Dems add to majority with Cazayoux win in La.

The Hill by J. Taylor Rushing | May. 4, 2008 (News Report)

House Democrats continued to expand their majority Saturday night after Louisiana state Rep. Don Cazayoux emerged victorious in a special election for retired Rep. Richard Baker's (R) district, which had been in Republican hands since 1975.

Cazayoux narrowly beat former state Rep. Woody Jenkins for the 6th Congressional District seat. With all 512 precincts reporting, Cazayoux had 49.2 percent of the vote compared to 46.27 for Jenkins, according ... Full Story »

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by Francis Scalzi - Oct. 1, 2008

An informative story from the usually dependable THE HILL. The illegal role of Freedom Watch smearing and poltical dirty tricks reputation is confirmed here, although rarely in the MSM. However, I have read elsewhere that Cazayoux is rather conservative, both fiscally and socially - - something this report ignores. It remains to be seen if a Louisianinan can be anything but a red state "Democratic" conservative, like Mary Landrieu who often favors Republican measures in the Senate, or maybe even like Senator Joe Lieberman who is now a titular Democrat but in truth a spiteful Republican water carrier.