Fifty days out from the Nov. 3 midterm elections, two dozen or so members of the Louisiana Republican Assembly gather at Agape Christian Fellowship Church in Metairie on a warm Monday evening in September.
Local candidates for school board, judge and the state legislature make their pitch to the New Orleans chapter of the “Republican Wing of the Republican Party,” as the cover of a brochure handed out before the meeting describes the group.
“We believe in nationalism,” the inside reads, alongside a list of values, including: “Decentralized Government,” “Sanctity of Life,” and a “Judeo-Christian Foundation.”
Candidate speeches touch on a mix of
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