Fun fact: Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards won this district in his re-election campaign by 21 points in 2019. He carried Louisiana that year by 3% 😳
Thanks! I hate the Musk hellsite with the passion of 10,000 fiery suns, but when there’s info I can’t find anywhere else, somehow what I’m looking for when it comes to election data, is almost always there. Go figure.
"Yesterday two right-wing circuit judges signed off on the Trump administration’s new mass detention policy: the extraordinary assertion that vast numbers of non-citizens throughout the country can be arrested and held in detention centers without the right to release until they are deported."
Joaquin Castro (TX Rep fr SA) visited Dilley detention prison the other day and found that even people willing to be deported/ not fighting due to lack of resources or family in the U.S. are not getting deported for months and months. They are being held (I presume) so the private prison grift can count them as there and get more of a payout for detaining them.
Linda, please post your comment on today’s Hopium, where it will get more views. What you share is shocking, outrageous, and deserves to be far more widely known.
Thanks- looks like only paid subscribers can comment. Here is my restack of Katie Phang’s interview. Please feel free to share over there! The interview is quite telling.
I'm not sure there is conclusive evidence that Republicans are voting for Democrats in significant numbers. IMO, it is more likely Republicans are staying home and Independents are flipping back to Democratic candidates.
One thing that is being proven is that simply spending more money isn't necessarily going to solve the problem! If Dems can recruit good candidates that match their districts and run everywhere, they can definitely win statewide races and even in red districts if those aren't extremely gerrymandered.
You are right. For example Kansas elects all state senators in the Presidential election (although there are usually a couple of special elections during the mid-terms).
Great win in Louisiana! Grassroots orgs and blockwalking efforts are invaluable. Is it true that LA is also moving toward paper ballots like all of the other states? I sure hope so. These landslide victories are necessitated so that there can be no question about the win, and we need the paper trail for each election. And hopefully the judiciary will continue to block the efforts to nationalize elections. Our government being set up as a republic is an essential guardrail in these times.
I am curious to see how the LA-SEN race will fare in light of these election results.
I don’t expect Democrats will win the race but considering the TN Congressional Race election results last year, perhaps the LA-SEN race may end up being closer than we expected?
Womp. Womp.
Fun fact: Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards won this district in his re-election campaign by 21 points in 2019. He carried Louisiana that year by 3% 😳
Jeff Landry won it by 24!
A breath of relief on a Saturday night! Thank you so much for letting us know!!!!! Happier Days are hopefully coming soon. 😊
Good news two weeks in a row. Woohoo!
YES! Thank you! I was looking for this info and couldn't find it! You guys are awesome.
Couldn’t agree more!
She was apparently outspent in the campaign by 3 to 1 too according to Louisiana Democrats:
https://x.com/LaDemos/status/2020341511200596237
Congratulations to Chasity Verret Martinez on her election to represent House District 60.
She was outspent 3-to-1 and still won. This is what happens when grassroots Democrats show up and organize.
Proud of this win and excited to keep building power together. #LaDemos
Great find! There was almost no media coverage of this race and nothing about spending, so this fills in a key gap.
Thanks! I hate the Musk hellsite with the passion of 10,000 fiery suns, but when there’s info I can’t find anywhere else, somehow what I’m looking for when it comes to election data, is almost always there. Go figure.
Interestingly, the LA Dems also posted on Bsky!
What about Long Island? Did they not make Sal gains in that county? Both of them actually if I remember correctly.
Hurrah!
Is there a decent black population here? White voters in Lousiana are about 80-20 republican.
I am sure the Black population in this district is very decent, indeed. Not so sure about the white Republican voters though.
/s
Per DRA, the district is around 40% Black.
Wait till November 2026 with a blue wave rolling across the parched, empty promises of a debunked administration which is the Republican Party
And in other news (utterly outrageous!):
"Yesterday two right-wing circuit judges signed off on the Trump administration’s new mass detention policy: the extraordinary assertion that vast numbers of non-citizens throughout the country can be arrested and held in detention centers without the right to release until they are deported."
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-7-2026
Joaquin Castro (TX Rep fr SA) visited Dilley detention prison the other day and found that even people willing to be deported/ not fighting due to lack of resources or family in the U.S. are not getting deported for months and months. They are being held (I presume) so the private prison grift can count them as there and get more of a payout for detaining them.
Katie Phang interviewed Rep Castro- it’s on her channel if you want to watch. It was a really good interview.
Link to Katie Phang interview with Rep. Castro:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvya65HbMI4
Linda, please post your comment on today’s Hopium, where it will get more views. What you share is shocking, outrageous, and deserves to be far more widely known.
I will go and try to find that website… not a subscriber over there…
Here is a link to today’s Hopium. Anyways, just a suggestion.
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/strong-win-in-louisiana-fox-refuses
I just posted a link to the Katie Phang interview with Rep. Castro above.
Sometimes it is hard to determine whether something is corruption or incompetence with this administration.
It’s definitely corruption. Abbott and Paxton are as crooked as they come.
Thanks- looks like only paid subscribers can comment. Here is my restack of Katie Phang’s interview. Please feel free to share over there! The interview is quite telling.
https://substack.com/@lindamaetx/note/c-211358688?r=1r6229&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Done. I quoted your first comment and shared the link to your substack.
Gotta admit that I had low hopes for this one (Deep South gonna Deep South, after all)...wow!
Another indication that November 3 might just shape up to be a good, GOOD night.
⬆️"Another indication that November 3 might just shape up to be a good, GOOD night."
But only if we (and other grassroots activists) work at it. We all know Trump is going to do his best to interfere with the upcoming election.
Here is a link to a commented I posted the other day about ways that we can go beyond simply voting and hoping for the best:
https://substack.com/@cj277/note/c-210351828
Gerrymandering isn’t going to save your majorities, Republicans. Your own voters hate you and are voting for the opposition out of spite.
This is going to be a bloodbath.
I'm not sure there is conclusive evidence that Republicans are voting for Democrats in significant numbers. IMO, it is more likely Republicans are staying home and Independents are flipping back to Democratic candidates.
One thing that is being proven is that simply spending more money isn't necessarily going to solve the problem! If Dems can recruit good candidates that match their districts and run everywhere, they can definitely win statewide races and even in red districts if those aren't extremely gerrymandered.
I am tempted to forward this story to Democratic leadership(?) in Indiana.
86% of legislative seats are up this year, per Amanda Nelson. The rest are off-year races in VA, NJ and LA.
Mississippi is also not up, as are a few states that only elect their upper house is presidential years, or only elected half of the chamber at a time
Yes, I forgot about that.
You are right. For example Kansas elects all state senators in the Presidential election (although there are usually a couple of special elections during the mid-terms).
Great win in Louisiana! Grassroots orgs and blockwalking efforts are invaluable. Is it true that LA is also moving toward paper ballots like all of the other states? I sure hope so. These landslide victories are necessitated so that there can be no question about the win, and we need the paper trail for each election. And hopefully the judiciary will continue to block the efforts to nationalize elections. Our government being set up as a republic is an essential guardrail in these times.
Dementia Don did a pre-Super Bowl interview where he lies about the economy while proudly taking ownership of it.
Yeah, that's going to go over super well with swing districts and angry voters this fall.
I am curious to see how the LA-SEN race will fare in light of these election results.
I don’t expect Democrats will win the race but considering the TN Congressional Race election results last year, perhaps the LA-SEN race may end up being closer than we expected?