2008 Louisiana's 6th congressional district special election

2008 Louisiana's 6th congressional district special election
← 2006 May 3, 2008 November 2008 →
Louisiana's 6th congressional district
	Parish results ; Cazayoux: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% ; Jenkins: 40–50% 60–70%
U.S. Representative before election; Richard Baker; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Don Cazayoux; Democratic

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, defeating 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.)

Democratic primary

Candidates

Don Cazayoux, Louisiana State Representative
Michael L. Jackson, Louisiana State Representative
Jason DeCuir, attorney, former candidate for the State Senate^[1]
Andy Kopplin, former Chief of Staff to Governors Foster and Blanco, former LRA Executive Director
Joe Delatte, electrician

Results

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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
Total votes			47,632	100.00

Democratic primary runoff results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Cazayoux	19,806	56.79
	Democratic	Michael Jackson	15,068	43.21
Total votes			34,874	100.00

Republican primary

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

Results

Republican primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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
Total votes			29,875	100.00

Republican primary runoff results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Woody Jenkins	15,179	61.94
	Republican	Laurinda L. Calongne	9,327	38.06
Total votes			24,506	100.00

Constitution Party

Randall T. Hayes, critic of plurality voting, proponent of instant runoff voting

Independent candidates

Peter J. Aranyosi
Ashley Casey, New media consultant, former press secretary to Gov. Buddy Roemer and Congresswoman Sue Kelly

General election

Results

Louisiana's 6th congressional district special election, 2008^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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
Total votes			101,011	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

Parish results

Vote breakdown by parish
	Don Cazayoux Democrat		Woody Jenkins Republican		Total
Parish	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes
Ascension	1,845	34.09%	3,297	60.92%	5,412
East Baton Rouge	33,635	51.27%	28,759	43.84%	65,598
East Feliciana	1,581	47.24%	1,599	47.77%	3,347
Iberville	1,439	55.07%	787	44.02%	2,327
Livingston	3,962	29.12%	9,126	67.07%	13,607
Pointe Coupee	2,519	78.84%	639	20.00%	3,195
St. Helena	969	59.16%	618	37.73%	1,638
West Baton Rouge	2,610	67.70%	1,127	29.23%	3,855
West Feliciana	1,143	56.08%	794	38.96%	2,038

External links

References

1 2 3 Shuler, Marsha (February 1, 2008). "Hopefuls join race in 6th District". The Advocate. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2008.
↑ Simpson, Doug (May 3, 2008). "Cazayoux wins 6th District seat in Congress". The Advocate. Archived from the original on May 7, 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
1 2 "Louisiana Secretary of State - Statewide Election Results". Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
1 2 "Louisiana Secretary of State - Statewide Election Results". Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
↑ "Louisiana Secretary of State - Election Results".

[Advocate2-1] 1 2 3 Shuler, Marsha (February 1, 2008). "Hopefuls join race in 6th District". The Advocate. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2008.

[2] Simpson, Doug (May 3, 2008). "Cazayoux wins 6th District seat in Congress". The Advocate. Archived from the original on May 7, 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2008.

[staticresults.sos.louisiana.gov-3] 1 2 "Louisiana Secretary of State - Statewide Election Results". Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.

[ReferenceA-4] 1 2 "Louisiana Secretary of State - Statewide Election Results". Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.

[5] "Louisiana Secretary of State - Election Results".

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Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Constitution Party

Independent candidates

General election

Results

Parish results

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