Cleo Fields says he explored congressional run in several districts, no path to win

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Before deciding that he would not run for Congress again, U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields looked at running in four different districts — but, after the latest round of redistricting by Louisiana Republicans, he decided he couldn’t win.

“When I run for office, I don’t run just to run; I run to win,” Fields said at a news conference Friday. “I was in deep conversations with members of Congress in Washington, and there was a lot of push. But at the end of the day I didn’t see the winning path.”

Fields said he did not consider a bid in the two New Orleans-area congressional districts represented by Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Democratic U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, but he evaluated the other four.

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He announced last week that he’ll run to finish the term of the late state Sen. Larry Selders, a Democrat from Baton Rouge who unexpectedly died earlier this month from a heart condition.

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