A local Louisiana television station reports Federal judge reopens challenge to state’s open-primary system. It begins: “A Baton Rouge federal judge soon may decide whether Louisiana will again hold elections for Congress in October. In court documents made public Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Frank Polozola reopened a decade-old case challenging the open-primary system, scheduling a hearing on the matter for Jan. 23. The move was prompted by a motion filed late last month by Gov. Kathleen Blanco and Secretary of State Al Ater, asking Polozola to change a 1998 ruling based on a new law the Legislature passed this summer.”