The Republicans have been trying to win this Louisiana senate seat for a long time and they seem to have their best chance in 2014. Louisiana has turned heavily Republican since the 1990's but that didn't result in taking over a senate seat until 2004 when Senator David Vitter defeated his Democrat opponent.
Landrieu is going for her fourth consecutive term and would really be bucking the odds by achieving another victory. She would be defeating a solid candidate in a very Republican state. According to the DWB index Louisiana was 21.1% pro Republican in 2012 and 25.8% pro Republican in 2008 with Romney and Mccaine winning the states by 17 and 19 percent respectively.
Bill Cassidy leads Mary Landrieu by 3% in the only recent poll taken. Polls taken in late July and late June showed the race even tighter with Cassidy ahead by 1% and .5%.
$Campaign Finances$
As of August 2nd, Landrieu has out spent Cassidy by a huge margin so far. 8.5 million to 3 million.
However, Cassidy has a slight advantage when to comes to cash on hand with a 5.6 to 5.5 Million advantage.
Learn More About Bill Cassidy: Campaign Site, Ballotpedia
Learn More about Mary Landrieu: Campaign Site, Ballotpedia
Landrieu is going for her fourth consecutive term and would really be bucking the odds by achieving another victory. She would be defeating a solid candidate in a very Republican state. According to the DWB index Louisiana was 21.1% pro Republican in 2012 and 25.8% pro Republican in 2008 with Romney and Mccaine winning the states by 17 and 19 percent respectively.
Bill Cassidy leads Mary Landrieu by 3% in the only recent poll taken. Polls taken in late July and late June showed the race even tighter with Cassidy ahead by 1% and .5%.
$Campaign Finances$
As of August 2nd, Landrieu has out spent Cassidy by a huge margin so far. 8.5 million to 3 million.
However, Cassidy has a slight advantage when to comes to cash on hand with a 5.6 to 5.5 Million advantage.
Learn More About Bill Cassidy: Campaign Site, Ballotpedia
Learn More about Mary Landrieu: Campaign Site, Ballotpedia