Somebody gets busted with a joint then all of the sudden punches somebody, then it’s hard to argue for that. It’s got a population of like a thousand people, and they had a peaceful protest. Those were my initial ones, yeah. We got our work cut out for us, and now everybody’s talking about moving statues in front of Lake Charles courthouse. Yeah, they’re going to get justice in that building. Give them a tax break, not the oil companies. That should be the end of the story. © 2021 Electoral Ventures LLC. When NASCAR banned the Confederate flag last week, I thought that was one of the biggest seminal moments of our lifetimes. If you ever want to take a trip down cosmic horror nightmare alley, look him up. We still have a place called Jefferson Davis Parish. One of which is that people don’t elect candidates based on policy. He pretty much just follows the party line. All Rights Reserved. If it’s not on Fox News, people don’t hear it. Let’s not brag about that anymore. By the factor of sharing that, it kind of exploded all over Facebook. They don’t want to call attention to the fact that oil and gas is about the fifth biggest industry in Louisiana, and yet it’s first in political donations. Some of the most important issues that you’ve advocated include better education, cutting student debt, universal healthcare, prison reform, marijuana decriminalization, renewable energy, and increased infrastructure spending. 1 (ACT 447, 2019 - HB 425) -- Relating to Declaring There Is No Right to and No Funding of Abortion in the Louisiana Constitution CA NO. It’s got a population of like a thousand people, and they had a peaceful protest. In my district, I think the greatest revelation has been how many people have turned out for these Black Lives Matter protests. We seceded from the Union. Sure. That should be the end of the story. Positivity. You’re saying millions of dollars spent for a House seat. John Bel Edwards (D, 2nd term) is the incumbent; he will be ineligible to run due to term limits. It’s been a few hundred years. You’re not taking any PAC money. Let’s go back to being United States citizens together. - Rob Anderson for Louisiana (LA-3) In Advisory Opinion 2000-29, the Commission determined that the last day to qualify for a position on the general election ballot in Louisiana must be considered the primary election date for Louisiana candidates. You can own a gun but if you kill somebody else then you just gave up a lot of your rights then, didn’t you? I have a holistic approach. You’ve called Giuliani a “rogue sentient Gummy Bear.” You’ve got an active and hilariously combative online presence, but I imagine you have to parse your words when it comes to the president. ABOUT US See election results, a county-by-county map and more for the Louisiana U.S. House election on Nov. 3, 2020. His bankruptcies, multiple divorces, sexual assaults, all of that. The problem that they’re having with this is where my campaign really gets fun. You’ve called Higgins a “placeholder” but based on everything I’ve read about him, he seems like a perfect Republican. One of the down home boys. You just have to keep being right and keep repeating and don’t give up. I’m here to support them, and so many others are too. Next week, it’ll be 30 years that we’ve been married. He’s a big environmentalist. Notify me of follow-up comments? With the continued killings of unarmed African Americans and the resurgence of Black Lives Matter, the historical parallels are there. Obviously, I advocate for any individual bill. We got our work cut out for us, and now everybody’s talking about moving statues in front of Lake Charles courthouse. We like crawfish because it’s what grows down here. This is not news, but down here, it goes unreported. Anderson is running a DIY, working-class campaign. Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 3 Incumbent Clay Higgins won election outright against Braylon Harris, Rob Anderson, and Brandon LeLeux in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 3 on November 3, 2020. Here’s my kid. He was the “Aw Shucks,” law-abiding southern sheriff who just happened to agree with all of their unspoken “Jesus is good, blacks are bad” messages, and that’s how he got into office last time. Thankfully some people don’t know what it means, but we were literally just discussing that the other day. We want integration. A lot of informed people did. I think Louisiana is poised to be a leader; everybody here, black or white, for all of Louisiana. Of course. The corruption just got the best of me, combined my kids were off to college and my wife and I said, “Can we go ahead and be poor for a little while and stand up and fight for this stuff and she said “yes.” She’s always been supportive. I was born the year that Martin Luth King, Jr. was killed, as well as Bobby Kennedy, as well as the riots