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Democrat Troy Carter wins New Orleans-based US House seat

by Melinda Deslatte
| April 26, 2021 12:03 AM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Democrat Troy Carter won Saturday’s special election for Louisiana's vacant U.S. House seat, defeating his state Senate colleague and ending an acrimonious, intraparty clash that divided politicians across New Orleans.

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