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<p>BATON ROUGE - Democrats complained Thursday that Republicans were attempting to suppress black voter turnout in Saturday's election through a radio ad that purported to be from a group of District of Columbia school parents.</p> <p>The ad, featuring a black woman, asks Louisiana voters "to say no to the Democrats," specifically saying U. S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-New Orleans, is opposed to vouchers to allow D.C. parents to use public funds to send their children to private schools.</p>

Blanco, Jindal prepare for Nov. 15 runoff Staff Report Press-Herald Everybody loves a winner, as Bobby Jindal is now discovering. Phone calls have been flooding Jindal's campaign headquarters here, ever since the Republican won a third of the vote Saturday in Louisiana's governor's race. The leader in a field of 17 candidates, he is in a Nov. 15 runoff against Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco, who finished second with 18 percent. Jindal's phone has been "ringing off the hook," spokesman and Minden native Trey Williams said Tuesday. Businessmen, legislators, citizens, Republicans as well as Democrats - many are finding, suddenly, that...