Mary Landrieu

Acadiana remains a Republican stronghold

GOP candidates sweep area votes Jeff Moore • jeffmoore@theadvertiser.com • November 6, 2008 Democrats Barack Obama and Mary Landrieu won election Tuesday, but Acadiana favored Republicans John McCain and John Kennedy. Sixty two...

Democrats gain 5 Senate seats; Dole, Sununu defeated

WASHINGTON - Democrats fattened their majority control of the Senate yesterday, ousting Republican Sens. Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina and John Sununu of New Hampshire and capturing seats held by retiring GOP senators in...

Will Letten continue as U.S. Attorney under Obama?

07:21 PM CST on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News The election of Democratic Barack Obama as president of the United States calls into question the future of local U.S. Attorney Jim Letten who has been...

Moderates make difference in La. top races

11:28 PM CST on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 By Janet McConnaughey / The Associated Press Moderates made the difference in the split decision of Louisiana's top two races. But it sent Democrat Mary Landrieu to Washington for a...