Mary Landrieu was first elected to the US Senate in 1996 after serving in the Louisiana House of Representatives for 8 years and also as State Treasurer for 8 years. She is considered to be moderately left of center politically.
Louisiana is one of only three state to use a blanket primary. That means the top two candidates of a party advance to the general election. This year the Democrats only have Landrieu on the ballot but the Republicans have two candidates, Bill Cassidy and Robert Maness. There is also a Libertarian candidate, Brannon McMorris. Louisiana requires the winner to have more than 50% of the vote so there is a run-off election scheduled for December 6 if none of the candidates gets the 50%. Washington Post has this race as one of their top ten to watch this November.
For an extensive article about Landrieu, please see: http://ballotpedia.org/Mary_Landrieu For more about the Senate race in Louisiana, see: http://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_elections_in_Louisiana,_2014
If you'd like to help Democrats retain this seat in the Senate, please check out Landrieu's campaign website for ways to get involved: http://www.marylandrieu.com/
And, finally, here's another way to help keep this seat for Democrats: http://www.dscc.org/races/louisiana
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