
Presidential Primary March 24
CENTRAL — Louisiana’s Republican Presidential Primary will be held Saturday, March 24. It will be the only Presidential Primary in the nation for the two-week period between the Illinois primary on March 20 and Texas on April 3.
As a result, all four candidates for the Republican nomination will probably campaign in Louisiana.
Since Central has a high concentration of conservative Republican voters, the City of Central could be visited by one or more of the Republican candidates in their quest for votes in the March 24 primary.
On the same election ballot, Republican voters will choose members of the Republican State Central Committee and Republican Parish Executive Committee.
Last night, the four remaining candidates for the Republican Presidential nomination — former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia, Congressman Ron Paul of Texas, former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, and former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts — committed in a live debate on CNN from Mesa, Arizona. The candidates are making a last-ditch plea for votes in the Republican primaries this Saturday in Arizona and Michigan.
All of the candidates have taken a conservative stand on most of the issues, although Congressman Paul is a libertarian who tends to agree with the others on economic policy but not foreign policy or defense.
The latest Rasmussen Poll has Santorum leading nationwide among Republican primary voters with 39 percent, Romney with 26, Gingrich with 14, and Paul with 11. The Rasmussen Poll is considered the most reliable by many observers because it only surveys likely Republican voters.
In Arizona, the Rasmussen Poll has Romney ahead with 39 percent, Santorum at 31, Gingrich at 15, and Paul at 7. In Michigan, Rasmussen has Santorum at 38, Romney at 34, Paul at 10, and Gingrich at 9.
A Santorum victory in Michigan would be considered significant, because it is Romney’s home state and a state where he has been highly favored to win.
Super Tuesday will be March 6, featuring primaries in 11 states.
The staff of the Central City News has had the chance to meet and/or interview all four of the candidates. Some of the staff photos are on this page.
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