Odom quits race for re-election (Louisiana AG Commissioner)

Times-Picayune ^ | 10/25/07 | By Robert Travis Scott

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BATON ROUGE -- Ending one of Louisiana's most enduring political dynasties, Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom today publicly withdrew from his race for re-election in the Nov. 17 runoff, closing out his 28-year tenure and turning the office over to Republican state Rep. Mike Strain, who ran a close second in Saturday's primary.

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Odom had never faced stiff opposition to to re-election bids. He got 41 percent of the vote in Saturday's primary. Strain took 40 percent and the other challengers, all Republicans, split the rest. For Odom to have won the runoff, he would have had to mount a major fundraising campaign and convince his core Democratic constituency to turn out at the polls in large numbers.

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This leaves Mitch Landrieu (D) as the state's sole remaining Democratic statewide officeholder, pending the results of the Attorney General runoff next month.

[Luke Skyfreeper]

YES!!!!

Fabulous news from Louisiana!

[TornadoAlley3]

28 years of Bob Odom, good luck Doc!

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