Per the Times Picayune, Rep. Richard Baker is resigning from Congress no later than February 6th, to take a lobbying position with the Mutual Funds Association, which will mean two things:
1. He'll get a nice ol' raise from some $165,000 per year as a Congressman to over $1 million per year.
2. It will be an open seat campaign, which will make it somewhat easier for Don Cazayoux to win this seat.
The tricky part is that there may be a special election called for March 8th, which Secretary of State Jay Dardenne will recommend to Governor PBJ. However, since the rules of the game have changed, it will be a closed primary on March 8th, with the general election being a month or so later.
If that's the case, it's gonna be a wild spring ... two races for Congress in Louisiana. Might we finally see the national parties down here throwing money left and right?
