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Runoff expected
Reuters via yahoo news ^ | 10/24/2015 | Andy Grimm

Posted on 10/24/2015 12:03:59 PM PDT by spintreebob

Louisiana voters headed to the polls on Saturday to choose a successor to Governor Bobby Jindal, but experts and surveys suggest the race may go to a runoff after a faltering campaign by early favorite, Republican U.S. Senator David Vitter.

The contest, dubbed a "jungle primary"......little interest from the electorate....Light early-voting numbers have led most pollsters to forecast low overall turnout,

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bobbyjindal; davidvitter; election; election2016; frontrunner; louisiana; lowturnout; primary
Local elections across the nation this November. From Governor to city councilman. This is practice season for those teams who want to win in 2016.

The voters who actually turnout decide who wins. The candidate who has an effective GOTV decides who wins.

How many Trump, Carson, Cruz, Rubio, Jeb supporters are out right now developing their team and their team's skills necessary to win?

If a candidate's voters don't vote in 2015, why should they be taken seriously in 2016?

1 posted on 10/24/2015 12:03:59 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: spintreebob

I predict that Louisiana will go for Senator Cruz———time will tell, I suppose.


2 posted on 10/24/2015 12:12:54 PM PDT by basil ( God bless the USA!)
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To: basil
I predict that Louisiana will go for Senator Cruz———time will tell, I suppose.

I don't think Cruz WANTS to be governor of Louisiana.
3 posted on 10/24/2015 12:20:29 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: basil

I’m getting a lot of runoff in my front yard right now.


4 posted on 10/24/2015 12:27:26 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Dr. Sivana

LOL!

Caught me skimming again—I was think of the Presidential election, not the governor.


5 posted on 10/24/2015 12:35:06 PM PDT by basil ( God bless the USA!)
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To: spintreebob

Runoff expected.....

Be ready for the EPA, they’ll cock it up somehow....


6 posted on 10/24/2015 12:35:34 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: spintreebob

Wasn’t Vitter caught using the services of a whorehouse a few years ago? And he got re-elected after that?


7 posted on 10/24/2015 12:56:00 PM PDT by seacapn
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To: seacapn

No they just talked. According to Vitter. :-)


8 posted on 10/24/2015 1:00:31 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: spintreebob

If Vitter is elected, he gets to name his own successor.


9 posted on 10/24/2015 1:15:58 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: seacapn

Yes, Senator Vitter was exposed as being a client of the “D.C. Madam” in 2007 and he was reelected in 2010.


10 posted on 10/24/2015 1:31:34 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
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