Louisiana 2005 Off Year Elections

The Green Papers: Louisiana 2005 Off Year Elections

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Louisiana
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Special Election Secretary of State: Saturday 30 September 2006

Electoral Votes:	9	(1.67% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:	7	(1.61% of 435)
2000 Census:	4,480,271	(1.59% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	3,255,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	2,730,380
Capital:	Baton Rouge

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Louisiana State and Local Government

Secretary of State McKeithen dies, 16 July 2005

W. Fox McKeithen, five-term Secretary of State of LOUISIANA, passed away on Saturday 16 July 2005; he was 58 years old. Paralyzed from the neck down due to a fall he took back on 17 February that severely injured his spine, McKeithen had been in and out of rehabilitation facilities since his mishap and then entered a hospital in Baton Rouge, the State Capital, in June with an infection and accompanying fever.

Reports indicate that McKeithen had actually drafted a letter of resignation and submitted it on Friday (15 July) but his resignation was never publicly announced by his own office.



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2		Democratic	Senator Mary L. Landrieu • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Class 3		Republican	Senator David Vitter • First elected: 2004. (also served in U.S. House- first elected in a special election [to fill the seat vacated by Congressman Bob Livingston]: 1999; re-elected: 2000, 2002.) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Democratic	Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco • First elected: 2003 • Chair up for election: Saturday 20 October 2007 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007. Elected separately from Governor

		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor "Mitch" Landrieu • First elected: 2003 • Seat up for election: Saturday 20 October 2007

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 5 Republican (5 Undetermined); 2 Democratic (2 Undetermined)

CD 1		Republican	Congressman Piyush "Bobby" Jindal • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 2		Democratic	Congressman William J. "Bill" Jefferson • First elected: 1990 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 3		Democratic	Congressman "Charlie" Melancon • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 4		Republican	Congressman "Jim" McCrery • First elected: 16 April 1988, in Special Election re: resignation of Congressman Buddy Roemer, 14 March 1988, having been elected Governor. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 5		Republican	Congressman Rodney Alexander • First elected: 2002 as a Democrat. Switched to Republican August 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 6		Republican	Congressman Richard H. Baker • First elected: 1986 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 7		Republican	Congressman Charles Boustany, Jr. • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007

		Democratic	Acting Secretary of State Al Ater • Appointed July 2005, became acting Secretary of State upon the death of Secretary of State Fox McKeithen • Seat up for election: Saturday 30 September 2006
	Secretary of State W. Fox McKeithen who was first elected in 1987 died, 16 July 2005. Mr McKeithen had actually submitted his resignation on 15 July but the resignation was never formally announced. Al Ater (Democrat), First Deputy Secretary of State, will serve until a special election is held. Governor Kathleen Blanco called the special election to fill McKeithen's unexpired term for 30 September 2006 with a runoff, if necessary, on 7 November 2006. The next regular election for this office is 20 October 2007.

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007

		Democratic	Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr. • First elected: 2003 • Seat up for election: Saturday 20 October 2007

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007

		Democratic	Treasurer John Neely Kennedy • First elected: 1999; re-elected: 2003 • Seat up for election: Saturday 20 October 2007

Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007

		Democratic	A & F Commissioner "Bob" Odom • First elected: 1980 (as Commissioner of Agriculture); re-elected: 1984, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 • Seat up for election: Saturday 20 October 2007

Commissioner of Insurance 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007

		Democratic	Insurance Commissioner James R. "Robert" Wooley • First elected: 2003 (but was acting Insurance Commissioner from 2000) • Seat up for election: Saturday 20 October 2007

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

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