ON YOUR SCREEN, THE DISTRICT COVERS A BULK OF THE CITY OF NEW
ORLEANS, INCLUDING ALL O DOWNTOWN AND THE FRENCH QUARTER,
ALSO A PORTION OF BATON ROUGE.
GINA: THERE WILL BE A RUN-OFF ON APRIL 24
THE FIRST CANDIDATE CONFIRMED, TROY CARTER WITH 36% OF THE
VOTE.
LET’S HEAD OVER TO HIS CAMP AT MARDI GRAS WORLD AND THAT’S
WHERE WE FIND WDSU’S SHAY O’CONNOR, SHAY
SHAY: YES, HERE AT MARDI GRAS WORLD TROY CARTER IS EXPECTED TO
SPEAK VERY SOON ON ADVANCING TO THE APRIL 24 RUNOFF ELECTION FOR
THE NEW ORLEANS BASED U.S. HOUSE SEAT.
THERE IS A PARTY GOING ON.
WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL WAITING ON ABOUT 80 MORE PRECINCTS.
IT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED AT THIS TIME WHO WILL JOIN HIM IN A
RUNOFF.
CARTER IS A DEMOCRAT.
HE IS VYING FOR THE SEAT RECENTLY HELD BY DEMOCRAT CEDRIC
RICHMOND.
WE’RE TOLD CARTER RAISED THE MOST MONEY FOR THE RACE AND HAS
RICHMOND’S BACKING.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE -- WHAT HAPPENS.
WE ARE WAITING FOR CARTER TO COME OUT SO YOU CAN MAKE HIS
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
GINA: THANK YOU, SHAY.
NOW TO CURRENT STATE SENATOR KAREN CARTER PETERSON ALSO VYING
FOR THE SEAT SHE IS CURRENTLY IN SECOND PLACE
WITH 23% OF THE VOTE.
SULA: HER CAMP STANDING BY FOR RESULTS IN CENTRAL CITY THAT’S
WHERE WE FIND WDSU’S TRAVERS MACKEL TRAVERS.
TRAVERS: SHE JUST ARRIVED MOMENTS AGO.
SHE THINK SHE WILL BE IN THE RUNOFF.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT SHE HAS RUN FOR THIS
CONGRESSIONAL SEAT.
AND IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME SHE IS HEADING FOR THE RUNOFF.
BACK IN 2006, RIGHT AFTER KATRINA, IT WAS A CROWDED FIELD
AGAINST THIN CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM JEFFERSON, WHO WAS UNDER FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION.
SHE HAS BEEN A LONG TIME AND LAWMAKER.
SHE SAYS SHE WANTS HEALTH CARE REFORM.
SHE ALSO WANTS TO TRY TO HELP FIX THE PROBLEM THAT HAS PLAGUED
-- PLAGUED THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
THEY ARE EXPECTING THAT WHEN ALL THE NUMBERS ARE IN, SHE WILL BE
THE ONE HEADING TO THIS RUNOFF WITH TROY CARTER.
SHE IS EXPECTED TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND TALK AT ANY MINUTE.
WE WILL HOPEFULLY BRING THAT TO YOU.
WE SHOULD POINT OUT, THIS SHOULD NOT SURPRISE ANYBODY.
THIS TO -- DISTRICT IS HEAVILY DEMOCRAT.
IT LOOKS LIKE TWO DEMOCRATS ARE HEADED TO THIS RUNOFF.
NO ONE OUTSIDE OF NEW ORLEANS HAS HELD THIS CONGRESSIONAL SEAT
GOING BACK TO THE 1940’S.
THEY ARE BOTH FROM NEW ORLEANS.
WHEN SHE STARTS TALKING, WE WILL MAKE SURE TO BRING IT TO YOU.
SULA: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
STILL STANDING BY FOR THE LATEST RESULTS THERE.
TAKING A LOOK AT THE SECOND BIG RACE FOR TODAY, THE 5TH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SEA JULIE LETLOW HAS BEEN DECLARED
THE WINNER WITH 65% OF THE VOTE.
