re: Louisiana Secretary of State Election

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Serious question. Hows is that unlike any incumbent?

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I had that thought initially as well. The conclusion I came to was this - what makes him different is that he was never elected. He was appointed when Schedler resigned, so in effect you have a candidate who never received the affirmation of the voters using taxpayer money to promote himself, unique to the position he is in and not available to other candidates.

Now, there is a larger conversation about elected officials campaigning on the job, using tax payer money. However, I would consider that different than what occurred here.

What he should have done was have the first assistant push out the informationals, or at the very least remove his name from the informationals and use “Office of the...”

IMO.

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Renee Free

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Unfamiliar. Will have to look into him/her. Can you give some background?

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I’ve know him for quite some time and he’s an honest guy that loves the whole process

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If he wins, I hope that is the case. In my opinion, I don’t think it’s a question about honesty or political maneuvering as much as it is his understanding the complexities of the job. That mailer was an easy one, and he blundered it. What does that say about his possible job performance in the future?

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ETA: Look a couple of posts up for my explanation of why this is different. I still don’t understand the first part of your question though.

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think I’ll vote for Ardoin, but I could certainly be convinced otherwise. My motivation is simple. He’s an R. He’s got the best chance of winning as the incumbent. Ergo. The best chance to avoid having a Democrat count our votes in the next Gubanatorial election. I don’t trust a Democrat counting votes or money.

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This is pretty much where I am. Although the Turkey Creek argument is sound. I killed a couple of deer there as a kid.

Does anyone have any recent polling info? The ones I've seen have been all over the place and without any overriding pluses or minuses for any candidate I'd likely vote for the R in the best position. (Planning to do the deed this afternoon, wish someone would sell me on a candidate here.)

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I’m probably going to vote for Rick Edmonds

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look at his record. he says exactly what he says he's going to do. you need to be confident in that vote.

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look at his record. he says exactly what he says he's going to do. you need to be confident in that vote.

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I chose not to for other reasons when I voted today

I voted Cloud

Stokes and Ardoin are in the tank for Honor Code.

Vote accordingly.