Louisiana 2009 General Election

The Green Papers: Louisiana 2009 General Election

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Louisiana
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. 111^th 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

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

CD 1 {map}	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 {map}	Republican	Congressman Anh "Joseph" Cao • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 3 {map}	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 {map}	Republican	Congressman John Calvin Fleming, Jr. • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 5 {map}	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 {map}	Republican	Congressman William "Bill" Cassidy • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 7 {map}	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.