Kennedy becomes lone Republican in Senate race BATON ROUGE, LA. (AP) (wrkf) - Republican Treasurer John Kennedy's only GOP opponent in the U.S. Senate race has dropped out.

That means Kennedy can skip the September party primary election and immediately advance to the November general election against Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu.

A spokesman for the Secretary of State's Office says Jacques Boudreaux, a little-known Republican candidate for Senate, withdrew his name Tuesday.

Boudreaux is a self-employed landscape contractor who had never run for office before.

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