SHE IS THE WIDOW OF LUKE LETLOW WHO WON THE SEAT, BUT DIED ABOUT
THREE MONTHS AGO FROM COVID-19 COMPLICATIONS.
LET’S HEAD OVER TO SHERMAN DESSELLE WHO’S LIVE IN AMITE.
SHERMAN: D SEAT THAT WAS ONCE TAKEN BY THE LATE CONGRESSMAN IS
NOW BEING SECURED BY HIS WIFE.
SHE WANTS TO START THE WORK THAT SHE KNEW HER HUSBAND WAS GOING
TO START.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS WE HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO.
SINCE THE POLLS CLOSED EARLIER TONIGHT, IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT
SHE WAS DOMINATING.
SHE WAS TAKING OVER 60% OF THE VOTES.
THE OTHER CANDIDATE LAGGED BEHIND.
SINCE SHE ANNOUNCED HER INTENTIONS TO RUN FOR HER LATE
HUSBAND’S SEAT, SHE WAS HEAVILY ENDORSED BY THE GOP
ESTABLISHMENT ON THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL.
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND DONALD TRUMP, JR. ENDORSED HER
ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SHE PLA ON FIXING INFRASTRUCTURE, SUPPORTING
TEACHERS AND PUBLIC WORKERS, PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, SUPPORTING
VETERANS, ACTIVE MILITARY, POLICE, FIRST RESPONDERS.
TACKLING RURAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE FIFTH DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE POOREST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
IN THE COUNTRY.
SHE SAYS SHE WILL BE TAKING A HARD LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS THAT
COULD BE DONE IN THAT SEAT.
SHE IS FROM RAY BILL -- RAYVILLE , A PRETTY POOR DISTRICT.
IT IS A VERY VAST CONGRESSIONAL MAP.
NORTH LOUISIANA ALL THE WAY TO WHERE WE ARE IN AMITE.
VOTERS WANT TO THE WIFE OF THE LATE CONGRESSMAN TO TAKE THIS
SEAT.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT SHE GOT.
SULA: RIGHT NOW WE WILL GO BACK TO MARDI GRAS WORLD.
WE STAND BY AND WAIT FOR TORY CARTER TO TAKE THE PODIUM.
HIS VICTORY SPEECH IS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
>> YOU CAN SEE HIM MAKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE CROWD.
UNCLEAR WHO HE WILL BE FACING IN THE RUNOFF.
TROY CARTER, A LONGTIME POLITICIAN FROM ALGIERS.
HIS MOM TAUGHT AT MY HIGH SCHOOL.
HE HAD A LOT OF FLAT -- GRASSROOTS SUPPORT IN ALGIERS.
LET’S LISTEN IN.
>> WHAT A NIGHT.
I AM TRULY HUMBLED AND HONORED FOR THE SHOW OF LOVE THROUGHOUT
THIS DISTRICT.
I AM SO HONORED.
THIS IS A VERY EXCITING TIME.
VERY EXCITING TIME FOR ALL OF US.
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN.
THEY ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
READY TO GET THINGS DONE.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK MY FAMILY, MY BEAUTIFUL
FAMILY WHO IS HERE.
I WANT TO START WITH THE PERSON I TOLD THIS RACE I GOT MY
LESSONS FROM.
WHO MAY BE THE MAN I AM.
MY MOTHER.
[APPLAUSE] AN AMAZING WOMAN.
A WOMAN WHO OVERCAME GREAT ODDS TO BE WHO SHE IS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
A WOMAN WHO OVERCAME GREAT ODDS.
SHE MADE ME BECOME THE MAN THAT I AM.
TO MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE, WHO HAS STOOD BY MY SIDE.
[APPLAUSE] SHE HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
LEADER IN HER OWN RIGHT.
TO MY AWESOME SONS.
[APPLAUSE] YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THESE
GUYS ON THE TRAIL.
JOSHUA IS A FRESHMAN AT HOWARD.
I AM SO PROUD OF MY FAMILY.
OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE STANDING WITH ME.
I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THE SHOW OF SUPPORT.
FOR US TO NOW TAKE THIS NEXT STEP AND GO TO WASHINGTO
[APPLAUSE] BUT NOT JUST YET.
WE ARE IN THE RUNOFF.
