Louisiana Senate: A Tossup All the Way Until Election Day

• By Stuart Rothenberg
• Roll Call Contributing Writer
• May 27, 2008, Midnight

In some House and Senate contests, the incumbent can “put away” the challenger with an early negative media blitz that discredits him before he has been able to get himself known. At other times, the incumbent can safely ignore the challenger rather than giving him the credibility he will never get. You can never be sure.