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The Gambit Ballot

Please vote this Saturday, Oct. 4. Gambit Weekly endorses in the following races:

Governor
Randy Ewing

Lieutenant Governor
"Mitch" Landrieu

Secretary of State
Fox McKeithen

Attorney General
Suzanne Haik Terrell

Commissioner of Insurance
Robert Wooley

Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry
No endorsement

Member, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, 1st District
Barbara Ferguson
Member, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2nd District
Louella P. Givens

State Senator

1st Senatorial District
Walter J. Boasso
2nd Senatorial District
Ann Duplessis
3rd Senatorial District
Lambert C. Boissiere Jr.
4th Senatorial District
Paulette R. Irons
5th Senatorial District
Diana E. Bajoie
8th Senatorial District
Robert Evans
9th Senatorial District
"Polly" Thomas
10th Senatorial District
Arthur "Art" Lentini


State Representative

78th Representative District
Shirley Bowler
80th Representative District
Charles D. Lancaster Jr.
81st Representative District
(Dual Endorsement)
Mickey Landry
Eric Skrmetta
84th Representative District
N.J. Damico
87th Representative District
Derrick Shepherd
91st Representative District
Jalila Jefferson
93rd Representative District
Karen Carter
96th Representative District
Edwin R. "Ed" Murray
97th Representative District
Arthur A. Morrell
98th Representative District
"Randy" Evans
99th Representative District
Charmaine Marchand
100th Representative District
Dana Henry
101st Representative District
Cedric Richmond
102nd Representative District
Jeffery "Jeff" Arnold


Proposed Constitutional Amendments

Amendment No. 1
Wetlands Restoration Fund -- FOR
Amendment No. 2
Coastal Restoration Fund -- FOR
Amendment No. 3
Coastal Restoration Liability Change -- FOR
Amendment No. 4
State Takeover of Failing Schools -- FOR
Amendment No. 5
LWCC Board -- FOR
Amendment No. 6
TIMED Projects -- FOR
Amendment No. 7
State Infrastructure Bank -- FOR
Amendment No. 8
Offshore Drilling Rigs Tax Break -- FOR
Amendment No. 9
Dedication of Lottery Proceeds -- FOR
Amendment No. 10
Administrative Law System -- FOR
Amendment No. 11
Budget Stabilization Fund -- FOR
Amendment No. 12
Contraband -- FOR
Amendment No. 13
Leasing Local Property -- FOR
Amendment No. 14
Legislative Auditor -- FOR
Amendment No. 15
Judges' Retirement Age -- FOR


New Orleans Parishwide Proposition
Slot Machine Gaming -- YES
(The Fair Grounds)


Jefferson Parish

Parish President
Aaron Broussard

Sheriff
Harry Lee

Parishwide Proposition
School Board, 9 mills, 10 years -- YES


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