Katrina Weighs on Lott’s Decision-Making

• By Mark Preston
• Roll Call Staff
• Sept. 15, 2005, Midnight

Hurricane Katrina’s destruction of the Gulf Coast region is factoring into Sen. Trent Lott’s (R-Miss.) decision about whether to seek a fourth term, as he weighs his own family’s financial situation with the dire needs of many of his constituents and neighbors.