The Latest: Polls close in Louisiana congressional runoff

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Latest on Louisiana's election (all times local):

8 p.m.

Polls have closed in Louisiana, where voters cast ballots in the nation's final three undecided congressional races.

The top race Saturday for an open U.S. Senate seat pitted Republican John Kennedy, the state treasurer, against Democrat Foster Campbell, a state utility regulator.

Kennedy is expected to take the seat and secure a 52-48 edge for the GOP in the Senate's new term. Campbell insisted the race was closer than polls showed.

Also up for grabs are two U.S. House seats.

In the 3rd District, voters chose between two Republican contenders: Scott Angelle, who has held public office for nearly 30 years, and Clay Higgins, a former sheriff's captain known as the "Cajun John Wayne."

The 4th District race was between two lawyers: Republican Mike Johnson and Democrat Marshall Jones.

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8 a.m.

The campaign season is ending in Louisiana a month later than the rest of the country.

Voters Saturday are deciding the nation's final three congressional seats in runoff elections.

Top of the ballot is the competition for an open U.S. Senate seat between Republican John Kennedy, the state treasurer, and Democrat Foster Campbell, an elected state utility regulator.

Kennedy is the front-runner in a state where Donald Trump won 58 percent of the vote. But Campbell has been getting a fundraising and social media assist from Democrats around the nation hoping to lodge a victory in their grim election cycle.

If Kennedy wins, the GOP would secure a 52-48 edge in the Senate when the new term begins Jan. 3.

Voters also are filling two U.S. House seats in Louisiana.