NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The midterm elections reshaped the political map and raised questions about whether some Southern states will remain “purple” in the long term.
President Donald Trump carried Louisiana each time he ran for the White House.
And even though he endorsed Republican Rep. Julia Letlow in Louisiana’s U.S. Senate race, Letlow narrowly defeated Democrat Jamie Davis, a farmer.
“God bless the United States of America, thank you all appreciate it,” said Letlow on election night.
Still, the race’s closeness reverberated beyond Louisiana.
“Louisiana, Mississippi, which were the battlegrounds this election cycle, were not the battlegrounds nationally,” said FOX 8 political analyst Mike
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