![]() ![]() Chip in $5 or more to our WHM 2021 Special Elections slate. ![]() Give now to power Karen’s campaign through Election Day. But a recent poll had fellow state senator and former New Orleans City Council member Troy Carter beating Karen by 9 points. She was also the runner up for this seat last time it was competitive, in 2006. Carter received 36 of the vote and Peterson received 23 of the vote. ![]() Carter and Peterson received the most votes in the primary election held on March 20, 2021. Mary Landrieu’s defeat in 2014.Ĭonsidering her experience, Karen should be a shoo-in for this seat: She’s the most recent former chair of the Louisiana Democratic Party and a current state senator. Troy Carter (D) defeated Karen Peterson (D) in a special election to represent Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District on April 24, 2021, with 55.2 of the vote to Peterson's 44.8. ![]() LA-2 is Louisiana’s only Democratic district, meaning a victory for Karen in this race is our only chance to add a Democratic woman to Louisiana’s Congressional delegation, which has included only men since Sen. Karen Carter Peterson is running to be the first Black woman to represent Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District (the seat left open when Cedric Richmond joined the Biden administration), and the special election is this Saturday, March 20. It’s not every Women’s History Month that we get the opportunity to help a specific woman make history, but this year we do- in just five days.
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