To my great delight, the little known Republican immigration attorney Anh “Joseph” Cao defeated incumbent Democratic Congressman William Jefferson to represent Louisiana's 2nd Congressional district. Cokie Roberts pointed out this morning that this was the district her father and mother represented for fifty years.
Josh Kraushaar at Politico provides the details.
It is very interesting that this district only gave George Bush 24 percent of the vote in 2004 and reelected William Jefferson in 2006 in spite of his indictment for bribery. That indictment remains unresolved at present.
Because of the unresolved indictment, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee declined to even endorse Jefferson, while the National Republican Congressional Committee also spent $58,500 for get-out-the-vote efforts in the last week before the election. The election had been delayed from the normal date in November because of Hurricane Hugo, which led to light turnout yesterday when it was finally held. Cao still only won 50% to 47%.
There's going to be serious money spent in this district in 2010 unless somehow Jefferson runs for reelection.
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