Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins
Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins has announced he will run against Republican Senator Bill Cassidy in the November 3rd election. Perkins says he decided to run because America and Louisiana are at a crossroads.
“We face a virus that threatens our lives, our safety, and our economy,” said Perkins. “This virus isn’t political, it’s deadly, but together we can face challenges of this moment head-on.”
Perkins gives Cassidy a major challenger from the Democratic Party, but Cassidy holds a huge fundraising advantage as he seeks a second term.
Cassidy says he’s done a lot during his five years in the U-S Senate and plans to run on that record.
“We successfully helped lower the costs of prescription drugs, helped decrease the cost of premiums, there’s more to do,” said Cassidy.
John Paul Bourgeois from Gretna was the first person to sign up to challenge Cassidy. Bourgeois is an epidemiologist and public health librarian. The Gretna resident says he’s running against Cassidy because he tried to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
“Hundreds of thousands of Louisianians have gotten health care coverage that they wouldn’t have had otherwise under the Affordable Care Act, to try and repeal that to deny that coverage to Louisiana’s neediest constituency is unacceptable,” said Bourgeois.
Baton Rouge Democrat Antoine Pierce also signed up to run for US Senate on the first day of qualifying, Pierce says reducing poverty in Louisiana is his goal.
“That’s why we are going to fight to raise the minimum wage, we are going to fight for universal basic income, we are going to fight for criminal justice reform, we are going to fight to federally legalize cannabis,” said Pierce.
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