Louisiana's 6th Congressional District
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Recent News About Louisiana's 6th Congressional District
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Democrat challenger who lost to DeWitt in midterm race seeks probe after being fired from his job after election
BATON ROUGE – The Democrat who ran unsuccessfully against U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-Baton Rouge) in Louisiana's 6th Congressional District has filed a complaint against his former employer who fired him after the midterms, according to a recent news report. -
Edwards' attempt to hire campaign donors as attorneys helps keep Louisiana on ATRA's Judicial Hellhole list
BATON ROUGE – Despite its governor's reported efforts to hire campaign donors as attorneys, Louisiana has dropped from the No. 6 to seventh position on American Tort Reform Association's 2016-17 Judicial Hellholes list, which was issued earlier today. -
Graves: Edwards' targeting of oil, gas industry is about politics, greed, not justice
A Republican Louisiana congressman lodged a stinging rebuke at the state's Democrat governor for his attempts to insert campaign donors as attorneys into controversial lawsuits against oil and gas companies, saying it's more about buying Mercedes than obtaining justice.