>

McCrery throws support behind Terrell's election Don Walker / Staff Writer Posted on November 28, 2002 U.S. Congressman Jim McCrery, R-Fourth District, pitched his support behind GOP Senate hopeful Suzanne Haik Terrell on Wednesday with a "whole-hearted" endorsement and a big "Duh!" "We have a Republican president, a Republican House and a Republican Senate. Duh!" said McCrery on why Louisiana needs Republican representation in the Senate. "It's a no-brainer for the state. We already have one good Democratic senator in John Breaux. It would be smart for Louisiana to add a Republican senator. That way we can work both sides...

Absentee voting for Dec. 7 runoff is brisk Larry Burton / The Times Posted on November 28, 2002 Louisiana's U.S. Senate election isn't until Dec. 7 but a slew of people aren't waiting until then to vote. Registrars of voters across the state say absentee voting has been brisk this week. The lines at parish registrars' offices in Caddo and Bossier have occasionally spilled out the doors. Some people are voting early so they can go hunting on election day, some registrars report. Another reason: Some voters hope to attend a possible LSU championship football game on Dec. 7, according...

Bush to visit Shreveport GOP hopes president''s La. stops push Terrell to Dec. 7 victory Don Walker / Staff Writer Posted on November 26, 2002 President George W. Bush will work to pad his party's one-vote lead in the U.S. Senate next week in Shreveport, drawing on his new political stature as a successful campaign closer to rally support for Republican hopeful Suzanne Haik Terrell. Terrell faces Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu in the Dec. 7 runoff election. It will mark the president's first visit to Northwest Louisiana since Sept. 11, 2001, when he denounced the East Coast terrorist attacks in...

Breaux, Landrieu tour Camp Minden; announce large grant awarded to Valentec Josh Beavers Managing Editor NEAR MINDEN - The 100 students of the Youth Challenge Program at Camp Minden received an unexpected yet pleasant surprise early Saturday morning when Louisiana's two U.S. senators dropped by to check on the camp's progress and give a report on future funding from the federal government. The visit was part of a north Louisiana blitz by Sen. Mary Landrieu and Sen. John Breaux before Landrieu's Dec. 7 runoff against challenger Suzanne Haik Terrell. The two senators spoke in Monroe, Shreveport and Lincoln Parish before...

Senate candidates jab during local debate Lisa Roland-Faust Posted on November 22, 2002 The two candidates battling for U.S. Senate spent much of an hourlong debate designed to focus on Northwest Louisiana issues bickering, a tone that has dominated the runoff since it began Nov. 6. U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu and state Elections Commissioner Suzanne Haik Terrell faced off in the forum broadcast live by KTBS Channel 3 and were peppered with questions on issues ranging from prescription drug care to support for B-52 bombers. Both women spent much of their answer time taking verbal jabs at one another with...

Race pits Mary-come-lately ideas vs. Suzanne Terrell's bad buy Dan Turner Posted on November 21, 2002 She was an odds-on favorite to win in the first balloting until she began a precipitous fall about 10 days before the primary. Apparently feeling the heat generated by her campaign's downward slide, Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu now says she wants to offer a $100 billion payroll tax cut. Landrieu's pitch works like this: With the first $10,000 of a worker's salary exempt from the payroll tax, a single wage earner would accumulate a $765 tax break during a year; for a...

Cheney visits LA to aid candidates Terrell, Fletcher campaigns gain financial support Mike Hasten Posted on November 19, 2002 LAFAYETTE - With the help of Vice President Dick Cheney and Gov. Mike Foster, Republican senatorial contender Suzanne Haik Terrell picked up about a quarter-million dollars at a rally here Monday to finance her runoff campaign. Terrell hopes to unseat incumbent Sen. Mary Landrieu, a Democrat, in the Dec. 7 runoff, and Cheney swept through Louisiana on Monday to lend support to Terrell and to 5th Congressional District candidate Lee Fletcher, R-Monroe. Cheney's first stop, earlier Monday, was in Monroe. Republican...

