Troy Brown, the former District Two senator, has qualified to run for the seat he previously occupied. Brown plead no-contest to a pair of domestic violence charges back in February 2017 and then resigned from office. Now the Democrat is back, looking to unseat fellow Democrat Ed Price from the position.
Domestic violence victim's advocate Kim Sport told WWL-TV Brown's decision to run is an outrage. "I couldn't believe that someone who'd literally been forced to leave the Senate for committing violence against not only is wife but his mistress within a 4-month period would be thinking so soon that he could come back and represent the people of this state,” Sport resonded.
Having entered a no-contest plea to misdemeanors, Brown is allowed to seek public office yet again. Had Brown been convicted of felony charges, his career in politics would've been over for good.
Sport says Brown's return to politics is "through a loophole because we didn't have a 'battery of a dating partner' crime. And it wasn't until last year that if you abused someone in the presence of a child then that was a felony.”
Brown is said to have bitten his wife's arm in a dispute over a cell phone and then punched a long-time girlfriend in the face.
Meanwhile, WWL Political Analyst Clancy DuBos says the public's memory will play a role whether Brown is successful or not.