Gubernatorial Campaigns and behind the scenes scoop on Louisiana Politics

Jindal Continues to Dominate the Fundraising Race Bobby Jindal continues his dramatic lead in two important polls – the likely voters and the likely donors. In campaign finance reports filed yesterday he reported raising an additional $2.4 million to bring his total over $10 million. Jindal has over $6 million dollars cash on hand and has raised it from over 17,000 separate contributions. (LPR Staff Report) Boasso Trying to Make it a Two Man Race Walter Boasso’s campaign is clearly trying to claim the #2 spot by throwing everything they have at Jindal and hoping that something sticks. The Boasso campaign says it intends to keep Jindal on the defensive using more personal accounts in the near future. (subscribe to read more – register and email your username to for a FREE trial) Gossip Mill Report: Campbell Feels Overlooked If the drama surrounding the Boasso ad wasn’t enough, gubernatorial scuttlebutt has it that Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, the other Dem in the race from Bossier Parish, feels slighted by the spot, or rather how it may have come about. Sources close to the wily populist report he’s piping hot and under the impression the Louisiana Democratic Party located the Slidell woman and handed her over to the Boasso camp to reap the benefits. Campbell unleashed on a party staffer at Juban’s in Baton Rouge Wednesday night, but he may be making a mountain out of a mole hill. Lynn McNiece, who is featured in the ad, says she contacted the party on her own. The referral to Boasso was supposedly not a secret squirrel-type of deal. (Jeremy Alford) Corps Coming to Capital City? State officials have been meeting with the feds in recent weeks in an effort to change the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from the inside out. For starters, the state wants the feds to integrate coastal restoration, hurricane protection and flood control. By forming the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, the Legislature … (subscribe to read more – register and email your username to for a FREE trial) In the Mail Former state Rep. Tony Perkins, who now serves as president of the D.C.-based Family Research Council, is rumored to be looking at the 2008 U.S. Senate race. But for now, the conservative Republican is content on inserting himself into his old stomping grounds. In a mailer sent out last week, Perkins endorsed… (subscribe to read more – register and email your username to for a FREE trial) Plus seven more articles in this weeks report! register and email your username to for a FREE trial

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