Jeremy Alford covers the best (and the worst) in Louisiana politics and government through a Tuesday opinion column and a news aggregation item on Fridays. When he isn't fishing or managing his emotions during another New Orleans Pelicans season, he serves as the managing editor of LaPolitics Weekly, The Tracker and Beltway Beat. He is the author of “The Last Constitution” and co-authored “Long Shot: A Soldier, a Senator, a Serious Sin, an Epic Louisiana Election” and “The Party Is Over: The New Louisiana Politics.” His work has received support from the Pulitzer Prizes, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Center for Public Broadcasting.

Alford: Democratic Party targeting new voters

Republicans have enjoyed a hot streak in Louisiana, capturing most statewide and federal offices...

‘LaPolitics’: Changes coming to Legislative Fiscal Office

Quite a few folks at the state Capitol were taken by surprise last week when Legislative Fiscal Officer Christopher Keaton announced his retirement before the Joint Budget Committee. Keaton, who has served in the post for a year and a half, will officially exit state employment next week. 

Alford: Politics of redistricting gets personal

The first paid advertisements of the redistricting cycle, purchased specifically to influence how state legislators will draw an election district next year, have surfaced in the Acadiana region.

‘LaPolitics’: Party control an issue in state Senate race 

There are three special legislative elections on the Nov. 13 ballot, but only one...

Alford: Sales tax amendment suddenly faces hurdles

After several months of feuding with lawmakers over funding for various projects and her administration’s COVID-19 restrictions, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has come out against the legislative leadership's crown jewel on the fall ballot—Constitutional Amendment No. 1 to centralize sales tax collections. 

‘LaPolitics’: Timing concerns with redistricting, petition politics persist

During a recent interview, Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin discussed redistricting and noted that...

Alford: Democrats rally around new personalities  

With Gov. John Bel Edwards nearing the midpoint of his final term in office and former Congressman Cedric Richmond working for the White House, Democrats in Louisiana are looking to the future and wondering who will be the next big names. 

‘LaPolitics’: Sen. John Kennedy readying war chest for 2022

Two high-powered Democrats from Baton Rouge hope to block U.S. Sen. John Kennedy from...

Alford: Should state move nonpresidential elections out of hurricane season? 

If you ask Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin what his office is working on,...

‘LaPolitics’: Precinct adjustments coming ahead of elections

Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin spent the past couple of weeks touring parishes affected...
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