that truly forced legislation. The U. S. Representative for the 3rd Congressional District of Louisiana, which includes Calcasieu Parish, will be elected in the November 3, 2020 Election. Have you caught any pushback from local politicians? Up until we call “qualifying,” where you register with the Louisiana Secretary of State in July. I just look at the big picture state of people. And for someone to preach moral values who’s on his fourth wife, pulled a gun on one wife, and beat black suspects and all that.... There’s a cognitive dissonance there that has to be pointed out. I think he’s probably just worked with so many cops that are wife abusers that he just thinks that’s what women are for. We’re not anti-oil. They talk about it as environmental remediation, but the only reason they do it is to get oil tankers in and out. It is trickling down and getting out into the people. We don’t have Russ Feingold out there talking about it as much. The local politicians haven’t touched us yet because they don’t know what to do with us. Is it winnable? We’re a very working-class district, and the media control down here is definitely slanted toward the right-wing. All candidates from all parties appear on a single ballot November 3. It’s a presidential election year but your election will be held after the national general election. Although Rob is one of the candidates for the United States House of Representatives elections. We were like, “Well we are both young. But if you wrote out everything you believed in in every political ad and it would be pages-long documents, but it all boils down to: “Are you a decent, trustworthy, person who wouldn’t steal to get ahead?” That’s basically what politics is. What I have to run on is that Higgins has done nothing for the district and isn’t a good person to begin with. Of course private prisons are a part of it, and they donate to politicians. Are there jobs from oil and gas in Louisiana? Explore current and historic federal campaign finance data on the new fec.gov. Steve King (Under the Radar): How has the district been handling the pandemic? It was great. By Steve King Politics was kind of the same thing. It’s a cliche but it’s true. To create and share your own forecast, visit the 2020 House Interactive Map. Facebook has become more influential in American politics than it really should, and that’s the battleground these days in the 21st century. He’s not a wealthy man masquerading as a working class candidate; he is a blue collar worker. This administration is a failure and its allies in the House and Senate, people like Higgins, are complicit in the destruction of this country. He’s a Republican but you wouldn’t know it; old-fashioned Republican. Solar is a new market that Louisiana could benefit from. And we all surprised each other, and of course they were all peaceful, non-violent, loving, organized...and so many of us are gratified not just because we were able to show up and lend our voice, but that’s there were so many other neighbors. The only place that seems likely is District 5, where Republican Ralph Abraham is retiring and a large field is looking to succeed him. The parts up in Lake Charles, specifically the northern part of it, there’s no supermarket and that’s a real problem. If no candidate gets a majority, the top two finishers advance to a runoff on December 5. There is so much going on these days, but this one issue controls so many aspects of our lives. There’s a lot of social media griping about the pandemic and there are still people who think it’s a hoax down here. How are people supposed to eat? The news in New York is “the stupid southern rebels with their pickup trucks and their beer, waving the Confederate flag,” and that does happen, don’t get me wrong, but most of us would just sweat a lot. Nobody from the protests was the worry. People really didn’t know. Where are you on marijuana decriminalization versus full legalization? He has lived all over the country, from California, New York, Maryland, and Florida, before settling down in southwest Louisiana. It’s white supremacy. But Rob Anderson is a bit of a renaissance man. CA NO. I was a 2A advocate even when I was up north but I never owned a gun because it’s not easy to own a gun in New York. 1 (ACT 447, 2019 - HB 425) -- Relating to Declaring There Is No Right to and No Funding of Abortion in the Louisiana Constitution All 3934 precincts reporting 3934 of 3934 precincts reporting But overall, I think we actually responded well, and it never really exploded within my district. I know the oil industry practices. FILE - In this July 22, 2020 file photo, Luke Letlow, R-Start, chief of staff to exiting U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham, speaks after signing up to run for Louisiana's 5th Congressional District in Baton Rouge, La. There’s a district in Baton