The special election to fill the Louisiana U.S. House seat vacated by Democratic Rep. Cedric Richmond is heading to a runoff after none of the contending Democrats secured enough votes on March 20 for an outright victory. Democratic state Sens. Troy Carter and Karen Peterson will face off in April; Carter received 36 percent of the vote to Peterson’s 23 percent, according to the Louisiana Department of State. A total of at least seven Democrats and several Republicans competed for the Bayou State’s 2nd Congressional District seat. Richmond left his post to serve as a White House adviser under President Joe Biden. The 2nd Congressional District, which includes most of New Orleans, has been one of the safest Democratic districts for more than a century. From 1891 until the 1960s, Democrats kept a hold over the district through voter suppression and by disenfranchising black voters, including through poll taxes and subjective literacy …
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