2008 Louisiana's 6th congressional district special election
Nominee
Don Cazayoux
Woody Jenkins
Party
Democratic
Republican
Popular vote
49,702
46,741
Percentage
49.20%
46.27%
Location of
LA-06 within Louisiana
U.S. Representative before election
Richard Baker
Republican
Elected U.S. Representative
Don Cazayoux
Democratic
The February 2, 2008 resignation of Republican Richard Baker triggered a special election for Louisiana's 6th district . In anticipation of this election, party qualifying occurred before Baker's resignation.[1] The timeline mirrored that of the 2008 special election for the 1st congressional district .[1] The two elections were the first Louisiana congressional elections not based on Louisiana's jungle primary system since the 1970s.
Democrat Don Cazayoux won the 6th district election, defeating Republican Woody Jenkins by three percentage points, as well as two independent candidates and a member of the Constitution Party .[2] He was sworn in on May 6, switching the party affiliation of the seat. (This was the second time such a party switch occurred due to a special election during the 110th Congress.)
Democratic primary [ ]
Candidates [ ]
Don Cazayoux , Louisiana State Representative
Michael L. Jackson, Louisiana State Representative
Jason DeCuir[1] — Lawyer and unsuccessful State Senate candidate
Andy Kopplin, former Chief of Staff to Governors Foster and Blanco , former LRA Executive Director
Joe Delatte, electrician
Results [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
Candidates [ ]
Woody Jenkins , former Louisiana State Representative , candidate for the United States Senate in 1996 , newspaper editor
Laurinda L. Calongne , lobbyist and owner of Robert Rose Consulting, a government relations firm.
Michael Cloonan, United States Navy veteran, businessman
Paul Sawyer, former aide to former Congressman Richard Baker
Results [ ]
Constitution Party [ ]
Randall T. Hayes, critic of plurality voting , proponent of instant runoff voting
Independent candidates [ ]
Peter J. Aranyosi
Ashley Casey, New media consultant, former press secretary to Gov. Buddy Roemer and Congresswoman Sue Kelly
General election [ ]
Results [ ]
County results [ ]
Vote breakdown by county
Don Cazayoux Democrat
Woody Jenkins Republican
Total
County
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
Ascension
1,845
34.09%
3,297
60.92%
5,412
East Baton Rouge
33,635
51.27%
28,759
43.84%
65,598
East Feliciana
1,581
47.24%
1,599
47.77%
3,347
Iberville
1,439
55.07%
787
44.02%
2,327
Livingston
3,962
29.12%
9,126
67.07%
13,607
Pointe Coupee
2,519
78.84%
639
20.00%
3,195
St. Helena
969
59.16%
618
37.73%
1,638
West Baton Rouge
2,610
67.70%
1,127
29.23%
3,855
West Feliciana
1,143
56.08%
794
38.96%
2,038
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