By MELINDA DESLATTE
Associated Press Writer
Published: Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 5:17 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 5:17 p.m.
Louisiana’s campaign season opens Wednesday, when candidates begin signing-up for elections ranging from congressional seats and the lieutenant governor’s job to local mayor positions and city council races.
Candidates must submit their paperwork and pay their qualifying fee by Friday at 5 p.m.
Up for election are the state’s seven U.S. House seats and the lieutenant governor’s post that Mitch Landrieu left earlier this year to become New Orleans mayor.
Topping the ballot is Republican Sen. David Vitter’s bid for re-election to a second term, his first time facing voters after a 2007 prostitution scandal. Vitter faces Democrat Charlie Melancon, who’s leaving his congressional seat to challenge the incumbent senator.
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