Mary Landrieu defeat widens party, racial divide in the South

On Saturday Republican challenger Bill Cassidy walloped Democrat Mary Landrieu in Louisiana's runoff election for the U.S. Senate. Landrieu's defeat leaves Bill Nelson of Florida and Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim  Louisiana's most expensive U.S. Senate race is in the hands of voters. Polls will be open Saturday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. … Read more

Mary Landrieu defeat widens party, racial divide in the South

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy has defeated Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, denying her a fourth term and extending the GOP's domination of the 2014 midterm elections that put Republicans in  A Senate runoff election in Louisiana between incumbent Mary Landrieu and challenger Bill Cassidy is playing out with the Keystone pipeline … Read more