FuturePAC won’t make endorsement in state Supreme Court race

FuturePAC, BRAC’s political action committee, is staying out of the runoff race on the Dec. 8 ballot between Democrat John Michael Guidry and Republican Jeff Hughes to fill the 5th District seat on the Louisiana Supreme Court. FuturePAC will not be making an endorsement in the race, a BRAC spokesperson confirms this morning. FuturePAC also did not make an endorsement in the race during the primarily earlier this month when a field of eight candidates were vying for the seat. “FuturePAC does not typically get involved in judicial races,” says Lauren Songy Hatcher, BRAC’s director of advertising and communications. In a move that surprised some, the four political action committees of influential business association LABI recently gave their endorsement to Guidry. In the primary, the LABI PACs were solidly behind Republican District Judge William Morvant, who got 11% of the vote. Guidry, 50, led the primary field with 27% of the vote. Hughes, 60, placed second with 21%. —Steve Sanoski