LA-SEN: Edwards campaign advisors join Super PAC to support Adrian Perkins' Senate candidacy
Members of Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards campaign team have joined a newly formed Super PAC to support Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins' bid to unseat incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy in the November elections.
The formation of a Super PAC is another indication that a previously quiet reelection campaign for Cassidy, considered a “safe Republican” seat by political handicappers, is fast becoming more competitive. The election is Nov. 3 with early voting from Oct. 20 to Oct. 27. A Dec. 5 runoff is scheduled, if needed.
Around the country, Democrats are mounting well-funded challenges of Republicans once considered shoo-ins. Democrats need to flip five seats – four if Joe Biden wins the presidential race – to win a majority in the GOP-controlled U.S. Senate.
“The efforts by the United States Congress to adequately address the coronavirus pandemic show us that the system is broken. We need stronger leadership from our U.S. Senators, especially during this precarious time,” Better Road Louisiana co-chairs, state Reps. Mandie Landry and Matthew Willard, both New Orleans Democrats, said Wednesday in a prepared statement. “Sen. Cassidy, of all people, should know better as a medical professional. He has voted time and again to rip health care away from people with pre-existing conditions and eliminate programs like Medicaid expansion, which has been a lifeline for working people during this pandemic.”
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