Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy trounced Sen. Mary Landrieu in Louisiana’s Senate runoff Saturday, picking up one last seat for Republicans in a 2014 midterm election season that saw commanding gains for the GOP.
When the Associated Press called the race, Cassidy led Landrieu by nearly 30 points with 1 percent of precincts reporting. Cassidy’s victory will give Republicans 54 seats in the Senate, with Democrats controlling 46.
Mary Landrieu's seat has been in Democratic hands for 132 years. http://t.co/wA8KqPWxje
— Philip Bump (@pbump) December 7, 2014

