elections
Allan Katz and Danae Columbus: Local legislative candidates hope lightning strikes this fall
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With qualifying less than 60 days away, local candidates are wanting lightning to strike to drive interest and money into the fall legislative races. Will lightning strike twice for School Board member Leslie Ellison as she takes on popular State Sen. David Heitmeier? As a physician and Chair of the state senate’s Health and Welfare Committee, Heitmeier played a leadership role in the passage of medical marijuana. Ellison beat out OPSB incumbent Lourdes Moran four years ago during the African-American sweep of elected offices in Algiers. Jackie Clarkson, who had lost her previously solid black Algiers base, also fell during that sweep to Councilmember Nadine Ramsey.