Louisiana voters have chosen Republican state Treasurer John Kennedy to fill the state’s open U.S. Senate seat, giving the GOP a 52-48 edge in the chamber.
Saturday’s election settled the nation’s last Senate seat for the term beginning in January. Kennedy was the front-runner the entire time.
He defeated Democrat Foster Campbell, a state utility regulator whose chances were seen as such a long-shot that national Democratic organizations offered little assistance to Campbell’s campaign.
The victory was a long-sought one for Kennedy, an Oxford-educated lawyer in his fifth term as treasurer. Kennedy had tried unsuccessfully twice before to win a U.S. Senate seat, running first in 2004 as a Democrat and the most recent two times as a Republican.
The seat is open because Republican David Vitter didn’t seek re-election.
What the hell is wrong with Louisiana? They’ve got great people, full of heart and soul but why can’t they find any politicians that aren’t crazy, on the take, or both?
Louisiana is fucked .
He’s dumber than Johnson, I hear.
Pretty amazing. They’ve had a month to watch Trump assemble his weapon of mass destruction and they still voted for more.
Louisiana is a very poor state. They are about to get a lot poorer.