Rouge that really benefits the owners of oil and gas companies. Why haven’t you done an economic stimulus zone over here for bus routes? How do we get white men to vote the right way? Are we willing to sacrifice our own comfort for the good of others? Election, Primary & Caucus Dates: State Primary: November 3, 2020 Run-Off (if needed): December 5, 2020 Presidential Primary: June 20, 2020 Type: closed Democrat Delegates: 61 (54 pledged, 7 super) Republican Delegates: 46 Louisiana Electoral Votes: 8 The first protest I went to at the University of Lafayette, a couple weeks ago, I think there were close to 5,000 people there, and not one single incident a violence. I was also born a week before Nixon was elected, so it just wasn’t a great year overall. A lot of this is where you are. Wouldn’t that be better for more of Louisiana? I talked to veterans and ex-cops who said, “Perhaps an AR-15 in private hands is a bad idea.” But you have to be careful down here when you broach it and make sure you’re not telling people “They’re coming to get your guns.” They don’t want to hear that. “When I became an adult, I put away childish things.” It’s time to grow up and realize it was about race in the Civil War. What effects have the events of the last few months had on you and the district? A Trump-approved abomination who somehow made it out of the swamp and slithered into politics. Elections; Louisiana; Abortion amendment, Abraham’s successor on Louisiana ballot . Like any good Scorpio, you were once arrested and fined $400 for smoking weed on a beach. And the underlying reality of his police brutality, his attendance at Three Percenter rallies, is his endorsement with David Duke. And the answer was yes. There were 7 of us. I was just there to support them. I think he’s probably just worked with so many cops that are wife abusers that he just thinks that’s what women are for. 2020 Louisiana District 3 House Results. I don’t think we all realized how many of us there are. Please enter the word you see in the image below: There are no comments for this entry yet. I think the country has changed in many ways over the last few years, but the one sticking point is white men and their support for the president and his policies. I actually went to one of their conferences for “Unrig the System” in my first election cycle. Aside from voting for Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996, Louisiana has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1980. A lot of liberals, Democrats, even Independents can’t stand the guy. Issue #67 - Phoebe Bridgers and Moses Sumney. Make everybody’s life better. Estimates range from an 8 billion dollar industry waiting to happen. With the second one, I went more incognito, and still, many people came up and they would say, “Rob, I’m so glad to see you here. So we did and then I did get successful later on, and we had our own business, and all that. Get some federal aid to get a Rouse’s or a Piggly Wiggly, or whoever will come in and open a supermarket. Your campaign could not be more of the antithesis of normal Louisiana politics. Poverty is real. We also have Beauregard Parish named after a Civil War general. It’s complex legislation, but I think a lot of it has to do with your area. I think it’s the time for white people to listen, rather than speak. So, it’s about media perception as propaganda initially. Almost every politician from the local level on up to federal is financed by oil and gas industries or oil and gas industry PACS. It was her choice, obviously. Everybody runs. And then you ask them after that, “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps?” “Well, you just locked me up for a plant.” It’s just a way of keeping people down. I paid a $400 ticket and a lot of young black men, and then, of course, their entire path is derailed. Everyone here owns guns. December 10th 2020 Picture courtesy of Rob Anderson for Louisiana. This is Creole, Cajun, Acadian swamp country. That’s basically his appeal. When you share a message of what your individual goals are, without partisan attachment to Biden or Bernie Sanders or whatever on the national level, there’s a lot of distrust in northern yankee liberals or whatever, as I found out when I lived in New York City briefly in the ’80s and ’90s, where I met my wife, there’s a lot of distrust in New York of southerners as well and they were surprised that I was smarter than they were and worked just as hard, if not harder, and I ended up owning the first company I worked at. Just follow the money. That was like a shockwave and that’s a good thing. He voted for the Trump tax cut giveaway a couple years ago but really, what has he done? He hasn’t done much. When you find what you need, export results and save custom links. Sep 04, 2020 I don’t know. We’re at a cusp right now. And we are. With name