The United States Senate race in Louisiana is set: Fifth Congressional District Representative Julia Letlow will face former Tensas Parish police juror Jamie Davis in the November 3 election.
One political analyst notes that Davis's chances of winning in a deep red state are awfully slim.
"He's going to get steamrolled in this one," University of Louisiana political science professor Pearson Cross said, noting that Louisiana has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 2008.
Cross told WWL's Tommy Tucker that Jamie Davis will likely continue the Democrats' losing streak.
"He doesn't have any name recognition," Cross said. "He's likely not going to have any money. The national party is not going to invest in him because they don't think he probably has any chance based on past performance."
Still, Cross says Letlow has some work to do to secure the Senate seat.
"Getting people to coalesce behind her is really the thing on the Republican side," Cross said. "You don't want people splitting off and saying, 'Well, to heck with that. I'm not voting for Letlow. I'm voting for the Democrat.' She wants to do some party unity stuff--go around the state and probably make some overtures to the Fleming people, although that might be hard because I can imagine there were a few bruised feelings in the campaign."
