SHREVEPORT, La. — Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Jamie Davis stopped in Shreveport on Saturday to court northwest Louisiana voters as early voting rolled on in Caddo Parish, ten days before he meets Republican Julia Letlow on the Nov. 3 ballot.
Davis pitched himself as a farmer and working man who understands the struggles of ordinary families, contrasting that with what he described as an opponent who sides with big business and the political elite. He told supporters he felt confident and had held nothing back since the start of the race, and he urged residents to compare the candidates on the ballot and back the one who matches their values.
Caddo Parish voters still have a few days to cast ballots early. Early voting runs through Tuesday, Oct. 27, with polling sites closed on Sunday, Oct. 25.
The Shreveport stop came a week after Letlow skipped a candidate forum in Baton Rouge on Oct. 19. At that event, Davis said his own internal polling had him trailing by 4 points.
The two campaigns are funded very differently. Davis has turned down corporate PAC money and has raised about $4 million, more than 98% of it from individual contributions, with just under $1 million in the bank according to his latest federal filing. Letlow has built a war chest of nearly $7 million, including more than $1.5 million from PACs and over $4 million moved over from her U.S. House campaign account, and reported $1.41 million on hand.
The national Democratic Party has not put money into Davis’s campaign, a sign some consultants read as doubt that the seat is in play. Louisiana voters will also settle 10 proposed constitutional amendments on the same ballot.
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