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<p>BATON ROUGE - Republican gubernatorial candidate Bobby Jindal's lead over rival Democrat Kathleen Blanco narrowed to eight points Friday, down from 11 points the day before in tracking polling.</p> <p>"This race is getting closer," said Verne Kennedy of Market Research Insight. "The race is definitely winnable by either Jindal or Blanco."</p>

Results by Parish will be available later this evening Governor Alan Allgood - Patrick Henry "Dat" Barthel - Kathleen Babineaux Blanco - Quentin R. Brown, Jr. - "Hunt" Downer - J. D. "Boudreaux" Estilette - Randy Ewing - Richard Ieyoub - "Bobby" Jindal - J. E. Jumonville, Jr. - Patrick "Live Wire" Landry - Claude "Buddy" Leach - Edward "Eddie" Mangin - Richard McCoy - Fred Robertson - John M. "Doc" Simoneaux, Jr. - "Mike" Stagg - Lieutenant Governor J. F. "Rick" Ankesheiln - Kirt Bennett - Clyde C. Holloway - "Mitch" Landrieu - Karl E. Schorr - Melinda Schwegmann...

<p>BATON ROUGE - Republican Bobby Jindal, R-Baton Rouge, increases his lead, and there's a statistical tie for second place between Democrats Kathleen Blanco of Lafayette and Richard Ieyoub of Lake Charles in the Louisiana gubernatorial race, according to The Times/Louisiana Gannett poll.</p>

<p>Absentee voting slowed statewide for a while Thursday when the St. Landry Parish registrar of voters ran a program to check if precincts are registered correctly.</p> <p>The state computer used to verify registration and tell registrars of voters which precinct ballots to hand to absentee voters mysteriously became bogged down for about 45 minutes, state Assistant Elections Commissioner Pat Bergeron said. State computer experts checked the system when two registrars called to find out why it was taking two minutes instead of a few seconds for the computer to issue the information.</p>

State Elections Commissioner Suzie Terrell and state Representative Tony Perkins, both failed Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate last year, will seek statewide office in this fall's elections. Terrell, who lost 52 to 48 percent to U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, says she will run for attorney general. Currently, Richard Ieyoub (D) holds the positon, but is running for governor. Terrell is a mixed big, with high name recognition and access to top GOP fundraisers, but the negative tone of last year's Senate race will likely have taken its toll on her. The only other candidate in the race is Orleans...

  On clinton's missus' war oscillations... by Mia T, 3.5.03     My sympathies go out to those unfortunate political reporters whose beat is Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. Her toing and froing on pest removal in Baghdad must be maddening. Last October she voted for the resolution authorizing war with Iraq. In a January press conference she was telling reporters that the President "still has to make his case to the American people with respect to any action that might be taken." At the same time she said "I also believe that we should give the inspections time to...

<p>The Vatican told Catholic politicians Thursday that they should adhere to the church's positions on abortion, euthanasia, same-sex marriage and other issues in making public policy, striking a chord that also was played during Louisiana's recent runoff for U.S. Senate.</p>

The conservative weekly "Human Events" reported in its Dec. 16 edition that LA Republican senatorial nominee Suzanne Terrell took a nap on the day of her general election against Democrat Mary Landrieu. While Terrell napped on Dec. 7, Landrieu "was shaking hands at McDonalds," HE reported. Moreover, the Landrieu campaigner, Donna Brazile, was in the process of organizing her turnout of black voters. Records indicate that black turnout actually INCREASED on Dec. 7, compared to Nov. 5, in LA, whereas white turnout DECLINED. HE reported that "many black ministers worked hard to turn out black voters, not an easy job...

Melanie Hunter, the Deputy Managing Editor of CNSNews.com reports that in a letter addressed to Steven Miller, director of Exempt Organization of the IRS, political activist Rick Sellers charges that more than 300 churches took part in partisan political activity in Louisiana. These churches, Sellers charges, assisted Senator Mary Landrieu in her recent attempt to defeat Republican candidate Suzanne Terrell. “I would like to bring to your attention IRS illegal activity in Louisiana during the recent United States runoff by more than 300 churches in support of Senator Mary Landrieu’s campaign,” he wrote. Sellers attached three newspaper articles from the...

In the GOP’s quest to upset incumbent Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu, the Republican Party might have hurt Suzanne Terrell's chances, political analysts said on Monday. Frank Ransburg, a political historian from Southern University, conversed with Louisiana State University political science professor Wayne Parent in Baton Rouge about the effect of having too many "big guns" coming to Louisiana on behalf of Terrell. The Terrell campaign pulled in Vice-President Dick Cheney, Senator J.C. Watts of Oklahoma and Mississippi Senator Trent Lott, the anticipated Senate majority leader. Even President George W. Bush, as well as former President George H. W. Bush, made...

