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Republican John Kennedy Wins Louisiana Runoff Election for U.S. Senate
The Republicans will have a 52-seat majority. Democrats will have 46 senators. Two independents who caucus with
the democrats.
Republican John Kennedy Wins Louisiana Runoff Election for U.S. Senate Seat
Win helps GOP solidify control of Senate when new Congress convenes in JanuaryJohn Kennedy, the Republican state treasurer of Louisiana, won the state’s U.S. Senate race on Saturday, giving Republicans a 52-seat majority in the new Senate next year.With 32% of the vote counted, Mr. Kennedy was declared the winner over his Democratic rival Foster Campbell, a cattle farmer and state utility regulator, 63% to 37%, in a special runoff election triggered by Louisiana’s unique election rules.
The win by Mr. Kennedy helps solidify GOP control of the Senate when the new Congress convenes in January. But that still leaves a slim margin for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.), who will be responsible for passing much of President-elect Donald Trump’s ambitious agenda through a closely divided chamber. The Democrats will have 46 senators when the new members are sworn in Jan. 3, along with two independents, Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who caucus with them.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”
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Re: Republican John Kennedy Wins Louisiana Runoff Election for U.S. Senate
Guess we will soon see how well the R-tribe can govern. They have not done much of anything in the last 8 years or so.
Bottom line is which of the promises come to fruition that really matter to the voters.
I certainly do not see Trump as a uniter for the country. Whether he can unite the R-tribe enough behind him to be effective remains to be seen. He certainly is a strange (and scary) bird and many of this own R-tribe look kind of askance to him being a true Republican.
"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"
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