Democrats get an establishment guy down there….
Troy Carter fulfilled a long-held ambition Saturday as voters in the 2nd Congressional District elected him to the U.S. House of Representatives, triumphing over Karen Carter Peterson after a bruising campaign between two Democratic state senators from New Orleans who agreed on issues more often than not.
Carter won the race with 55% of the vote, according to unofficial results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. He notched 48,511 votes to Peterson’s 39,295 in the runoff that saw just 17% of voters turn out to the polls.
“I will wake up every day with you on my mind,” Carter told a jubilant crowd at the Sugar Mill event site in New Orleans just after 10 p.m. “Now I want to go to Washington to be your voice.”…
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Carter sought and won the endorsement of the Greater New Orleans Republican PAC but emphasized that he chaired the Senate Democratic Caucus and had the co-endorsement from the Louisiana Democratic Party, when Peterson used the group’s support to tie him to President Donald Trump.
Late in the campaign, Peterson termed Carter’s legislative approach as “going along to get along.”…
image…Ana Carter stands next to her husband Troy Carter after he wins in the 2nd Congressional District Run-Off against Karen Carter Peterson in New Orleans, Saturday, April 24, 2021. (Photo by Sophia Germer, NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)