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Louisiana Secretary of State - Elections Division
2007 Louisiana Statewide Races
2008 Louisiana Congressional Races
Presidential Primary Filing Deadline: 12/14/07, Presidential Primary: 2/9/08, Third Party Filing Deadline: 5/22/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 6/11/08, Congressional Filing Deadline: 7/11/08, Presidential Filing Deadline Primary: 9/2/08, Primary: 9/6/08, Primary Run-off: 10/4/08, General Election: 11/4/08,
Last Updated: May 3, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 56.7% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 57.39%,
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 35.63%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 3.39%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 1.61%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 1.11%, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. "Chris" Dodd (D-CT) 0.5%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.37%, |
ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 43.18%,
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 41.91%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 6.34%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 5.33%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.99%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 0.99%, ex-Amb. Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 0.52%, retired Gen. Jerry R. Curry (R-VA) 0.32%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 0.23%, businessman Daniel A. "Dan" Gilbert (R-NC) 0.11%, U.S. Rep. Thomas G. "Tom" Tancredo (R-CO) 0.07%, |
Libertarian nominee |
| Green Party nominee |
Governor, 53.9% in 07, 1st term, next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (R), |
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Lt. Governor, 56.9% in 2007, 2nd term, next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
| Mitch Landrieu (D), |
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Attorney General, 66.6% in 2007, 1st term, next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| James D. "Buddy" Caldwell (D), |
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Secretary of State, 63.3% in 2007, 2nd term, next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Jay Dardenne (R), |
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Treasurer, unopposed in 2007, next election in 2011, Polls, running for U.S. Senate,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Repubican, |
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John N. Kennedy (R), |
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Insruance Commissioner, 50.9% in 2007, 2nd term, next election 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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James J. "Jim" Donelon (R), |
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Agriculture Commissioner, won in 2007, next election in 2011, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Michael G. "Mike" Strain (R), |
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Senator, 51.7% in '02 Runoff, 2nd term, next election 2008, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Chris Cillizza: 5th Most Likely Seats to Switch Party, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Democratic, Cook Political Report: Lean Democrat, National Journal's Rankings: 4th Most Likely to Switch Parties, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Toss Up, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-Up, |
| Mary Landrieu (D), |
St. Treas. John N. Kennedy (R), Rare coin dealer Paul Hollis (R), |
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Senator, 51.0% in '04, 1st term, Next election 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| ex-U.S. Rep. Chris John (D), |
David Vitter (R), |
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1st Congressional District, 75.1% in '08 Special Election, 1st term, Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (R) elected Governor, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
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St. Sen. Steve J. Scalise (R), |
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2nd Congressional District, 56.6% in '06 Runoff, 9th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| William J. Jefferson (D), '06 candidate / St. Sen. Derrick Shepherd (D)?, '06 candidate / St. Rep. Karen Carter (D)?, Mayor C. Ray Nagin, Jr. (D)?, St. Rep. Cedric Richmond (D)?, St. Rep. Jalila Jefferson-Bullock (D)?, |
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3rd Congressional District, 55.0% in '06, 2nd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Charles J. "Charlie" Melancon (D), |
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4th Congressional District, 57.4 in '06, Jim McCrery (R) retiring after 11th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Toss-Up / Tilt Republican, |
| Willie Banks Jr. (D), '07 gov. candidate / Public Service Comm'r. Foster L. Campbell (D)?, DA Paul J. Carmouche (D), ex-Parish Police Juror Jim Crowley (D)?, Patti Cox (D)?, '02 candidate / attorney John Milkovich (D), |
Ex-Webster Parish Coroner / physician John Fleming (R),
transport exec. Chris Gorman (R),
attorney Jeff R. Thompson (R
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5th Congressional District, 68.3% in '06, 3rd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
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Rodney Alexander (R),
Brent Sanders (R), |
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6th Congressional District, 49.2% in '08 Special Election, 1st term, Richard H. Baker (R) resigning during 11th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: No Clear Favorite, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, DCCC target, Rothenberg Political Report: Pure Toss-Up, |
| St. Rep. Donald J. "Don" Cazayoux (D), |
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7th Congressional District, 70.7% in '06, 2nd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
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Charles Boustany, Jr. (R), |
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1. Link to Predictions:
2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.
| = Democrat retain control, |
 = Democrats take over control, |
| = Republican retain control, |
 = Republicans take over control, |
 = Independent / 3rd Party retains control, |
 = Independent / 3rd Party take over control |
| Bold indicates incumbent. |
Yellow district indicates open races. |
| Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control. |
Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control. |
| Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control. |
Red boxes indicates Republicans took control. |
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