There’s one month left in the battle for the 3rd Congressional District seat, and campaign managers for U.S. Reps. Charles
Boustany, R-Lafayette, and Jeff Landry, R-New Iberia, told the
Boustany’s campaign manager, John Porter, said Wednesday that he is confident Boustany will be re-elected.
“The strategy is the same — consistent conservative leadership,” Porter said by phone Wednesday. “(Boustany) will continue
to talk to people on the ground. Nothing changes with the campaign. We’ll just do it for another 31 more days.”
Complete but unofficial results for the district show Boustany received 133,876 votes, or 45 percent, and Landry received
90,576 votes, or 30 percent.
Porter said the campaign will work every corner of the district as hard as it can.
“We want to do really well in Lake Charles. That is an area we have a lot of friends,” he said. “The only thing that is going
to change is the weather. We are going to get this thing done on Dec. 8.”
Boustany received about half the votes in all of the parishes except three: Iberia, St. Martin and St. Mary parishes — parishes
where Landry came out on top.
“Our plan is to win,” Phillip Joffrion, campaign manager for Landry, said by email Wednesday. “We’ll win by getting more votes
than the other guy.”
The American Press reached out to the three candidates who did not make the runoff to see who, if any, of the remaining two candidates they would
publicly support.
Republican Bryan Barrilleaux said he prefers to make no endorsement.
“The positions of these two candidates
are similar on every issue,” Barrilleaux said. “I encourage voters to
study the candidates
closely and to choose the candidate who will exercise the most
courage and fortitude.”
Libertarian Jim Stark said he is
“leaning toward” Landry. “Being Libertarian, I support freedom for
everyone, and I like Landry’s
constitutional record,” he said.
Democrat Ron Richard was not available for comment Wednesday.
Boustany has represented the 7th District for four two-year terms; Landry is in his first term as congressman from the old
3rd District.