WE STILL HAVE A RACE TO RUN.
WE WILL PAUSE AND CELEBRATE FOR A MINUTE.
BUT THERE IS STILL LOTS OF WORK TO BE DONE.
WE HAVE HAD SOME INCREDIBLE PEOPLE WORKING WITH US IN THE
RIVER PARISHES.
THEY SHOWED OUT TONIGHT.
GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] IBERVILLE, ASCENSION,
ASSUMPTION, NEW ORLEANS EAST, ALGIERS, WEST BATON ROUGE, AND
EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
WE HAD A NUMBER OF REALLY GOOD CANDIDATES WHO RAN WITH THEIR
HEARTS.
WHILE THEY MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN THE NUMBERS TO STILL BE IN THE
RACE, GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] THEY RAN BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE
STATE.
THEY GAVE WHAT THEY COULD.
THEY GAVE THEIR SOULS.
WE SHOULD ALWAYS APPRECIATE A PERSON WHO STEPS UP AND TRIES TO
MAKE OUR STATE A BETTER PLACE.
WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO.
WE HAVE TO WORK IN THE AREA OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE HAVE TO RETHINK THE WAY WE POLICE AND PROTECT OUR
COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CREATE AN ECONOMY WHERE PEOPLE
CAN TRULY RECOVER.
AN ECONOMY THAT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO MAKE MUCH MORE THAN A
MINIMUM WAGE.
TO OWN THEIR OWN BUSINESSES.
TO SAVE THEIR BUSINESSES AFTER THE HORRORS OF COVID-19.
WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING OUT THERE.
THEY ARE HOPING IN BELIEVING WE ARE COMING TO HELP THEM.
LET ME TELL YOU, I WILL WAKE UP EVERY SINGLE DAY TO FIGHT FOR
YOU.
[APPLAUSE] I WILL WAKE UP EVERY SINGLE DAY
TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE TRUE ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM.
I WILL MAKE SURE THAT OUR VETERANS KNOW WE ARE PAYING
ATTENTION TO THEM.
I WILL WAKE UP EVERY DAY MAKING SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE PART OF
OUR COMMUNITY HAS COVID VACCINATIONS.
I WILL WAKE UP EVERY SINGLE DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT NO SINGLE PART
OF THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IS LEFT BEHIND.
YOU HAVE TO KNOW IT.
GINA: YOU ARE LISTENING TO TROY CARTER GREETING HI SUPPORTERS.
HE SAID THEY ARE NOT DONE YET, THE IS STILL ONE OF THE RACE
COMING UP IN APRIL.
SULA: HE HAS 38%.
KAREN CARTER PETERSON HAS 23%.
LET’S LISTEN TO HER.
>> WHO ELSE IS BEHIND ME?
THERE ARE SO MANY OTHERS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE SUPPORTERS ACROSS THIS DISTRICT.
THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP.
I KNOW THAT WITH YOUR HELP, WE CAN GET ACROSS THIS FINISH LINE.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT PEOPLE SAY WHEN I TALK TO THEM.
THEY SAY THEY WANT A LEADER WHO WILL SUPPORT MEDICARE FOR ALL.
MAKE SURE THAT IS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.
HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT.
IT SHOULD NOT BE DICTATED BY WHETHER YOU ARE EMPLOYED OR NOT.
THIS PANDEMIC HAS SHOWN THAT WHEN PEOPLE LOSE THEIR JOB, THEY
SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE SEARCHING FOR HEALTH CARE.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IS AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA.
THEY ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE EARNING A LIVING WAGE.
EVERYONE WANTS TO HAVE A PLACE THAT IS SAFE, HEALTHY, THEY WANT
THEIR CHILDREN TO GET A GOOD EDUCATION.
THEY WANT TO EARN NOT JUST A WAGE BUT A LIVING WAGE.
THE INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE FROM $15 AN HOUR, WE HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO DO THAT IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR YEARS.
REPUBLICANS HAVE STOOD IN THE WAY OF IT.
>> TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO
HER.
WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR COMPLETE RESULTS TO COME IN.
SHE HAS 23%.
TROY CARTER WITH 36%.
GI