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Senate Race in Louisiana Goes Down to Wire

Published December 7, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Louisiana voters go to the polls to pick the state's next U.S. senator. Incumbent Sen. Mary Landrieu, a Democrat, faces a stiff challenge from Suzanne Terrell, who could become the first Republican elected to the Senate from Louisiana. Jim Engster reports.

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