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Updated Louisiana Congressional election results: independents and smaller parties swing both districts

December 7th, 2008 · No Comments

The Secretary of State’s website shows updated vote totals.

In Congressional District 2, the votes received by Green Malik Rahim and Libertarian Gregory Kahn made up more than the margin of difference between indicted Democratic incumbent “Dollar” Bill Jefferson and congressman-elect Joseph Cao.

Of course, this does not mean that the election would have turned out differently had Rahim and Kahn not been in the race – only that it is possible.

The same held true in District 4, where independents Gerald Bowen and Catfish Kelley easily outweighed the difference between the big party contenders.




U. S. Representative, 2nd Congressional District

492 of 492 precincts reporting
31,296 46.82% William J. Jefferson (D)
1,880 2.81% Malik Rahim (G)
548 .82% Gregory W. Kahn (L)
33,122 49.55% Anh “Joseph” Cao (R)
U. S. Representative, 4th Congressional District

640 of 640 precincts reporting
44,141 47.69% Paul J. Carmouche (D)
44,497 48.07% John Fleming (R)
675 .73% Gerard J. Bowen, Jr. (I)
3,245 3.51% Chester T. “Catfish” Kelley (I)
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Filed Under: Green Party · Independents · Libertarian Party

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