Louisiana Dem. Rep. William J. Jefferson loses reelection bid

Posted by goodtimepolitics on December 7, 2008 · 1 Comment 

 Voters in Louisiana ousted indicted Democratic Rep. William J. Jefferson on Saturday, electing instead a Republican attorney who will be the first Vietnamese American in Congress.  Anh “Joseph” Cao denying Jefferson a 10th term.

Voters reelected Jefferson in 2006 even after news of the bribery scandal broke. Late-night TV comics made him the butt of jokes after federal agents said they had found $90,000 in alleged bribe money hidden in his freezer.

The election was one of two in Louisiana postponed because of Hurricane Gustav. In the other, Republican physician John Fleming defeated Democratic Dist. Atty. Paul Carmouche, 48% to 47%, to replace retiring Rep. Jim McCrery, a Republican.

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The American people may be fooled once or two times but maybe not the third time as these two democrats found out! I think we will see alot more of the change in seats 2 years from now.

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(1) Despite bribery trial Democratic Rep. William J. Jefferson hasn’t had any trouble raising money from his allies in Congress.

 

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