Archive for 'Baton Rouge'

JMCEL’s Guide to football/election season

One of the biggest mistakes a candidate can make is to be unaware of external events that may distract voters from the candidate’s attempt to reach them. One of those external events is football season. Therefore, we have examined the football schedules of the New Orleans Saints, LSU, and Southern, so that we can see how those events may conflict with “election season.”

The election/political schedule can be accessed here.

It’s (2011) Election Season in Louisiana !

Once Labor Day is over, candidate qualifying begins Tuesday morning, and continues until 5PM Thursday afternoon. Up for election this fall are all (1) all statewide elected officials (Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, etc.), (2) all 144 legislative seats, (3) the state education board (also known as BESE), and (5) local and parish wide races, although three parishes (Avoyelles, Concordia, and E Feliciana) will not be having police jury elections this fall, since their new district lines were not approved in time by the Justice Department. [...]

JMCEL’s “Pulse of Louisiana” Poll, August 21 edition

This is the third “Pulse of Louisiana” poll we have conducted. In the first poll, we measured the re-elect numbers for President Obama and Senator Landrieu, and we also looked at how her healthcare reform vote has affected her re-elect numbers (the results of that poll are here). [...]

Louisiana 2011 Legislative Analysis – House District 70

Incumbent – Franklin Foil (R – Term Limited in 2019)

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House District 70

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Louisiana 2011 Legislative Analysis – House District 68

Incumbent – Steve Carter (R – Term Limited in 2019)

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House District 68

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Louisiana 2011 Legislative Analysis – House District 58

Open Seat (Incumbent is Elton Aubert (D))

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House District 58

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Louisiana 2011 Legislative Analysis – House District 88

Open Seat (Incumbent is “Mert” Smiley (R))

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House District 88

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Louisiana 2011 Legislative Analysis – House District 29

Incumbent – Regina Barrow (D – Term Limited in 2015)

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House District 29

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Louisiana 2011 Legislative Analysis – House District 71

Incumbent – J. Rogers Pope (R – Term Limited in 2019)

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House District 71

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Louisiana 2011 Legislative Analysis – House District 63

Incumbent – Dalton Honore (D – Term Limited In 2023)

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House District 63

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