LA Senate:
Mary LandrieuRichard IeyoubLA-01:
David Duke would be a thorn in the side of the House Republicans and a PR nightmare for leadership.
My non-troll answer would be
John Georges.
LA-02:
Helena Moreno; a young, impressive state rep. from New Orleans.
LA-03:
Don Cravins, Jr.; was Landrieu's chief of staff. He's younger and (while he served Landrieu) was the only black Senate chief of staff. He lives right outside the district, but redistricting was generally not kind to Acadiana.
LA-04:
Buddy Roemer (I think he's left the Republicans) He's underrated, IMO, and he's been vocal about campaign finance reform.
LA-05:
Gonna be a bit selfish here and select uncle, State Rep.
Chris Hazel of Rapides parish. He's in the anti-Jindal faction of the party, so thats another plus.
LA-06:
Meh, I like
Garret Graves. He'll probably be a party-line vote, but is in a unique position to promote coastal restoration.
NCSenate:
Kay Hagan
Josh SteinNC-01:
Bev Perdue's home of New Bern is in the district. It wouldn't be far-fetched to have her repping a black-majority district. She's had strong relations with the black community; she appointed the first black women state supreme court justice, for example. Lindy Boggs represented LA-02 when it was made black-majority, so similar situation here.
NC-02:
Elaine Marshall; my favorite statewide NC official.
NC-03:
Walter Jones; best Republican in the House.
NC-04:
Brad Miller; hopefully he actually gets it if Price retires.
NC-05:
Sam Ervin IV; a justice on the NC supreme court who's grandfather was a Senator. He lives a county or two out of the district (but so does Virginia Foxx).
NC-06:
Howard Coble; I liked him and
he's something of a badass. NC-07:
Mike McIntyreNC-08:
Larry KissellNC-09:
Jeff Jackson; one of the best rising stars the state Democrats have.
NC-10:
Walter DaltonNC-11:
Patsy KeeverNC-12:
Anthony FoxxNC-13:
Linda Coleman