If there ever was a time in our state government when the legislature needed someone who can calmly work across the aisle and be an intermediary and not a provoker - that time is now.
In this deep politically divisiveness environment that has permeated our legislature, we believe it’s critical that we elect someone who has the character, passion, energy and time our rural districts need and deserves.
There are only two candidates who qualified for the Senate 31st District seat being vacated by Louie Bernard. One is a lawyer and career politician who is term limited in the State House of Representatives and lives in Shreveport at the most northern edge of the district.
The other is a proven winner in life and athletics with a deep desire to serve.
That’s why this newspaper is enthusiastically endorsing Mike McConathy as our next Senator in the 31st Senatorial District We need a champion like Mike McConathy.