Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) survived election night and will advance to a long-anticipated runoff election in Louisiana on Dec. 6.
NBC News and ABC News projected Tuesday night that she would face Republican Bill Cassidy, with the two are poised to come in first and second in Louisiana’s “jungle primary” and neither clearing the 50 percent threshold. With some 3 percent of the vote reported, Cassidy led with 44 percent, while Landrieu had 41 percent and Republican Rob Maness with 11 percent.
The road ahead is very difficult for Landrieu.
She has consistently trailed Cassidy in head-to-head polling, by as much as 8 points. Along with the fact that Louisiana is one of the most conservative states in the country, Democratic turnout is expected to be low in this year.
FiveThirtyEight gives Cassidy an 81 percent chance of victory, while the New York Times gives him an 85 percent chance.
