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IN LAST CYCLE, JOHN BEL EDWARDS RAISED THE MOST MONEY
John Bel Edwards has been on a tear lately. Yesterday, two new polls showed him way ahead of David Vitter in a potential run-off election. Today, we learned that Edwards narrowly raised more money than David Vitter during the last cycle, hauling in $841,974 in cash and in-kind contributions.
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ONE BATON ROUGE LAW FIRM TO SPEND $1M AGAINST VITTER
Campaign finance reports were due yesterday, which means we finally know who is behind the "shady" (according to The Advocate) organization, the Louisiana Water Coalition PAC. Who is it? One Baton Rouge law firm.
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DERRICK SHEPHERD IS A FELON, CANNOT RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE
Former state representative Derrick Shepherd cannot run for public office because he is a convicted felon, ruled an appeals court. Shepherd believes the law is unconstitutional, and he may be right. But the court did not rule on the constitutionality.
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LSU OUSTING OPERATORS OF HOSPITALS IN SHREVEPORT AND MONROE
Bobby Jindal's privatization plans aren't working out so well.
Friday's blogs from the bog for Sept. 25, 2015
John Bel Edwards has been having a very good week.