Louisiana's 6th congressional district special election, 2008
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The February 2, 2008 resignation of Republican Richard Baker triggered a special election for Louisiana's 6th district. In anticipation of this election, party qualifying occurred before Baker's resignation.[1] The timeline mirrored that of the 2008 special election for the 1st congressional district.[1] The two elections were the first Louisiana congressional elections not based on Louisiana's jungle primary system since the 1970s.
Democrat Don Cazayoux won the 6th district election, beating Republican Woody Jenkins by three percentage points, as well as two independent candidates and a member of the Constitution Party.[2] He was sworn in on May 6, switching the party affiliation of the seat. (This was the second time such a party switch occurred due to a special election during the 110th Congress.)
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[edit] Democratic primary
[edit] Candidates
- Don Cazayoux, Louisiana State Representative
- Michael L. Jackson, Louisiana State Representative
- Jason DeCuir[1] — Lawyer and unsuccessful State Senate candidate
- Andy Kopplin, former Chief of Staff to Governors Foster and Blanco, former LRA Executive Director
- Joe Delatte, construction worker
[edit] Results
| Democratic primary results[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Don Cazayoux | 16,636 | 34.93% | |
| Democratic | Michael L. Jackson | 12,941 | 27.17% | |
| Democratic | Jason DeCuir | 8,824 | 18.53% | |
| Democratic | Andy Kopplin | 8,211 | 17.24% | |
| Democratic | Joe Delatte | 1,020 | 2.14% | |
| Totals | 47,632 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic primary runoff results[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Don Cazayoux | 19,806 | 56.79% | |
| Democratic | Michael Jackson | 15,068 | 43.21% | |
| Totals | 34,874 | 100.00% | ||
[edit] Republican primary
[edit] Candidates
- Woody Jenkins, former Louisiana State Representative, candidate for the United States Senate in 1996, newspaper editor
- Laurinda L. Calongne, lobbyist and owner of Robert Rose Consulting, a government relations firm.
- Michael Cloonan, United States Navy veteran, businessman
- Paul Sawyer, former aide to former Congressman Richard Baker
[edit] Results
| Republican primary results[3] | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Woody Jenkins | 14,900 | 49.87% | |
| Republican | Laurinda L. Calongne | 7,609 | 25.47% | |
| Republican | Paul Sawyer | 6,939 | 23.23% | |
| Republican | Michael Cloonan | 427 | 1.43% | |
| Totals | 29,875 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican primary runoff results[4] | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Woody Jenkins | 15,179 | 61.94% | |
| Republican | Laurinda L. Calongne | 9,327 | 38.06% | |
| Totals | 24,506 | 100.00% | ||
[edit] Constitution Party
- Randall T. Hayes, critic of plurality voting, proponent of instant runoff voting
[edit] Independent candidates
- Peter J. Aranyosi
- Ashley Casey, New media consultant, former press secretary to Gov. Buddy Roemer and Congresswoman Sue Kelly
[edit] General election
[edit] Results
| Louisiana's 6th congressional district special election, 2008[5] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Democratic | Don Cazayoux | 49,702 | 49.20% | |||
| Republican | Woody Jenkins | 46,741 | 46.27% | |||
| Independent | Ashley Casey | 3,718 | 3.68% | |||
| Independent | Peter J. Aranyosi | 448 | 0.44% | |||
| Constitution | Randall T. Hayes | 402 | 0.40% | |||
| Totals | 101,011 | 100.00% | ||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
[edit] See also
- Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election, 2008
- List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
- United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2008
- Illinois's 14th congressional district special election, 2008
- Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election, 2008
[edit] External links
- Don Cazayoux campaign website
- Woody Jenkins campaign website
- Randall Hayes campaign website
- Ashley Casey campaign Website
- Jason DeCuir campaign Website
- Joe Delatte campaign website
- Andy Kopplin campaign website
- Laurinda Calongne campaign website
- Michael Cloonan campaign website
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Shuler, Marsha (February 1, 2008). "Hopefuls join race in 6th District". The Advocate. http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/politics/15096401.html.
- ^ Simpson, Doug (May 3, 2008). "Cazayoux wins 6th District seat in Congress". The Advocate. http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/18540299.html?showAll=y&c=y. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
- ^ a b http://staticresults.sos.louisiana.gov/03082008/03082008_Congressional.html
- ^ a b http://staticresults.sos.louisiana.gov/04052008/04052008_Congressional.html
- ^ http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/05032008/05032008_Congressional.html
