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Only 7 weeks until early voting?
This is for Vitter's old spot.
2016 Louisiana Senate race: Who's in? Who can win? | NOLA.com
My shortcut version of who gets my vote: Look at where their money comes from:
If I had to vote this minute, without knowing anything else about any of the candidates, I would vote Cao.
Here's the entire list:

2016 Louisiana Senate race: Who's in? Who can win? | NOLA.com
My shortcut version of who gets my vote: Look at where their money comes from:
So, Fleming's out for me, and probably Boustany, too. The linked article says the national PACs are only sending big bucks to the swing states, so maybe we need to look back to who funded these candidates in previous elections. Tired of having to deal with horrible leadership of people "chosen" by non-Louisianans, who wind up not being public servants. At all.
- Boustany, who had the most cash to spend — $2.5 million — at the start of July, attracted donors from the medical field and the oil and gas industry. Contributions mainly came from Lafayette, Houston, and Washington, D.C.
- Campbell, who wrote himself a $500,000 loan check, collected contributions mostly from Shreveport, Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
- Fayard, who lent her campaign $650,000, raised money mostly from fellow lawyers and contributors in New Orleans, New York, and Denham Springs.
- After transferring $1.6 million from his House campaign account, Fleming drew contributions mostly from Shreveport and New Orleans. While he lent himself $693,000, he also has the influential conservative Club for Growth PAC behind him.
- Kennedy's donors were centered in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport.
- Maness raised contributions mainly from Shreveport, New Orleans, and Dallas. As a Tea Party favorite, Maness got $10,000 from Sarah Palin's PAC.
If I had to vote this minute, without knowing anything else about any of the candidates, I would vote Cao.
Here's the entire list:
Edit: Found the list of candidates from the Secretary of State's site: https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/CandidateInquiry?electiondate=20161108Senate Candidates:
(List is from a site I'm not familiar with: 2016 Louisiana Elections, Primary, Caucus, Candidates, Races and Voting
- Charles Boustany (R)
~ Congressman (District 3), Surgeon, Businessman- Joe Cao (R)
~ Ex-Congressman, Attorney, Community Activist- Thomas Clements (R)
~ Businessman- Donald "Crawdaddy" Crawford (R)
- David Duke (R)
~ Ex-State Representative, White Supremacist, Ex-Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon- John Fleming (R)
~ Congressman (District 4), Ex-Webster Parish Coroner, Physician, Businessman, Navy Veteran- John Kennedy (R)
~ State Treasurer, Attorney, Ex-State Revenue Secretary- Rob Maness (R)
~ Retired USAF Officer, Tea Party Activist- Charles Marsala (R)
~ FInancial Advisor- Abhay Patel (R)
~ Business Development Executive, Ex-Investment Banker- Foster Campbell (D)
~ State Public Service Commissioner, Insurance Agency Owner, Ex-State Senator- Derrick Edwards (D)
~ Attorney- Caroline Fayard (D)
~ Attorney, Ex-White House Aide, Ex-Congressional Aide- Gary Landrieu (D)
~ Building Contractor- Vinny Mendoza (D)
~ Ex-Assistant USAF Inspector General, Farmer- Josh Pellerin (D)
~ Energy Executive- Peter Williams (D)
~ Tree Farmer- Beryl Billiot (Independent)
~ Businessman, USMC Veteran- Troy Hebert (Independent)
~ Ex-State ATC Commissioner, Ex-State Senator, Ex-State Representative, Ex-Democrat- Bob Lang (Independent)
~ Retired Fire Chief, Vietnam War Veteran- Kaitlin Marone (Independent)
~ Comedian- Gregory Taylor (Independent)
- Arden Wells (Independent)
~ Disbarred Attorney, Tea Party Activist- Thomas Clements (Libertarian)
~ Businessman- LeRoy Gillam (Libertarian)
~ Pentecostal Minister