Judge refuses to cancel or change Senate debate
BATON ROUGE - The first statewide TV debate in Louisiana's U.S. Senate race will go on as planned - without a judge adding anyone to the participant list.Judge Tim Kelley refused Thursday to stop the debate or to force Louisiana Public Broadcasting and the Council for A Better Louisiana to add candidate Troy Hebert to the Oct. 18 debate stage.Hebert, a former state lawmaker running without party affiliation, filed a lawsuit challenging the criteria as unfair. Two other candidates who didn't make
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