Louisiana Senate race heads to runoff

Louisiana’s Senate race will head to a December runoff after no candidate was able to reach the 50 percent threshold.

{mosads}State Treasurer John Kennedy (R) and Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell (D) are projected to advance to the Dec. 10 runoff for the seat vacated by GOP Sen. David Vitter.

Kennedy clinched a little more than 25 percent of the vote, coming in first in the state’s “jungle primary.” He led nearly every poll in the crowded 24-candidate field and had wider name recognition as a statewide official.

Campbell came in second with more than 17 percent of the vote. He narrowly edged out GOP Rep. Charles Boustany, who garnered around 15 percent.

Boustany had faced unsubstantiated allegations claiming he was a client of a local prostitution hub, but he denied those claims and even grew his lead in some of the polls in the home stretch.

Attorney Caroline Fayard (D) and GOP Rep. John Fleming narrowly trailed Boustany, respectively.

Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke (R) received 3 percent of the vote.

Republicans are expected to hold on to the traditionally red seat.