# Louisiana senate race **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [November 6, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-senate-race/135459 "2002-11-06T00:06:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-senate-race/135459/1 "2002-11-06T00:06:53Z")
How does it come to pass that two Republicans are running? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-senate-race/135459/2 "2002-11-06T00:13:32Z")
Shit. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-senate-race/135459/3 "2002-11-06T00:22:22Z")
For some reason, Louisiana doesn’t have separate primaries. Everyone from all the parties run at once on a single ballot on November 5th, and if no one gets a majority of the vote, the top two vote getters have a runoff in December. Vermont has a bizarre governor’s race setup. If no one gets 50% of the vote today, the race is decided by the state legislature. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-senate-race/135459/4 "2002-11-06T00:44:23Z")
Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-senate-race/135459/5 "2002-11-06T02:30:23Z")
Is this related to the Straight Dope column [How do I go about making a voodoo doll? (29-Dec-2000)](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/001229.html) 😕 If so, let me suggest that you Louisianians take your politics a little too seriously. Express your displeasure in the voting booth, not with witchcraft! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-senate-race/135459/6 "2002-11-06T02:40:20Z")
Say what? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-senate-race/135459/7 "2002-11-06T07:01:24Z")
I think Arnold was having fun with your forum error. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-senate-race/135459/8 "2002-11-06T13:30:53Z")
I gathered that, but what does screwing up the forum jump pull down menu have to do with Voodoo? ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-senate-race/135459/9 "2002-11-06T14:10:49Z")
Presumably it was the only Louisiana-related post that seemed to apply in some weird way. In other words, he was joshing you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-senate-race/135459/10 "2002-11-06T14:16:04Z")
Who is Josh? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-senate-race/135459/11 "2002-11-07T22:20:22Z")
Josh is the name of my voodoo doll, who is a composite representation of all the people who post in the wrong forum at the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-senate-race/135459/12 "2002-11-07T22:26:43Z")
So, where do you buy your pins? Not those little dinky sewing things, but acupuncture needles. The kind that you can really get some force behind? Thanks, Tars Tarkus ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-senate-race/135459/13 "2002-11-13T04:57:35Z")
Hey, wait a minute… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-senate-race/135459/14 "2002-11-13T14:50:00Z")
Oops.