Swift urges supporters to vote for Boulet in runoff for M-P
After finishing third place in the primary, Swift initially declined to make an endorsement. Her voters may well decide the runoff.
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Election 2023
During the first two days of early voting for the upcoming election, 3,960 people voted early, 1,958 on Nov. 3 and 2,002 on Nov. 4, according to data provided by Lafayette Parish Registrar of Voters Charlene Meaux.
Source: The Advocate
Column: Parish government can’t afford its politics
The mayor-president and council think the parish doesn’t need more tax revenue. They’re making the same costly mistake we’ve made for decades — in the name of politics.
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For the first time ever, Louisiana will also have a Republican governor, a Republican supermajority in the Senate, and a likely Republican supermajority in the House.
Source: LA Illuminator
Column: Elections are about what’s possible
Journalism has a duty to ask questions, and an obvious one raised by a problem is how we might fix it. Elections offer an ideal platform for that inquiry.
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How the map for the mayor-president race is shaping up
With more than a quarter of Saturday’s voters now looking for a new candidate to support in the Nov. 18 mayor-president runoff, the race is sure to intensify in the coming weeks.
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Guillory, Boulet head to runoff. See who won Lafayette.
View a full map of how the race for mayor-president breaks down.
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Early voting counts have risen by more than 350% in Lafayette Parish since 2011, with nearly 17,200 voters having already cast their ballots early ahead of Saturday’s election, data shows.
Source: The Advertiser
Reckoning with investigations as a candidate, M-P Josh Guillory denies they exist
Testifying in a lawsuit he filed, the M-P denied the existence of probes confirmed by investigators and in court proceedings.
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Lafayette Parish reported just over 17,000 early votes cast, a big jump over 2019’s state and municipal elections. But turnout is predicted to be comparatively low this cycle.
Source: KATC
After hearing testimony for about six hours from witnesses called by Guillory’s attorney, District Judge Thomas Frederick granted a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. Frederick said Guillory did not present enough evidence to convince him to approve an injunction halting Boulet’s campaign messaging accusing the incumbent mayor-president of corruption.
Source: The Advocate
Breaking the cycle: How can Lafayette keep young people?
Lafayette lost more than 700 college grads under 25 from 2017 to 2021. Better jobs and lowering housing costs could reverse the loss.
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