Kennedy Keeps Louisiana Senate Seat in GOP Hands
Republican John Kennedy won Louisiana’s Senate runoff Saturday night, capturing the seat he sought as a Democrat in 2004 and cementing a GOP Senate majority of 52 seats for the beginning of President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.
Kennedy had nearly two-thirds of the vote against Democrat Foster Campbell when the Associated Press called the race at 9:50 p.m. Eastern, with 21 percent of precincts reporting.
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Retiring GOP Sen. David Vitter left his seat open, two terms after defeating a field that included Kennedy, who was then a Democrat. Kennedy, Louisiana’s state treasurer, also ran for Senate four years later after becoming a Republican, losing to then-Sen. Mary Landrieu. Vitter lost his bid for governor of Louisiana in 2015 and announced shortly after that he would not seek reelection this year.