My biggest nightmare. Yet another republican takes a Secretary of State position....without even a whimper from the National Dems it seems.
I think it goes without saying how imperative it is to NOT have R's controlling the SOS office. Can anybody say Harris, Blackwell...heck, how about Rice (even though that is not the same thing)?
Heading into Nov. 7th, there was by a total miracle, a runoff for Secretary of State between an R and a D. Sept. 30th we had elections in Louisiana - there were two R's leading the race for SOS and one random Dem. As a side note, in the same election ONLY R's were running for Insurance Commissioner.
Today, the run-off Dem candidate, forfeited the race citing low voter turnout and lack of funds to mount an effective GOTV effort. So the R's win without even trying.
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