Posted on 12/06/2008 9:50:43 PM PST by flattorney
LA-2 , Orleans, Jefferson Parish: In a huge upset win, little known Republican attorney Anh "Joseph" Cao beat nine term and criminally indicted William Jefferson(D). Jefferson had been expected to easily win. Cao becomes the first Vietnamese member of U.S. Congress. LA-4, Shreveport-Bossier City, Sabine Parish, et. al., Western LA, TX/AR border: Republican Dr. John Fleming wins. Fleming was trailing by about 3% early in the election results but came on strong in the end to beat Carmouche(D) by 356 votes. Carmouche has not conceded election – recount probably pending. With these results, the 111th U.S. House of Representatives currently stands at 255 Democrats, 178 Republicans, and two elections still officially pending = VA-5: Perriello(D) wins, Goode(R) filed recount - will take 2-4 weeks. OH-15: Provisional ballots Ohio Supreme Court challenge. - FlA
NEWS ARTICLES
Anh 'Joseph' Cao beats Rep. William Jefferson in 2nd Congressional District
The Times-Picayune, December 06, 2008, 10:34 PM
Fleming tapped for 4th District seat. (Carmouche won't concede)
Shreveport Times, December 6, 2008 10:34 pm
If I’m not mistaken, the next stop is taking back the Governor’s Mansion in VA.
They are saying probable recount in 4th—356 votes.
Most excellent news :)
Margin is more than 1%. All the recounts that I heard about should have a margin of less than 1%.
Good news....Now Willie can clean out his freezer in peace !......:o)
margin is 38 basis points in the 4th JV
2nd could not have happened without Miss Katrina
As a former New Orleanian, I gotta say, Yay! Hurrah!
Wait for it. Someone will undoubtedly cry racism.
In upsets, Republicans win both Districts 2 & 4Obama remorse already?
“...Wait for it. Someone will undoubtedly cry racism....”
Racism!
How dare those voters in Louisiana elect the first American of Vietnamese decent to congress....and a REPUBLICAN to boot!
Just when you start to lose complete faith in voters, they up and do the right thing. Maybe there is hope after all.
I had to drive by Jefferson’s election (loss) party and honk my horn at them about ten times before a cop started walking over to my car and I took off.
Racism?
An corrupt African American politian is replaced by an American who came from Vietnam as a refugee and loves his adopted country?
I don’t get it...
Louisiana voters have now elected the first people of Vietnamese and Indian descent to major elected office in the U.S.
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