Democratic Party Spent $770,000 On Fayard Race

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — It's no secret the Louisiana Democratic Party focused much of its campaign spending this fall on lieutenant governor candidate Caroline Fayard. New documents show the focus on Fayard ate up more than two-thirds of the party's spending on state races in the final weeks.

Fayard, a New Orleans lawyer, lost the race to Republican Jay Dardenne.

The state Democratic Party's political action committee filed its most recent campaign fundraising report Monday with the state ethics administration office.

In the final three weeks of the November 2nd election cycle, the state Democratic Party poured $770,000 into Fayard's campaign -- 70 percent of its spending on state races during the period.

The report shows members of the Fayard family gave at least $260,000 to the party while it was putting money into Fayard's race.