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Baton Rouge mayor Kip Holden, right, a Democrat running for a U.S. House seat, speaks to the Press Club of Baton Rouge about the 2nd Congressional District race while Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond listens, on Monday, Oct. 31, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Louisiana’s 2nd District race quiet ahead of Nov. 8 election

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

In this March 31, 2015, photo, a supply vessel crosses an oil sheen drifting from the site of the former Taylor Energy oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. Capitol Hill lawmakers from Louisiana have intervened on behalf of Taylor Energy Company that has failed to stop a decade-old oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico but lobbied for a refund of money reserved for spill containment work, according to letters obtained by The Associated Press through public records requests. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File

Lawmakers back company responsible for decade-old Gulf leak

By Eric Tucker and Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press