Normally it is all Mississippi politics here, but we are going to step out and talk about one in Louisiana. LA-06, an R+6.5 district, is the congressional district that contains Baton Rouge. Like MS-01, LA-06 should be a cakewalk for the Republicans. Bush carried LA-06 with 58.9% of the vote in 2004. This is the first of two big opportunities to lay claim to ruby red districts in the supposed "backyard" of the GOP, with of course MS-01 being the other.
Incumbent Richard Baker took a lucrative position with a hedge fun, hence we are having a special election.
Just like MS-01 the Democrat challenger is doing very well. State Rep. Don Cazayoux is a ahead of Republican Woody Jenkins by 9 points according to a new poll just released by SurveyUSA.
LA-06
Cazayoux (D) 50%
Jenkins (R) 41%
Favorability Ratings
Cazayoux +15
Jenkins -13
The special election is in two days, this Saturday, May 3.
Swing State Project Coverage of LA-06
DCCC just dropped another $267,242 in LA-06 bringing the total to over 1.1 million for the district.
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