2008 Louisiana's 6th congressional district special election

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2008 Louisiana's 6th congressional district special election
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  2006 May 3, 2008 November 2008  

Louisiana's 6th congressional district
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Nominee Don Cazayoux Woody Jenkins
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote49,70246,741
Percentage49.20%46.27%

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Location of LA-06 within Louisiana

U.S. Representative before election

Richard Baker
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Don Cazayoux
Democratic

The February 2, 2008 resignation of Republican Richard Baker triggered a special election for Louisiana's 6th district. In anticipation of this election, party qualifying occurred before Baker's resignation. [1] The timeline mirrored that of the 2008 special election for the 1st congressional district. [1] The two elections were the first Louisiana congressional elections not based on Louisiana's jungle primary system since the 1970s.

Contents

Democrat Don Cazayoux won the 6th district election, defeating Republican Woody Jenkins by three percentage points, as well as two independent candidates and a member of the Constitution Party. [2] He was sworn in on May 6, switching the party affiliation of the seat. (This was the second time such a party switch occurred due to a special election during the 110th Congress.)

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Don Cazayoux 16,636 34.93
Democratic Michael L. Jackson 12,941 27.17
Democratic Jason DeCuir8,82418.53
Democratic Andy Kopplin8,21117.24
Democratic Joe Delatte1,0202.14
Total votes47,632 100.00
Democratic primary runoff results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Don Cazayoux 19,806 56.79
Democratic Michael Jackson15,06843.21
Total votes34,874 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Woody Jenkins 14,900 49.87
Republican Laurinda L. Calongne 7,609 25.47
Republican Paul Sawyer6,93923.23
Republican Michael Cloonan4271.43
Total votes29,875 100.00
Republican primary runoff results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Woody Jenkins 15,179 61.94
Republican Laurinda L. Calongne9,32738.06
Total votes24,506 100.00

Constitution Party

Independent candidates

General election

Results

Louisiana's 6th congressional district special election, 2008 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Don Cazayoux 49,702 49.20
Republican Woody Jenkins 46,74146.27
Independent Ashley Casey3,7183.68
Independent Peter J. Aranyosi4480.44
Constitution Randall T. Hayes4020.40
Total votes101,011 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican

County results

Vote breakdown by county
Don Cazayoux
Democrat
Woody Jenkins
Republican
Total
CountyVotes %Votes %Votes
Ascension 1,84534.09%3,29760.92%5,412
East Baton Rouge 33,63551.27%28,75943.84%65,598
East Feliciana 1,58147.24%1,59947.77%3,347
Iberville 1,43955.07%78744.02%2,327
Livingston 3,96229.12%9,12667.07%13,607
Pointe Coupee 2,51978.84%63920.00%3,195
St. Helena 96959.16%61837.73%1,638
West Baton Rouge 2,61067.70%1,12729.23%3,855
West Feliciana 1,14356.08%79438.96%2,038

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