Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields’ campaign finance report shows he’s raised more than 600 thousand dollars since he announced in January he would run the newly created 6th congressional district seat, which now stretches from Baton Rouge to Shreveport. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says Fields is off to a good start with finances…
“He has a deep political network of potential donors and I think this is an indication that he is activating this donor base and raising a lot of money.”
Fields is planning to challenge Congressman Garret Graves in November. The Baton Rouge Republican reported $3.8 million in cash on hand at the end of 2023. Hogan says Graves might be able to out-fund raise Fields, but the sixth district is now a majority-minority district..
“The demographic features of this newly drawn district are ones that are much more conducive to and advantageous to Cleo Fields.”
Hogans says the campaign finance report shows that out of the 601-thousand dollars raised, 564-thousand came from individuals…
“A lot of this morning is coming from individuals and that’s certainly good news for him. If this is being raised, especially small amounts it means that maybe he can go back to some of these donors and ask for more if there’s a major candidate who opposes him.”
A federal court hearing is scheduled for today and tomorrow to hear arguments on the legality of the new Congressional map. Graves believes the map will be tossed out because state lawmakers solely considered race when drawing the map
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