CONRAD CABLE (courtesy of Conrad Cable for Congress)
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson will have a Democratic opponent in next November’s general election for his District Four House seat. Conrad Cable has announced that he is running for Johnson’s seat. Cable says he’s not a politician; he’s a vegetable farmer.
“My wife and I struggle at the end of every month to make sure that our bills are paid. And I think that I have a greater understanding of the day-to-day struggles that the majority of Louisianans face,” Cable said.
Cable says he’s not bought and paid for; he’s one who’s looking out for the interests of everyone in District Four.
“I would say that I’m a farmer, not a politician, and I think that I’m going to go to Washington with that same spirit of ‘I am here to serve my community,'” Cable said.
With Johnson being third in line to the Presidency, he will obviously be very well-funded in his re-election bid. Cable says he has a plan to raise money to go up against the Speaker of the House.
“I believe, in my heart, that organized people beat organized money. And so we are taking fundraising seriously. And we know that it’s going to take $5 million or more dollars to put up a serious campaign against Mike Johnson, and that’s exactly what we intend to do,” Cable said.
This is Cable’s first run for political office; and given the makeup of the district, it will shape up to be an uphill climb. The Cook Partisan Voter Index ranks the Fourth Congressional District the most Republican district in the state.
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