Well, the district does include LaSalle Parish and some of those other Dixiecrat parishes that, after voting overwhelmingly for Bush over Gore, voted overwhelmingly for the Democrat Blanco over Jindal in the 2003 gubernatorial runoff because Jindal was too dark-skinned for their taste ....
And the CD is, what, 25% black? With Cleo Fields and others telling black voters to cast their ballots for the reparations-promising McAllister, that gave him a good base of voters with which to begin.
Is it too early to start a petition for Elbert Guillory to run in the LA-05 next year?
Stupid jungle primary, why the hell did they ever reinstate it? Riser placed first by a wide margin when democrats were voting for their own candidates in the first round. It’s a shame enough of the “anyone who says they are Tea Party is my guy!” crowd joined with the democrats in this election.