Sep 27 2008
Election Day in 7 days
Well, I hope ya’ll are doing well after Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. We continue to recover after Gustav and Ike. The last household of my immediate family got power back yesterday. There was no significant damage to any of their houses. Phew.
After all that excitement, it is hard to get focused back on Louisiana politics, but we have an election coming up in just seven days now. There are some storm delays in the election cycle due to the Hurricanes.
The at bat is in 7 days. These elections were delayed from Sept 6 due to the hurricanes. So who is running and what do we know about them?
Lets take a first swing at listing who is running. Please let us know more about these candidates.
CHANGES TO THE FALL 2008 ELECTIONS
Hurricanes Gustav and Ike and their after effects necessitated several changes in the fall elections cycle. The Sept. 6, 2008 closed congressional primary elections are postponed, as well as some municipal elections. Here is a breakdown of the current election cycle as it stands now:
2008 FALL CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS CYCLE
(ADJUSTED FOLLOWING HURRICANE GUSTAV)OCTOBER 4, 2008
* First closed party primaries for Congress 1, 2, 4, 5
* Open primaries for municipal races (except Terrebonne and Cameron parishes)
* Props
* Early voting: Sat. 9/20 through Sat. 9/27
* Registration deadline: 9/3/08NOVEMBER 4, 2008
* Second closed party primaries for Congress 2, 4 (if necessary)
* Open general for Congress 1, 5, 6, 7
* Open general for U.S. Senate
* Open general for municipal races
* Open primaries for municipal races in Terrebonne and Cameron parishes
* Props
* Constitutional Amendments (7)
* President
* Early voting: Tues. 10/21 through Tues. 10/28
* Registration deadline: 10/6/08DECEMBER 6, 2008
* Open general for Congress 2, 4 (if necessary)
* Open general for municipal races in Terrebonne and Cameron parishes (if necessary)
* Early voting: Tues. 11/18 through Tues. 11/25
* Registration deadline: 11/5/08VOTING IN THE 1ST AND 2ND CONGRESSIONAL CLOSED PARTY PRIMARY ELECTIONS
So on October 4th, we have our first chance to change our elected officials.
In the 1rst Congressional District, the Democrats are voting on the person to try to unseat Bobby Jindal’s replacement - representative Steve Scalise. The two candidates are:
U. S. Representative, 1st Congressional District-Democratic Party
“Jim” Harlan, D -
M.V. “Vinny” Mendoza, D -
In the 2nd Congressional District, the Democrats are voting to try to unseat indicted William “cold cash” Jefferson. The seven candidates are:
U. S. Representative, 2nd Congressional District-Democratic Party
James Carter, D -
Troy “C” Carter, D -
William J. Jefferson, D -
Byron L. Lee, D -
Helena Moreno, D -
Cedric Richmond, D -
Kenya J. H. Smith, D -
In the 3rd Congressional District, there is no race. Representative Charlie Melancon is running unopposed.
In the 4th Congressional District, the Democrats and Republicans are each voting on the person to replace representative Jim McCrery. The four Democratic candidates are:
U. S. Representative, 4th Congressional District-Democratic Party
Willie Banks, D -
Paul J. Carmouche, D -
Artis “Doc” Cash, D -
John Milkovich, D -
The three Republican candidates are:
U. S. Representative, 4th Congressional District-Republican Party
John Fleming, R -
“Chris” Gorman, R -
“Jeff” Thompson, R -
In the 5th Congressional District, the incumbent Rodney Alexander has a challenger - Mr. Andrew Clack. The two candidates are:
U. S. Representative, 5th Congressional District-Republican Party
Rodney Alexander, R -
Andrew Clack, R -
In the 6th representative district, there is no race. Representative Don Cazayoux is unopposed.
In the 7th representative district, there is no race. Representative Charles Boustany is unopposed.
There are two races for Supreme Court Justice. These elections are vital to fix the problems in this State.
Associate Justice, Supreme Court, 1st Supreme Court District
Roland Belsome, D -
Greg Guidry, R -
“Jimmy” Kuhn, R -
Associate Justice, Supreme Court, 5th Supreme Court District
Jefferson D. Hughes, R -
Catherine D. “Kitty” Kimball, D -
Other elections are:
Judge, Court of Appeal, 3rd Circuit, 1st District, Division C
Shannon James Gremillion, D -
Triston Knoll, D -
Loren M. Lampert, R -
PSC, District 1
Bruce C. Kincade, N -
Kenneth L. Odinet, Sr., R -
John F. Schwegmann, N -
Eric Skrmetta, R -
PSC, District 5
Foster Campbell, D -
James “Jim” Crowley, N -
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