LACAG: Was Caleb Kleinpeter’s Win A National Bellwether?

Republican Caleb Kleinpeter’s recent victory in Louisiana’s 17th District State Senate Race against incumbent Democrat State Representative Jeremy Lacombe can become a model for future Louisiana and national State legislative races.

53% of the District’s voters are Democrat, and only 26% are Republican. Yet Kleinpeter received 50% of the total vote, and another conservative Republican, Kirk Rousett, received 8%.

In a District where Democrat voters outnumber Republicans two to one, 58% of the vote went Republican. In Lacombe’s own home Parish of Point Coupee, 47% of the voters cast a ballot for a Republican. Compare this with the 72% of the vote Lacombe won in Point Coupee against a Republican in his State House Race in 2019. Before that, he had a record that could be exposed. It is nothing short of stunning. Click to keep reading...