The Green Papers: Louisiana 2009 General Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2009. Find 2010 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
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


Congressional Candidates

  • Congressional candidates run in a First Party Primary on the first Saturday in September with each recognized party running a slate of candidates. If a candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, that candidate receives his or her party's nomination. Otherwise, the top two vote getters proceed to a Congressional Second Primary (a runoff) held the first Saturday in October.
  • At each party's discretion, voter eligibility in this partisan primary would be either closed (party members only) or modified open (party members and independents). As of June 2006, the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, Green, and Reform parties are recogized.
  • If only one party candidate files in a primary, that candidate is nominated and there is no primary.
  • Each party's nominee along with independent candidates (qualified by petition) run in the November General Election where the candidate receiving the most votes is elected.
 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Democratic Senator Mary L. Landrieu
First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002, 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

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: 2007, 2011. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor Piyush "Bobby" Jindal
First elected: 2007
Chair up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011. Elected separately from Governor.

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor "Mitch" Landrieu
First elected: 2003; re-elected: 2007
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011

111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
6 Republican (6 Undetermined);
1 Democratic (1 Open)

CD 1
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Republican Congressman Stephen J. "Steve" Scalise
First elected in a special election 3 May 2008 to fill the vacancy re: Congresman Piyush "Bobby" Jindal election as Governor
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 2
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Republican Congressman Anh "Joseph" Cao
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 3
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Democratic Congressman Charles J. "Charlie" Melancon, Jr.
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 19 June 2009: Media reports state that Congressman Melancon plans to run for the Class 3 Senate Seat in 2010.

CD 4
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Republican Congressman John Calvin Fleming, Jr.
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 5
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Republican Congressman Rodney Alexander
First elected: 2002 as a Democrat. Switched to Republican August 2004.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 6
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Republican Congressman William "Bill" Cassidy
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 7
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Republican Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr.
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011

  Republican Secretary of State "Jay" Dardenne
First elected: 2006 in a special election; re-elected: 2007
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011

  Democratic Attorney General James D. "Buddy" Caldwell
First elected: 2007
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011

  Republican Treasurer John Neely Kennedy
First elected as a Democrat: 1999; re-elected: 2003; switched affiliation to Republican 27 August 2007; re-elected: 2007
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011

Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011

  Republican Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain
First elected: 2007
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011

Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011

  Republican Insurance Commissioner James J. "Jim" Donelon
Appointed: 16 February 2006; first elected in Special Election 30 September 2006; re-elected: 2007
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011

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.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 4 incumbents
  Republican: 12 incumbents
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

 


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  Close Contests Summary - Decision by 2% or less  
  Contests Where No Candidate Received a Majority  
 
2009 Primaries and Runoffs for Statewide offices/Congress
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  2009 Partisan Composition by State  
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  Senate Electoral Classes  
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  Change in Representation in U.S. House by REGION and Subregion between 2000 and 2002  
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  Political Party Floor Leaders in the Congress of the United States