Inside the Numbers and the Strategy Shaping the Baton Rouge Seat
Rigamer has been polling the two races weekly over the past month. His latest was completed on Oct. 26. It polled 400 voters and had a margin of error of 4.9%.
The new lines led U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, a Democrat, to forgo running for reelection. Instead, he’s running for a vacant state Senate seat that he is favored to win.
Miguez, Edmonds and Wagley are Republicans; Banks, Garcia and Forbes are Democrats.
The field reflects starkly different backgrounds. Edmonds, 70, is an evangelical Christian who was pastor at the church of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Benton. He now serves as the pastor at a church in McComb, Miss. Edmonds served two terms in the state House and is serving his first term in the Senate. Miguez, 44, runs a family-owned fuel services company in New Iberia. He lives in Erath, which is outside of the 6th Congressional District. Wagley, 35, is running as a Christian business owner who is a political outsider.
A Wide-Open Battle Across the 5th District
Trump also carried this district with about 66% of the vote, Couvillon said.
Lagging those three is state Sen. Stewart Cathey of Monroe, according to Rigamer’s polling. Firment, 55, has been the surprise in the race. Echols has built or restored more than 30 commercial properties and residences in downtown Monroe and Ruston. Cordell, a healthcare consultant, has the endorsement of the Louisiana Republican Party.
