The first day of filing concluded, and nearly all incumbents who were supposed to qualify did so, although there were a fair number of challengers who filed today as well.
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RSS feed for this sectionJMCEL’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 […]
2011 Elections, September 4 Edition
In our previous installment, we noted that Mississippi has decided on its Democratic nominee for Governor, while in Wisconsin, the two Democrats up for recall survived the recall elections, thus leaving the Wisconsin Senate at 17-16 Republican.
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 […]
2011 Elections, August 29 Edition
In our previous installment, we noted that Democrats only achieved partial success with the attempted recall of six Republican senators. While they did recall two Republicans, one of those was due to personal issues, while the other was merely a case of Democrats mobilizing to defeat an incumbent Republican in a heavily Democratic district – […]
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).
Going Below 50
Recently, it was reported that those registered as Democrats in Louisiana dipped below 50% for the first time since the state started maintaining party registration statistics over five decades ago. This means that of those registered to vote as of August 1, 49.6% are Democrats, 27% are Republicans, and 23% are Independents. If you analyze […]
2011 Elections, August 11 Edition
In our previous installment, we had noted that in California, a special election was held that seemed to reaffirm our belief in the “Obama plunge” (i.e., the drop-off in Democrats’ fortunes relative to the 2008 Presidential election) that has continued to show up in most elections since the fall of 2009. July/August elections
Louisiana 2011 Legislative Analysis – House districts at a glance
Since we have now analyzed all 105 House districts, we’d like to put all those districts in one place for easy access (Senate districts can be accessed here):
Louisiana 2011 Legislative Analysis – House District 70
Incumbent – Franklin Foil (R – Term Limited in 2019) District Map Vote History