Posted on 12/11/2016 6:25:03 AM PST by mandaladon
BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana voters chose Saturday to send Republican state Treasurer John Kennedy to the U.S. Senate, filling the nation's last Senate seat and giving the GOP a 52-48 edge in the chamber when the new term begins in January.
Kennedy had always been the runoff election's front-runner in a state that overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump. He defeated Democrat Foster Campbell, a state utility regulator whose chances were seen as such a long-shot that national Democratic organizations offered little assistance to Campbell's campaign.
As he celebrated the victory, Kennedy said he represented change in Washington.
"I believe that our future can be better than our present, but not if we keep going in the direction the Washington insiders have taken us the last eight years," he said. "That's about to change, folks."
Voters also filled two open U.S. House seats Saturday, choosing Republican Clay Higgins, a former sheriff's captain known as the "Cajun John Wayne," in the 3rd District representing southwest and south central Louisiana and Republican state Rep. Mike Johnson in the 4th District covering northwest Louisiana.
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Thanks for posting this.
Vladimir Putin was John Kennedy’s campaign manager. Film at 11.
How did Russia manage to steal the US Senate race in LA?
Inquiring minds would like to know.
Isn’t it strange the journalist didn’t bother to report the margin of victory for the vote?
SO much winnning....
Thank you LA!
Clay Higgins in Congress!
“HOw did Russia manage to steal the US Senate race in LA?”
Easy.
It was a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Vladimir PUtin to see to it that Mr. Trump and his allies win with all the evidence destroyed.
See?
/SARCASM/
IMHO
Fortunately for us the New York Times is translating his acceptance speech to Russian so we can understand it! ;-)
I think I saw a video of Putin dressed in a large trench coat voting in Louisiana...multiple times!!! Is there no justice?
So what is the total Republican count in the (House) now?
I’m sure Trump is taking care when he hires senators as cabinet members etc. making sure their republican governors are going to replace them immediately with conservative replacements.
(One of my 2017 fears)
“Isn’t it strange the journalist didn’t bother to report the margin of victory for the vote?”
Found it in another article. Kennedy schlonged his dem. opponent 64% to 36%.
Thanks to all our coonass brothers and sisters. Winning is AWESOME. Again.
Interesting that Louisiana just elected Kennedy and Johnson.
The LSM will be choking on having to use “Senator Kennedy” for at least the next six years.
Commies trying to affect American Elections.
and both Trump and Pence visited the state to campaign for the seat-—while Hillary was whining about a pizza parlor in DC.
Female interns will be safe with this Senator Kennedy.
I aint no ways tarred of winnin.
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