Attack ad accuses Troy Carter of 'partying' with tax dollars; he calls it 'out of touch'

A direct mail attack piece sent just before the March 20 congressional primary contained several head-scratching details that has left the campaign of state Sen. Troy Carter criticizing the prominent national women’s organization behind it.

“This is an unfortunate example of how out of touch the Washington, D.C.-based PAC supporting Karen Carter Peterson is with the people of Louisiana,” Victoria Short Coulon, Carter’s campaign manager, said in an email.

The super PAC of EMILY’s List, which aims to elect pro-abortion rights female Democrats, designed the unflattering mailer to pull voters from Carter by saying he had gone on a mid-1990s junket to Los Angeles on the taxpayer’s dime, with other city officials, as a member of the New Orleans City Council.

“The award for partying with taxpayer money goes to…TROY CARTER,” read the mailer against the silhouette of an Oscar.

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