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Dasher expressed concern for what he views as attempts to remove traditional religious practice from the public arena, saying that "our rights do not come from a bunch of elite politicians in Washington, D.C. They come from the Almighty [[God]]."<ref name="hay ride"/>​

Dasher expressed concern for what he views as attempts to remove traditional religious practice from the public arena, saying that "our rights do not come from a bunch of elite politicians in Washington, D.C. They come from the Almighty [[God]]."<ref name="hay ride"/>​

McAllister, a married man who ran on a platform of family values, was caught kissing a volunteer, the wife of one of McAllister's friends, two months after his election to Congress. After the breaking scandal, McAllister said that he would not run for a full term in the position but then announced his candidacy for reelection shortly after Dasher entered the race. The scandal has made McAllister seem vulnerable for a first-term incumbent. In addition to Mayo, McAllister drew a large field of Republican challengers, some of whom, like Holloway, supported McAllister in his 2013 special election runoff contest against then state Senator [[Neil Riser]], a Republican, who in 2020 became a state representative after having been term-limited in the upper chamber. Riser did not run in the regular 2014 election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/election/2014/08/31/scandal-mcallister-lacks-incumbents-edge/14895331/|title=After scandal, McAllister lacks incumbent’s edge|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|first=Melinda Deslatte|date=August 31, 2014}}</ref>​

McAllister, a married man who ran on a platform of family values, was caught kissing a volunteer, the wife of one of McAllister's friends, two months after his election to Congress. After the breaking scandal, McAllister said that he would not run for a full term in the position but then announced his candidacy for reelection shortly after Dasher entered the race. The scandal has made McAllister seem vulnerable for a first-term incumbent. In addition to Mayo, McAllister drew a large field of Republican challengers, some of whom, like Holloway, supported McAllister in his 2013 special election runoff contest against then state Senator [[Neil Riser]], a Republican, who in 2020 became a state representative after having been term-limited in the upper chamber. Riser did not run in the regular 2014 election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/election/2014/08/31/scandal-mcallister-lacks-incumbents-edge/14895331/|title=After scandal, McAllister lacks incumbent’s edge|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=Melinda Deslatte|date=August 31, 2014}}</ref>​

Dasher led in fundraising for the period officially reported in August, followed by Harris Brown and Ralph Abraham.<ref name="news-star"/> In September, Mayo received an endorsement from [[liberal]] then [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]], the Democrat who, in her own hard-fought campaign for reelection, widely declined involvement in other candidates' races.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/09/mary_landrieu_staying_out_of_e.html|title=Mary Landrieu staying out of Edwin Edwards' bid for Congress|newspape=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|author=Cole Avery|date=September 23, 2014|accessdate=September 24, 2014}}</ref>​

Dasher led in fundraising for the period officially reported in August, followed by Harris Brown and Ralph Abraham.<ref name="news-star"/> In September, Mayo received an endorsement from [[liberal]] then [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]], the Democrat who, in her own hard-fought campaign for reelection, widely declined involvement in other candidates' races.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/09/mary_landrieu_staying_out_of_e.html|title=Mary Landrieu staying out of Edwin Edwards' bid for Congress|newspape=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|author=Cole Avery|date=September 23, 2014|accessdate=September 24, 2014}}</ref>​