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Louisiana Secretary of State - Elections Division
2008 Louisiana Special Congressional Primary Results
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: March 9, 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%, |
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1st Congressional District, 88.1% in '06, 2nd term, Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (R) elected Governor, Polls
Filing Deadline: 1/31/08, Primary: 3/8/08, Primary Runoff: 4/5/08, Special Election 5/3/08
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
prof. Gilda W. Reed (D) 69.75%,
'04 candidate / '07 Gov. candidate / Dr. M. V. "Vinny" Mendoza (D) 30.25%, |
St. Sen. Steve J. Scalise (R) 48.34%, Mayor Ben O. Morris (R) 27.72%,
St. Rep. Timothy G. "Tim" Burns (R) 21.26%, financial manager David Simpson (R) 2.68%, |
chair '07 gubernatorial candidate / landscaper Anthony "Tony G" Gentile (IA), |
| '95 Lt. Gov. candidate/ '04 Senate candidate / ex-city council members / ex-clerk of court R. A. "Skip" Galan (I), |
6th Congressional District, 82.8% in '06, Richard H. Baker (R) resigning during 11th term, Polls
Filing Deadline: 1/31/08, Primary: 3/8/08, Primary Runoff: 4/5/08, Special Election 5/3/08
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, DCCC target, Rothenberg Political Report: Republican Favored, |
St. Rep. Donald J. "Don" Cazayoux (D) 34.93%, St. Rep. Michael Jackson (D) 27.17%,
attorney Jason DeCuir (D) 18.53%, ex-gubernatorial aide Andy Kopplin (D) 17.24%, construction worker Joe Delatte (D) 2.14%, |
'96 nominee / ex-St. Rep. Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins (R) 49.87%, former Bush White House official Laurinda L. Calongne (R) 25.47%,
ex-congressional aide Paul Sawyer (R) 23.23%, navy vet. Michael Cloonan (R) 1.43%, |
stock trader Randall T. Hayes (C), |
| Ashley Casey (I), |
| Peter J. Aranyosi (I), |
| Primary Runoff Results |
1st Congressional District, 88.1% in '06, 2nd term, Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (R) elected Governor, Polls
Filing Deadline: 1/31/08, Primary: 3/8/08, Primary Runoff: 4/5/08, Special Election 5/3/08
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| prof. Gilda W. Reed (D), |
St. Sen. Steve J. Scalise (R) 58.08%,
St. Rep. Timothy G. "Tim" Burns (R) 41.92%, |
chair '07 gubernatorial candidate / landscaper Anthony "Tony G" Gentile (IA), |
| '95 Lt. Gov. candidate/ '04 Senate candidate / ex-city council members / ex-clerk of court R. A. "Skip" Galan (I), |
6th Congressional District, 82.8% in '06, Richard H. Baker (R) resigning during 11th term, Polls
Filing Deadline: 1/31/08, Primary: 3/8/08, Primary Runoff: 4/5/08, Special Election 5/3/08
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, DCCC target, Rothenberg Political Report: Republican Favored, |
St. Rep. Donald J. "Don" Cazayoux (D) 56.8%,
St. Rep. Michael Jackson (D) 43.2%, |
'96 nominee / ex-St. Rep. Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins (R) 61.94%,
former Bush White House official Laurinda L. Calongne (R) 38.06%, |
stock trader Randall T. Hayes (C), |
| Ashley Casey (I), |
| Peter J. Aranyosi (I), |
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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