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Louisiana Secretary of State - Elections Division
2008 Louisiana Special Congressional Election 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, |
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) 22.5%, |
St. Sen. Steve J. Scalise (R) 75.1%, |
'95 Lt. Gov. candidate/ '04 Senate candidate / ex-city council members / ex-clerk of court R. A. "Skip" Galan (I) 1.7%, |
| chair '07 gubernatorial candidate / landscaper Anthony "Tony G" Gentile (IA) 0.6%, |
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: No Clear Favorite, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, DCCC target, Rothenberg Political Report: Pure Toss-Up, |
| St. Rep. Donald J. "Don" Cazayoux (D) 49.2%, |
'96 Senate nominee / ex-St. Rep. Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins (R) 46.3%, |
Ashley Casey (I) 3.7%, |
| Peter J. Aranyosi (I) 0.4%, |
| stock trader Randall T. Hayes (C) 0.4%, |
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. |
3. Key to Louisiana Political Parties:
4. Louisiana Media Links
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