Insight: Congressman's Scandal Yields Political Turf War

89.3 WRKF Baton Rouge | By Amy Jeffries ,

JR Ball

Published April 11, 2014 at 3:07 AM CDT

Vance McAllister, shown in a photo provided by his campaign, will be the next representative from Louisiana's 5th Congressional District after winning Saturday's special election.

Vance McAllister swept into Congress six months ago, elected in a special election to finish out Rodney Alexander's term representing the 5th District in north Louisiana. And already, McAllister has been ensnared in a scandal, caught on tape kissing a woman who is not his wife.

Now political opportunists on all sides are calling for McAllister's resignation and chomping at the bit to fill his seat.

JR Ball, NOLA.com'snews manager in Baton Rouge, has had an ear to the frenzy.

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Amy Jeffries

Amy started her career in public radio at WNPR in Hartford, CT more than a decade ago. NPR flew her in to Baton Rouge to help WRKF cover the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina while she was still based in the North. Here she found her journalistic calling.

JR Ball

Insight: Congressman's Scandal Yields Political Turf War

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