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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCongrats Louisiana voters
Bye Bye Vitter and Jindal. May this awful period of Louisiana politics be history.
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Congrats Louisiana voters (Original Post)
malaise
Nov 2015
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babylonsister
(171,070 posts)1. Amen! Just read vitter got the boot! YAY! nt
malaise
(269,054 posts)2. He was fugging whipped by 11points
Ex Lurker
(3,814 posts)3. I'm really glad JBE won, but the downticket races were a GOP show
and most of them were two Republicans running against each other. There's a long way to go to turn Louisiana back purple, much less blue. This was mostly about Jindal fatigue and VItter's toxic personality rather than the voters embracing progressive policies.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,640 posts)4. It's great news, my dear malaise!
Just made me so damn happy!
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)5. K & R
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)6. Wonderful news! nt
fleur-de-lisa
(14,627 posts)7. Vitter will not seek reelection to the Senate.
Just announced on New Orleans news station WDSU!
malaise
(269,054 posts)8. Great news indeed
There's a Democratic Governor in the South for the first time in 12 years - this is HUGE!!!
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)9. kick