Posted on 04/14/2011 9:19:48 AM PDT by Galactic Overlord-In-Chief
John Fleming is LA 4?
Yes.
I’m wondering now if Landry might not be better off sitting out this one rather than going through what will be a brutal primary and then taking the plunge for the Senate seat himself in ‘14. And, no, I am not happy with Boustany’s behavior in trying to preserve his seat (at the expense of sacrificing a few of the other GOP members, which might’ve ended up with a Dem winning), but he won his little hardball play for the moment, but the Senate seat ought to be put out of reach after his stunt.
Just as an aside, I have to admit the lines for the 5th are a mess. Rep. Rodney Alexander lives way up in the NW corner of that district, and were I living in one of the Florida Parishes, especially Washington, I would be none too happy to have my member be almost from clear across the state. If I have my geography correct, they’ll be closer to the Santa Rosa County, FL member from FL-1 than to their own member.
Pretty strange looking at the new 5th and 1st. Stemming for Boustany and others in the area demanding that Lake Charles and Lafayette be in the same district I suppose. I guess the Florida parishes don’t have the same clout.
The whole process was a lot more contentious than I thought it would be.
I agree, but with the new LA-03 having so much of the old Boustany LA-03, I don’t think that Landry has a very good chance in the jungle primary or a run-off.
“John Fleming is LA 4?”
Yes he is.
Thank you! ;o)
My goodness! I’ve known him since I was eight years old, and went to school with him through high school. He’s an old friend.
You should’ve seen IL-4. Two pockets of Hispanics (one Mexican, one Puerto Rican), connected by the median of an interstate highway.
‘course now, there are enough Hispanics to create a nice, fairly contiguous district in Chicago. They might even create a second one running well into the suburbs.
Damn, that is a nasty-looking map. Is the 5th even contiguous?
Former Rep Cynthia “Crazy” McKinney’s district in Georgia was like that once.
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