Qualifying for this fall’s statewide elections is next week, and there are often surprises to be found when candidates line up to run.

But this year the lines don’t look very long, and they’re particularly devoid of Democrats. At the top of the ticket that’s especially true, since state senator Rob Marionneaux hasn’t done much to push the gubernatorial run he’s been bandying about for the last month since releasing the results of a rather comic push-poll on the race last week.

John Maginnis’ column this week indicates that the party which gave Louisiana Huey Long, Jimmy Davis and Edwin Edwards will apparently settle on, as its standard bearer, Haynesville schoolteacher Tara Hollis.

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Scott McKay
TheHayride.com