| The folks that qualified yesterday are in green text, unless they have are a Democrat AND have a website that I can find. If they are Repewblicans, then they have no linky to their site. This is a progressive website, and there is no need to link to those we are trying to defeat. The folks that qualified today are in black. So, without further adieu:
LA-Sen
There is one candidate for the Senate so far:
Richard Fontanesi, Libertarian
Mr. Fontanesi ran against former Rep. Richard Baker (LA-06) in 2006, and garnered an impressive 17%. I doubt he would get the same percentage of votes in a statewide race, but he just might take otherwise Republican votes from John Neely Kennedy.
Senator Landrieu plans to qualify on Friday morning, after which she will kick off her "Winning for Louisiana" tour with stops in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Shreveport, Monroe, Alexandria, Lake Charles and New Orleans over the weekend.
John Neely Kennedy kicked off his "Nonsense on a Bus" tour through the state, and will apparently qualify tomorrow.
LA-01
Jim Harlan, Democrat
Steve Scalise, Republican
M.V. "Vinny" Mendoza, Democrat
Ahhh, old Vinny boy. The one who ran for Congress in Jefferson's district in 2006. The one who ran for Insurance Commissioner Governor last fall. The one who got his ass beat by Gilda Reed in the primary back in March. I commend him for putting his name on the ballot, but again, he's wasting his money.
LA-02
James Carter, Democrat
Troy "C" Carter, Democrat
William Jefferson, Democrat
Byron L. Lee, Democrat
Helena Moreno, Democrat
Cedric Richmond, Democrat
Malik Rahim, Green Party
Kenya J.H. Smith, Democrat
"Jerry" Jacobs, No Party
Kenya Smith's filing leaves State Senator Cheryl Gray as the lone Democrat still considering the race. The two Republicans I mentioned yesterday, attorney Joe Lavigne, who finished 4th in the 2006 jungle primary, and Dillard University professor Gary Clark, are still considering it.
LA-03
Charlie Melancon, Democrat
So far, no one else has qualified. It'll be interesting to see if any Republicans bother to throw their hat in the ring, considering that Charlie will be seeking his 3rd term this fall, and he won his re-election campaign quite convincingly over former State Senator Craig Romero, 55-40 in 2006.
LA-04
Willie Banks, Democrat
Paul Carmouche, Democrat
Artis "Doc" Cash, Democrat
John Milkovich, Democrat
John Fleming, Republican
Chris Gorman, Republican
Jeff Thompson, Republican
Chester T. "Catfish" Kelley, No Party
Mr. Kelly ran back in '06, and garnered some 2% of the vote as a Republican. My guess is he'll garner about the same as that, or even less than that in a competitive open seat election.
LA-05
Rodney Alexander, Republican
A Republican has stepped forward to take on the traitor ... his name is:
Andrew Clack, Republican
Don't know much about him.
LA-06
Don Cazayoux, Democrat
Bill Cassidy, Republican
Still no word on whether State Rep. Michael Jackson plans to make an Independent bid for the seat. Stay tuned!
LA-07
Don Cravins, Jr., Democrat
Charles Boustany, Republican
Peter Vidrine, Other |
