Interesting: Louisiana Election Results
Update 1: With 155 precincts reporting, Jindal-R leads with 57%.
Charlie Melancon, a Democrat and former president of the American Sugar Cane League, is the only announced candidate so far.
Participants in the convention determine whether or not presidential preference will be a factor in selecting these delegates.
Louisiana voters went to the polls today to vote for Governor and other state and local offices.
Update 4: Here’s a map of election results by parish.
Very early results have Jindal-R with 61% of the gubernatorial vote.
Three additional unpledged delegates are also selected from party leaders.
100% reporting Results are official totals from the state election authority.
The only close race is for Lt. Governor in which Democrat Mitch Landrieu led 45%-42%-12% over Republicans Sammy Kershaw and Gary J. Beard.
Update 3: with 632 precincts reporting, Jindal is at 52%, Boasso at 19%, Campbell at 15%, and Georges at 12%.
Her win _ with 52 percent of the vote to Jindal’s 48 percent _ scored a rare gain for Democrats in an election season that had seen a string of Republican victories.
Blanco, who had most recently served as lieutenant governor under Foster, defeated conservative Indian-American Bobby Jindal, considered a political neophyte at the age of 32.
At congressional district caucuses held Jan. 22, delegates to the state convention are elected.
In early August, Rep. Rodney Alexander switched from being a Democrat to a Republican.
In the November 2002 election, Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu was forced into a runoff after failing to get 50 percent of the vote in a race that included three Republicans.
Based on the results of the Feb. 9 primary, 37 delegates and six alternates are allocated proportionally to presidential candidates.
Mitch Landrieu was elected Lt. Governor, Jay Dardenne returns as Secretary of State, and the Attorney General’s race is a runoff.
His son, Billy Tauzin III, has formed an exploratory committee with an eye toward filling the seat.
Two Congressmen are creating vacancies by competing for a shot at Breaux’s seat _ Republican Rep. David Vitter and Democratic Rep. Chris John.
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