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BTRTN Latest Senate Election Rack-Up: Could Control All Come Down to Louisiana on December 10th? (Original Post) tgards79 Aug 2016 OP
Well, given that the election is on November 8 - probably not. kestrel91316 Aug 2016 #1
From the article: BeeBee Aug 2016 #2
Thanks for reading! tgards79 Aug 2016 #4
I hope not whatthehey Aug 2016 #3
I doubt it will come to that. tgards79 Aug 2016 #5

BeeBee

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2. From the article:
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 04:03 PM
Aug 2016

"One more thing to keep in mind. Louisiana has a crazy system. They do not hold primaries; rather, they use Election Day itself to narrow the field. A grand total of 24 candidates across the political spectrum are on the ballot for this November. A winner can be declared only if one person exceeds 50% of this vote; otherwise, there will be a run-off election on December 10 between the top 2 finishers. If a Republican and a Democrat comprise the top two, we may not know who controls the Senate until December 10. (And the Dems better not be counting on this, it is almost certainly going to be a GOP win.)"

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