LA-05 Special Election: McAllister Rising

[Miles]

The map!



Strength maps:

McAllister



Riser

[smoltchanov]

Great maps!. Big thanks! I think - few expexted such McAllister strength in Alexandria and some other areas..

[Miles]

I sure didn't!

Riser was almost entirely shut out of Ouachita Parish; he only managed to carry one precinct!

[smoltchanov]

I sure didn't!

Riser was almost entirely shut out of Ouachita Parish; he only managed to carry one precinct!

Even with Mayo's support of McAllister that's almost unbelievable..

[Miles]

Its a bit odd those two blue precincts in southwest Rapides Parish voted for Holloway in the primary.

[smoltchanov]

Its a bit odd those two blue precincts in southwest Rapides Parish voted for Holloway in the primary.

Local "hero" and no local Democratic candidate? An opposite - in South-Eastern part of the district:  as weak as Russell was districtwide (2.5%) he, nevertheless managed to win some parishes (and LOT of precincts) in his home area, which is (AFAIK)  rather conservative.

[DINGO Joe]

Its a bit odd those two blue precincts in southwest Rapides Parish voted for Holloway in the primary.

S29 was dominated by Holloway in the primary as he won 58 out of 94 votes.  In the runoff turnout dropped to 69 and Riser won 36-33.

S27 Holloway barely won with 25 out of 85 votes. The white Ds actually got 16 votes vs 1 in S29.  In the runoff turnout rose to 102 votes and Riser won 56-46.

If you can connect those dots, you're a better analyst than I.

[Miles]

A bit of fun irony here.

If the redistricting map that Boustany and some Democrats wer pushing for was enacted, McAllister wouldn't have lived in CD5. Even if he ran there, he wouldn't have made the runoff as his best parishes in the primary were in CD4. Riser helped to shoot down Boustany's plan. Riser's own plan may have actually been better for McAllister than he actual map.

[Miles]

This pisses me off. One of the reasons I like the jungle primary is that you get candidates like McAllister who are willing to reach out to groups that they wouldn't normally have to. Claitor, though he already had a relatively 'independent' record in the legislature, was (is) following that model in CD6. But, this approach isn't very popular with some establsihment Republicans who are still butthurt from Riser's loss:

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I don't want to see hacks like this elected:

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[RogueBeaver]

Mixed feelings. Perhaps a runoff system but no jungle? Everyone votes in their own primaries.

[Miles]

'Kinda late, but I was catching up with some of my, err, political sources here and we got on the topic of this race. Apparently the old truck that Riser used in this commercial isn't even his; he drives around the capitol in a nice Suburban.

'Appearance is everything!