familiarity, incumbents have a 97% re-election rate. We were kind of behind because information was coming out but it wasn’t reaching the ground, if that makes sense. I take for granted that I can hop in my truck and drive a couple miles and go to a supermarket. He was picked by the RNC because of YouTube fame, and as we’re discovering the reason that people revered him. I don’t know. Jul 02, 2020 Why are we not pursuing that? How do you thread that needle in a place that’s pretty dark red? I always quote the movie Galaxy Quest. I’m not interested in going to Washington and then getting rich. I’ve never been a fan of hunting. He’s monstrous, hateful, violent, hypocritical, proudly ignorant. That’s what you run on with Clay Higgins. You’ve been a worker for a long time. Well, hell, 3/5 of a person, you know, the initial Constitution is great, except that women and minorities couldn’t vote. We don’t have great mass transit. I can make it better. But our governor is a Democrat and he formed a pandemic response team before we even had our first case, back in February, so he’s been very proactive, pro-science. Some people don’t have cars. If anyone wins 50% or more they win outright, and the top two candidates, if no one breaks 50%, then there’s a runoff later in December. “Never give up. We have a Jungle Primary. How can you make the case for campaign finance mean something to voters again? It’s harder, especially in the modern era, when so much money is needed to compete in an election cycle, like when you go to the presidential level. As you know, we have a Democratic Governor, John Bel Edwards, and our district is hard to describe without devolving into preordained aphorisms. You want to make the quality of life better? That’s just common sense to me, and since I don’t take their money, I don’t have to say what they want me to say. Take the Confederate generals out of there, if you want your history, make a Confederate museum that people can visit. Loves people. Being able to shout hate crimes slogans over the air waves and advocating for the killing of other people. He has lived all over the country, from California, New York, Maryland, and Florida, before settling down in southwest Louisiana. You just have to be careful on messaging. I just saw a Libertarian signed on to the ticket just the other day, and I’m sure another Republican will jump in. They watch the TV show. As soon as they start responding to me in public, all they’re going to do is get a lot of blowback. He votes Trump, I think, like 98% of the time. Everybody wants to meet you,” and it’s just gratifying. The fewer number of people there are the more competitive a race can be, but we have a bad habit, and the RNC supports it. A runoff election for the 5th district was held on December 5, 2020. — â ï¸ â Robâ Anderson for Louisiana (@RobAnderson2018) October 23, 2020. The alternative is a working man who holds. There is no part of Louisiana that isn’t influenced by the oil and gas industry. Change does come. We need to communicate better. The other part of it is we can minimize the number of candidates who get in. Of course, that’s just in my district, Lake Charles, Lafayette, but there’s also been little ones all over Denham Springs. It was a bad thing. So why not put up a statue of Creole General Honoré? I have multiple responses to this, especially now, because I’m a more seasoned politician. He’s a Republican but you wouldn’t know it; old-fashioned Republican. That’s where we differ. The first time they start to acknowledge me, they only make me stronger. As a backstory to that, we found out she was pregnant pretty much right after we got married. Well, when you’re talking politics, you have to talk local politics. Just fighting back on social media. Absolutely. This is all allegation and rumor, and it’s not proven, but it’s pretty well understood. There is still a place in the district called Jefferson Davis. LA-03 is on the southwestern side of Louisiana. Legalizing it is one thing but you have to expunge the records of nonviolent drug possessions. Well, because oil and gas doesn’t want competition and they pay their representatives to keep it that way. He’s a ex-used car salesman as much as he is an ex-cop. But yeah, we always answer those questions and I’m a firm believer in ending Citizens United. Gov. People saw The Apprentice and they say, “Oh wow, this is a successful businessman.” Nevermind the underlying realities. Of course, that’s just in my district, Lake Charles, Lafayette, but there’s also been little ones all over Denham Springs. Rob Anderson is a candidate for Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District in 2020. Let’s acknowledge it. There has to be two-prong legalization. Why does it always have to be about race? But certainly: immediate across-the-board amnesty for any non-violent drug offense. He has