SINCE the morning of November 9th, Americans have known who would occupy 99 of the 100 seats in the Senate when the 115th Congress is seated in January. The only wild card left is in Louisiana. The state’s unusual system features a “jungle primary”—in which candidates from all parties square off in a sort of mad steeplechase—on November 8th. Assuming no one gets 50% or more of the vote, the two top finishers then meet a month later, when few voters are usually paying attention.
The December 10th run-off might have had high stakes had Democrats captured two more Senate seats in November. But with Republicans already assured of at least a 51-49 majority in the upper chamber, the drama will be muted. Given Louisiana’s deep-red leanings—Hillary Clinton captured just 38% of the vote in the state—it is difficult to picture a happy outcome for Foster Campbell, a Democrat, over John Kennedy. In the jungle primary, Mr Kennedy took 25% of the vote to Mr Campbell’s 17%. It wasn’t a runaway, but Republicans taken together outpolled Democrats by a nearly 2-1 ratio.
What is interesting about the race this year is the way in which Mr Campbell is setting...Continue reading
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