Terrell mum about political plans John Hill / Louisiana Gannett News Posted on December 12, 2002 BATON ROUGE - State Elections Commissioner Suz-anne Haik Terrell is concentrating this week on putting together her family's Christmas celebration and trying not to think much about politics. But Terrell, who came from nowhere to nearly defeat incumbent U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu in Saturday's election, has not ruled out running for governor in 2003. In an exclusive interview Wednesday, Terrell said it's too early to decide about her political future. "I am not making any decisions at all," she said, responding to the widespread...

I was in my car this evening and happened to catch a part of the Tom Marr Show on WOR in NYC. Marr asserted that Louisiana is arguably the most anti-abortion State in the nation. It certainly has a large Black population, and Marr also asserted that Blacks are more anti-abortion, except when it comes to incest, than the population at large. Marr was angry. He wanted to know why Ambassador Alan Keyes wasn't down there campaigning for Terrell. Marr said he had spoken to Amabassador Keyes as recently as last night. And Marr seemed to know the reason that...

When Republicans woke up on November 6, they were overcome with the joy of knowing that their party had once again captured the US Senate. They had lost the Senate 16 months earlier when RINO (Republican in name only) Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont decided to abandon the Republican Party and cut a deal with Tom Daschle. Election day gave Republicans a 51-seat majority and a chance to move their agenda through the US Senate. I have noticed that many Republicans delight in the assumption that they will control the Senate for the next 2 years. I'm not that optimistic....

I often find radio show host Neal Boortz a pleasure to listen to. He proclaims himself a Libertarian, but even while I'm not an LP member (I'm "UNA," actually) he usually spends most of his show time railing against socialism and other tyranny abroad and in favor of capitalism and smaller government. Neal continually employs what I reckon to be good logic and intelligent arguments when dealing with most issues. However, today on his website's news section, Neal had me shaking my head in disbelief after reading a section where he praised Suzanne Terrell's defeat to Mary Landrieu last week....

<p>BATON ROUGE -- Within moments of U.S. Senate candidate Suzanne Haik Terrell conceding defeat to Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu Saturday night, state Republican Party members were quick to affix blame for the loss on several factors.</p> <p>From too much outside interference from Washington to not enough effort by Gov. Mike Foster and U.S. Rep. John Cooksey and failure to have a strong Republican in the 5th Congressional District race, theories abound.</p>

Here are my thoughts on where a state that carries Bush by 10% can't throw out a left wing Senator. 1. The Terrell campaign. I think Terrell was the best candidate to defeat Landrieu. However, I think her campaign was run extremely poorly. Her campaign manager should be shot for losing this election (more on this below). 2. The campaign. The negative ads should have stopped the day Bush stomped for Terrell. Louisianians are a funny bunch, they don't like outsiders dictating their politics. The Republicans attacked Landrieu for being a "Washington insider" but towards the end, many people I...

Okay Louisiana Freepers, we were beaten tonight in both races. However, we have state elections coming up next year. The Governorship, all cabinet offices, and most if not all the legislature are up next year. We need to help develop a strategy to hold the Governorship, take a majority of the cabinet offices, decrease the Rat majority in the State House, and possibly take the State Senate. The first thing we need to do is stop battling among ourselves and stop allowing traitors like Coulon do damage in important races. Your thoughts please.

Terrell builds big lead in Lafayette Parish Bill Decker/Online editor Posted on December 7, 2002 LAFAYETTE — Suzanne Haik Terrell of New Orleans, hoping to become Louisiana’s first Republican U.S. senator since Reconstruction, was well on her way to winning Lafayette Parish at 9 p.m. Saturday. Terrell challenged incumbent U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-New Orleans, in Saturday’s runoff. With 108 of the parish’s 111 precincts reporting, Terrell had 28,855 Lafayette votes, or 59 percent. Landrieu had 20,367 votes, or 41 percent. Statewide, Terrell had a 52-48 lead with about a third of the state’s precincts reporting, according to The Associated...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Boosted by the wild popularity of President Bush (news - web sites), Republican Suzanne Haik Terrell has climbed into a dead heat in her bid to oust Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu (news, bio, voting record) and give the GOP a final triumph in the midterm elections. A Terrell victory Saturday would give Republicans a 52-48 edge in the Senate and make her the first GOP senator from the state since Reconstruction. The dominant issue in the race has been Bush. The two candidates have told voters they back the president as long as doing so...

<p>Lee Fletcher, Suzanne Haik Terrell and U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu all visited Alexandria on Friday in last-minute campaign swings.</p> <p>Fletcher and Terrell arrived together at Alexandria International Airport and spoke to a small gathering several hours after Landrieu had done the same.</p>