sponsored a few dredging projects, which of course helps the oil companies by opening up the canals so they can get their tankers in and out. SITE MAP, Arizona Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick Not Running in 2022, Sabato's Crystal Ball: Initial 2022 Gubernatorial Overview and Ratings, Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt Not Running for Reelection in 2022. So you stand for what you stand for, and you don’t change your positions, and you answer any question that’s asked and over time, people will begin to build a picture of you and all you can do is stick with that and hope you can reach enough people before the election comes. He votes Trump, I think, like 98% of the time. Incumbents are … We want diversity. How is it playing in the district? Web Exclusive If you’re attacking the First Amendment you have to be very, very careful as to what you’re doing it for. It’s always long and it’s always painful but it does come, and the more people who believe in it, sooner or later, each successive generation grows up with a little more knowledge, and it becomes inevitable. They all live in one district in Baton Rouge. Some of the people don’t even know. Let’s be real. Does that make your race easier or harder to break through? They put the stickers on the floor saying “Stand this far apart while you’re waiting for a cashier.” That type of thing: cashiers wearing masks, face shields. It’s one of the richest districts in the country, there’s a few block area of Baton Rouge where all that money goes and of course they funnel it into the local elections to make sure everyone votes the way they want and then they shift their money to wherever they shifted it, so yeah. I can’t believe it. Fifth Congressional District: In Louisiana's only open seat, Republican Luke Letlow of Start leads the way with $341,712 cash on hand. Why not new jobs where they don’t work you for six months and lay you off and then hire you back. Just to remove it as a Schedule One narcotic. Rob Anderson is pictured before the start of a debate between candidates running to represent Louisiana's Third Congressional District on Thursday, October 22, 2020… You were born in 1968. It’s not that we’re not down here and that we don’t get heard. We don’t have McCain. I’d rather not go into too much detail about him because I want to be able to eat a meal today, and we’re here to talk about the alternative to Higgins. is a working-class Democratic candidate running in the Deep South against an incumbent Republican Congressman in an increasing dark red district. Are you doing it for perks and gain or is it to make reforms that are needed? The first season of True Detective took place there. While Louisiana is expected to maintain its 6 congressional districts, expect some changes to the district boundaries that will be effective with the 2022 election. It’s not the way the world works, and anyone who disagrees, look at why Elizabeth Warren is not the Democratic presidential nominee. PRIVACY He’s a journeyman who just so happens to be running for Congress. They just believe in white supremacy but their numbers are dying out. This is because Louisiana does not have primaries prior to Election Day (except for president). Then we had to alter plans because we lived in a pro-choice state, so getting an abortion would have been easy but my wife didn’t want to. and accompanied by his #RobMob and the goodwill of Louisianans, the third district may have real representation for the first time in a long time. We were living the high life. Look at totals and trends, and see how candidates and committees raise and spend money. Last cycle, he won outright with 56%. We’re making good money.” We had a cheap apartment. It’s the same way with any other Amendment. I’m such and such. Before that, he won in a runoff with a legitimate candidate, Scott Angelle. He now mostly works in construction and geotechnical drilling. Were there protests there? Unfortunately, with the reopenings nationwide, we’re seeing a resurgence of COVID-19 and we’re watching that down here as cases doubled 300 to 600 in a single day, like it was yesterday. But you can translate that. So there aren’t a lot of liberal voices that are allowed down here. The current representative of the district, Clay Higgins, is a gruesome, thrice-divorced car salesman, a deadbeat dad turned police officer who really can’t get enough of beating people up. It’s the same with 2A. He’s a writer, a painter, and a musician. Never surrender.” You can’t get discouraged or disheartened. He got 56% and all the rest of us split together 44%. I can’t think of anything else he’s done... Well, he voted against the Violence Against Women Act, so that’s great for the women of our district. You can’t even run on it. Is this just one of those social issues that changes with regions? And