So for those that are more informed of Louisiana politics than I am, is Julie Emerson (R) of the House's 39th district some sort of particularly strong incumbent?
She faced Paul "Polo" Carter this year and managed some 70% of the vote, as opposed to the ~200 vote majority she got after defeating Stephen Ortego in 2015. I initally thought this was just a case of depressed turnout, but apparently more people voted this year than 2015.
Maybe Stephen Ortego was the anomaly. Or maybe its just because he's white and Carter's black.
Typical case of Dixiecratic districts. Ortego was the incumbent before 2015, so the GOP struggled to break his majority. On they did though, there is no going back to the old way, the GOP voters have their candidate. You see this all across the south and even saw it on election night in Dem-defence SD-38.
