Louisiana's Rogues Yield to National Issues

The New York Times: NEW ROADS, La. — A politician at a street fair is usually an inconvenience, an ordeal to be endured as he thrusts a flier at your chest and a smile at your face. But the silver-haired candidate pushing his 1-year-old in a stroller through the funnel-cake stands and craft booths at the harvest festival here did not have to try so hard. The glad-handers rushed up to him.

“I’d vote for you! I voted for you plenty of times!” shouted Mark Wells, 58, a retired state employee.

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