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FILE - In this Wednesday, March 3, 2021, file photo, State Sen. Karen Carter Peterson poses outsider her home in New Orleans. Peterson is running for Louisiana s 2nd Congressional District seat which was vacated by Cedric Richmond after he left to be part of President Joe Biden s administration. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File) April 24, 2021 - 9:47 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana voters will decide Saturday which Democratic state senator from New Orleans gets promoted to Congress, ending an acrimonious clash between two legislative colleagues who have both sought the U.S. House seat in previous elections.
Louisiana will fill congressional seat with Saturday runoff
MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated Press
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1of3FILE - In this Wednesday, March 3, 2021, file photo, State Sen. Karen Carter Peterson poses outsider her home in New Orleans. Peterson is running for Louisiana s 2nd Congressional District seat which was vacated by Cedric Richmond after he left to be part of President Joe Biden s administration. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)Chris Granger/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, file photo, State Sen. Troy Carter poses in his office in New Orleans, La. Carter is running for Louisiana s 2nd Congressional District seat which was vacated by Cedric Richmond after he left to be part of President Joe Biden s administration. (Max Becherer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)Max Becherer/APShow MoreShow Less
Louisiana voters will decide Saturday which Democratic state senator from New Orleans gets promoted to Congress, ending an acrimonious clash between two legislative colleagues who have both sought the U.S. House seat in previous elections.
Troy Carter and Karen Carter Peterson have traded accusations of desperate campaign attacks and lies in a runoff competition where the two candidates have only modest policy differences to distinguish them.
The 2nd District seat â representing a majority-Black district centered in New Orleans and extending up the Mississippi River into Baton Rouge â is open because Cedric Richmond left the position shortly after he won last year’s election to work as a special adviser to President Joe Biden. Richmond endorsed Carter, a former New Orleans City Council member, in the race.
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