ALEXANDER RE-ELECTION BID OK'D BY APPEALS COURT By BRETT TROXLER btroxler@wbrz.com 2theadvocate.com staff From a report by WBRZ's Marvin McGraw A state appeals court ruled Monday afternoon that U.S. Congressman Rodney Alexander could run for re-election as a Republican in the upcoming Nov. 2 election. The Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal also said no new candidates will be allowed to join the race against him. Alexander originally filed to run for re-election in the 5th Congressional District as a Democrat on Aug. 4. Two days later he filed again as a Republican, just minutes before the deadline came to...