on YouTube, Clay Higgins was a sarcastic law enforcement officer who’s looking out for them. That’s just partially why our campaign has been so successful. There’s one November 1st election. The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana primary was held on November 3, 2020, with candidates that receive a simple majority being elected. Thirty-seven years I spent out in the fields before I got into politics. So why not put up a statue of Creole General, I don’t know. It all works together. What has happened is just complete incompetence from the top down, as well as moral ineptitude. I think I’m speaking at one this week, but only if invited. If New Orleans is the heart of Louisiana, the third district is its blood. Next election is 2023. I kind of look like a cop; I’m a burly guy, and here I was wearing a walkie-talkie, walking around wearing a mask and just watching everything, making sure it was safe and peaceful. In that parish, yeah; it’s a small town. And there’s thousands and thousands of us. Full legalization. It has to go across the board. Affiliation: Democratic Name: Rob Anderson: Address: 320 E. Napoleon St Sulphur, Louisiana , United States: Email: None: Website: None: Born: Unknown Contributor Decriminalize it across the board, treat it like alcohol, stop talking about it, stop the school-to-prison pipeline. We had a couple incidents of rednecks in trucks driving by yelling, but for the most part everybody was very supportive. That’s how we started the campaign. But I do believe the Second Amendment was written for a purpose, and anytime we change it, we have to be very very careful. So would I listen to gun restrictions? I’ve worked with hunters who had rifles and whatnot; even for that they had to get special permits to go hunting. Do you kind of pull punches? They paid a lot of money. But there is a constant cycle of unemployment dependency that’s still there, and a lot of the money is shipped overseas anyway. He’s a big environmentalist. Merely by going out and donating and wearing masks in public, and I hate to say it, but it’s kind of split along informational lines which aren’t necessarily party lines. Runoff or not, a Republican is expected to prevail in the district. He pretty much just follows the party line. Thankfully some people don’t know what it means, but we were literally just discussing that the other day. We just posted the other day, an internal police report from the Opelousas PD, and a lot of people were like, “I didn’t know this existed.” This is from 2007. What was it that compelled you to enter politics now? And there’s thousands and thousands of us. 2022: Sen. John Kennedy (R, 1st term), 6 Congressional Districts: 5 Republicans | 1 Democrat. It’s time to move forward. The message needs to get across that “southern” doesn’t mean “stupid.” Now, there are some entrenched loyalties in the south to the Confederacy, in that it’s their identity, which we’re trying to push away. So overall, businesses responded, which is probably because businesses can be subjected to lawsuits, and fake news doesn’t translate to their bottom line. But Rob Anderson is a bit of a renaissance man. He has lived all over the country, from California, New York, Maryland, and Florida, before settling down in southwest Louisiana. The more I look at it, it’s starting to sound like a pretty solid, almost Sanders-like progressive plan. Yeah, let’s have trickle up morals. One of the issues that got you into politics was campaign finance reform and Citizens United. 2020 Presidential Election Results > Louisiana Louisiana Presidential Polls. In that parish, yeah; it’s a small town. We have put together this online poll to provided information to residents and for candidates to see … In Higgins’ case, I do call him a “placeholder” because, legislatively, that’s all he is. He hasn’t done much. That’s not a good message. That is unlikely to change in 2020. Well, because it’s always about race. Imagine being a kid and your dad takes Lindsey Graham to … Yeah. The Student Action League of UL invited me and kind of recruited me into security. I’m not against it. We need to make it. Results from the Louisiana 2020 general election held November 3. And I’m in a rural area. See election results for Louisiana’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives, including a map and county-by-county vote counts on Nov. 3, 2020. Is it just a regional thing? Well, they go to convenience stores and they buy junk. He’s a local hero and he’s a great guy. It is the melting pot. We don’t even talk about it. I’m on record with my opposition to Trump, but we don’t campaign on that down here. It doesn’t benefit Louisiana. The district has been trending hard R since the middle of the 20th century but it’s been getting really darker red since 2000.
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