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One-on-One: Edwards Talks Traffic, Political Gridlock, and Transgressions

Edwards calls prospective voters Sept. 17, 2014.
Debbie Elliott
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NPR
Edwards calls prospective voters Sept. 17, 2014.
Edwards calls prospective voters Sept. 17, 2014.
Credit Debbie Elliott / NPR
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NPR
Edwards calls prospective voters Sept. 17, 2014.

This Saturday, Dec. 6, voters in the 6th District — from Baton Rouge to Houma — will select their next Congressman.

Garret Graves — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s former coastal chief — is in a runoff with Louisiana political legend Edwin Edwards.

Of the 26 times Edwards has been on a ballot, he’s only lost once, but he’s considered a longshot in this one. A recent poll has him down by more than 25 points.

But Edwards says he takes the projections with a grain of salt.  

Garret Graves, the frontrunner in the Congressional race, had accepted WRKF’s invitation for an interview but lost his voice. We hope to reschedule that interview before the election on Saturday.

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Amy Jeffries
Amy started her career in public radio at WNPR in Hartford, CT more than a decade ago. NPR flew her in to Baton Rouge to help WRKF cover the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina while she was still based in the North. Here she found her journalistic calling.

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