Runoff tab could hit $4 million Kym Klass / The Times Posted on November 18, 2002 Pushing Louisiana's U.S. Senate runoff to a December date could cost taxpayers as much as $4 million. The good news for local government is that because this is a federal election, the state is picking up the entire tab for staffing polling places and hauling around machines. That timing is not particularly good for the state, as the administration is cutting expenses and eyeing emergency funds to offset an $86 million deficit. Louisiana is under a federal court order to hold its U.S. Senate...

U.S. Senate candidates differ on abortion issue Dennis Camire / Times Washington Bureau Posted on November 18, 2002 WASHINGTON - Incumbent Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana said Sunday she supports abortion rights, but with some limits, while her Republican challenger in the state's Senate runoff election, Suzanne Haik Terrell, said she would ban all abortions - with no exception for the life or health of the woman. The two met on NBC's Meet the Press as they searched for voters in advance of the Dec. 7 runoff election. The runoff is needed because none of the nine candidates in...

U.S. Senate candidates talk about their positions Voters yet to focus on specific policy issues Dennis Camire / Times Washington Bureau Posted on November 17, 2002 No particular policy issue - such as national security or education - has surfaced in the U.S. Senate runoff between Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu and GOP challenger Suzanne Haik Terrell as a driving force to get Louisiana voters to the polls Dec. 7, according to political observers. So far, the talk about the race in the media, among political observers and by former candidates and political leaders has focused on the personalities of the...

Runoff races are bringing money to Louisiana The Associated Press Posted on November 14, 2002 Louisiana's two runoffs - one for U.S. Senate, the other for the 5th Congressional District - aren't just bringing national politicians to the state, they're also bringing money. "It's the same kind of economic development as tourism," said Bob Eisenstadt, an economist at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. "Money is flowing into the state, and a lot of those dollars are imported. That's the best kind because it's new money injected into the economy." U.S. Sen. John Breaux, a Democrat, predicted that as much...

Officials planning Cheney visit Chuck Cannon Posted on November 13, 2002 Plans were still in the works Tuesday on the details surrounding Vice President Dick Cheney's proposed visit to Monroe on Monday. "We're still working on the details," said Dan Allen, a spokesman with the National Republican Senatorial Com-mittee. "It will probably be the end of the week before we have the details lined out." State Rep. Kay Kellogg Katz said Monroe residents are excited about Cheney's proposed visit. "We are extremely pleased that the vice president is coming to Monroe," Katz said. "I think it will be enough to...

La. voters face four more weeks of adversarial campaign Teddy Allen Posted on November 7, 2002 The familiar cry of "Four more years!" has become "Not four more weeks?!" as political ad-inundated voters beg for mercy. The runoff campaign between Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu and Republican state Elections Commissioner Suzanne Haik Terrell won't end until Dec. 7. Though Republican control of the Senate is assured, "everybody's going to kill to get this other seat," said political analyst Elliot Stonecipher. U.S. Sen. John Breaux predicts $15 million could be spent on the runoff race. "I hear this a lot from...

Landrieu vs. Terrell Louisiana voters to make final decision in Dec. 7 runoff; balance of power in U.S. Senate remains uncertain John Hill / Louisiana Gannett News Posted on November 6, 2002 BATON ROUGE - Sounding themes likely to be heard in their runoff campaigns, Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu and Republican state Elections Commissioner Suzanne Haik Terrell greeted supporters ready for one last month of campaigning. Landrieu spoke from her election night party at the Fairmont Hotel in New Orleans shortly after 10 p.m. when she acknowledged Louisiana's U.S Senate race appeared headed to a runoff. Terrell, appearing from...

CLICK TO SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Thursday, March 28, 2002 FILE PHOTO / MAY 2001 The USS Hoga, involved in the Pearl Harbor attack, now sits rusting in San Francisco. Navy offers key WWII tugboat to isles A plan to preserve the USS Hoga must be devised by June 13 By Burl Burlingamebburlingame@starbulletin.com The U.S. Navy has given Hawaii until mid-June to approve a plan for preserving the Pearl Harbor attack veteran USS Hoga, otherwise the tugboat will go to other bidders in Arkansas or Florida or be scrapped. Museum officials and historians met yesterday at the USS Bowfin submarine...