Not such big election night for LA Democrats

While Democrats had a good election night generally, in Louisiana, not so much as elsewhere, which demonstrates the structural problems the party faces. As election day approached, party activists began to get ahead of themselves and dream that their Senate nominee, former Tensas Parish Police Juror Jamie Davis, actually could pull a huge upset by defeating Republican Rep. Julia Letlow. Reality intruded when Letlow won although only by about two percentage points. That created a glass half-empty

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