2008 Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election

Voters in Louisiana's 1st congressional district voting in a special election on May 3, 2008, elected Steve Scalise as a new member of the United States House of Representatives, replacing Representative Bobby Jindal who resigned on January 14, 2008, to become Governor of Louisiana.

This election and Louisiana's 6th congressional district special election were the first Louisiana congressional elections not based on Louisiana's jungle primary since the 1970s.

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Gilda Reed, psychologist and professor
Vinny Mendoza, United States Air Force veteran, unsuccessful Democratic gubernatorial candidate in 2007

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gilda Reed	11,727	69.75
	Democratic	M. V. "Vinny" Mendoza	5,086	30.25
Total votes			16,813	100.00

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Steve Scalise, Louisiana State Senator and former Louisiana State Representative
, Louisiana State Representative
Ben Morris, Mayor of Slidell
David Simpson, business owner and attorney

Results[]

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Scalise	16,799	48.34
	Republican	Tim Burns	9,631	27.72
	Republican	Ben Morris	7,388	21.26
	Republican	David Simpson	932	2.68
Total votes			34,750	100.00

Republican primary runoff results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Scalise	19,338	58.08
	Republican	Tim Burns	13,958	41.92
Total votes			33,296	100.00

Independent candidates[]

Anthony "Tony G" Gentile, oil refinery supervisor, unsuccessful independent gubernatorial candidate in 2007
R. A. "Skip" Galan

General election[]

Results[]

Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election, 2008^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Scalise	33,867	75.13
	Democratic	Gilda Reed	10,142	22.50
	Independent	R. A. Galan	786	1.74
	Independent	Anthony Gentile	280	0.62
Total votes			45,075	100.00
	Republican hold

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/05032008/05032008_Congressional.html^{[bare URL]}

External links[]

[autogenerated1-1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] ttp://staticresults.sos.la.gov/05032008/05032008_Congressional.html^{[bare URL]}

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2008 Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election

Contents

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Results[]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Results[]

Independent candidates[]

General election[]

Results[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]