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The election for Nov. 4 is a huge election day for local, state and federal offices. In Beauregard Parish, there are 13 separate races. All state voters will be looking at 14 separate state constitutional amendments. Get prepared!

The election for Nov. 4 is a huge election day for local, state and federal offices. In Jeff Davis Parish, there are 22 seats to be filled. All state voters will be looking at 14 separate state constitutional amendments. Get prepared!

Anything that you put off is something you have a chance of forgetting. Why wait to vote until November 4th? Early voting begins tomorrow (10/21/2014.)

The election for Nov. 4 is a huge election day for local, state and federal offices. In Calcasieu Parish alone, there are 34 separate races. All state voters will be looking at 14 separate state constitutional amendments. Get prepared!

Edwin Edwards is running for the 6th Congressional district in Louisiana. The Louisiana Democratic Party has endorsed Edwards though Mary Landrieu has not. There are 13 people running for the seat. Can Edwards win?

I really had trouble with the headline for this one. Should it be based on Sulphur Mayor Chris Duncan winning re-election. Should it be based on him beating the same candidate again; or should it be based on the fact that (according to the American Press) less than 4,00 people voted in the election.

In 2012 Louisiana ranked in the middle of the pack with over 60% of registered voters making it to the polls. That was not bad; but then come local elections and the numbers go way down. Of Sulphur's 20,000 registered voters ... less than 4,000 bothered to vote...

One is 70 years old and the other is 83 and they just don't like each other. One has even placed an article in the paper to keep people for voting for the other.  Their differences finally came to a head and fisticuffs were the result.

Edwin Edwards is an 86 year old convicted felon. He is also a 4 times Governor of Louisiana and served in Congress. He is thinking of throwing his hat back into politics with a run for Congress. Would he have your support?

The polls for Saturday's election open at 7 a.m. -- NOT at 6 a.m. like they used to.  The law has changed, and the polls are now open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.  Make sure you get out and vote -- and bring your pictured I.D.  Here's everything you'll see on Saturday's ballot:

With the news of the Pope Benedict XVI's resignation comes the beginning of the process to elect a new one. It is a very detailed process and very secretive. We are all used to following elections with social media and twenty news networks. The Vatican does not work that way.

10:30 p.m. -- Well, folks, while there are still a few precincts outstanding, there aren't enough to change any outcomes at this point, so we're calling it.  Charles Boustany and Jeff Landry will head to a December runoff in the 3rd U.S. Congressional District, while John Fleming will be the next U.S. representative for the 4th District.  Check out how all the other local races in Southwest Louisi