— GETTING CALLED UP: Will anyone from Louisiana be tapped to serve in another Donald Trump administration, should the former president win next month? According to Politico, both former Gov. Bobby Jindal and Congressman Garret Graves, who is not seeking re-election, are both in the mix. Jindal, who is buying ads on social media for his messaging, is among five personalities mentioned for health and human services secretary. “What Trump seeks in an HHS secretary varies — and is at times contradictory — according to officials from his first administration,” writes Politico staff in the piece. “Trump might want an HHS leader who has significant leadership experience, executive presence and a strong will to bring one of the largest federal agencies to heel. But he might also opt for a secretary with deep institutional knowledge of the agency itself and the ability to effectively move policy and fly under the radar for the Senate confirmation process.” Graves, meanwhile, is on the potential list for transportation secretary. The speculative piece added this about the gig: “A Trump pick this time around is likely to have a mandate to cut spending and claw back some of the $1.2 trillion handed out by Biden under the 2021 infrastructure law — especially for climate-focused initiatives like EV charging and equity initiatives like tearing down highways that have divided poor, often minority, communities. Trump’s next potential transportation chief will be expected to focus taxpayer money on “hard” infrastructure like roads and highways instead of equity programs or transit.”

— HOW CLOSE WILL IT BE?: The Louisiana-based Vantage Data House released data and an analysis this morning about the “blowout no one sees coming.” Here’s the nut graph: “Pollsters are expected to be fortune tellers. We’re often asked, ‘What’s going to happen in the election?’ Credible pollsters’ predictions are grounded in reliable data and an understanding of voting behavior, not wishful thinking or reinforcing currently held perceptions. The current prevailing narrative about the U.S. Presidential race is that it’s tight–too close to call. The reality is this race is breaking for the Harris-Walz ticket.” Vantage pollsters say they’ve been tracking seven swing states daily since August and, until recently, the race consistently appeared as a toss-up. The report also compares Vantage’s nightly tracking data (1,200 interviews per state) against what FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics are publishing as part of their averages.