Qualifying for the federal elections in November will get underway on Wednesday at the Secretary of State’s office in Baton Rouge. Republican Senator John Kennedy and the state’s six U.S. House members are up for re-election and expected to win. La-politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says that’s by design.
“These members’ districts are drawn to protect incumbents’, the entire nature of the political system in D.C is designed to protect the incumbent,” said Alford.
Alford says if there’s a race to watch, it might be the third Congressional District, as Clay Higgins is seeking his fourth term, but he might face a formidable candidate.
“There are a lot of folks in Lafayette proper who were trying to put a candidacy together for various community leaders,” said Alford.
Higgins has faced criticism for not helping to secure federal hurricane recovery dollars for southwest Louisiana in a timely manner.
Kennedy is seeking a second term as U-S Senator and there are at least two Democratic challengers that are active on social media who plan to oppose him. Reverend Tony Spell in East Baton Rouge told the Advocate newspaper he’s thinking about running against Kennedy as a Republican, but Alford says that’s unlikely.
“He did an interview with Central City news over the weekend indicating that he had no intentions of following through with that, so it doesn’t look like we’ll see a surprise candidate emerge in Pastor Spell, but you never know,” said Alford.
Qualifying runs from July 20th to the 22nd. The primary election is scheduled for November 8, 2022.
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