Here’s who will succeed Gary Smith Jr. in the Louisiana Senate

Bellock said she, too, would seek relief from rising property and flood insurance premiums. She also wanted to reduce the corporate benefits of the state’s industrial tax exemption program and to make it easier for elderly people to afford nursing home care.

Through Sept. 25, Miller outspent Bellock 26 to 1, and in the final days of the race he was raking in thousands of dollars from PACs, businesses, legislators and other interests, according to the candidates’ campaign finance reports.