The last two races of the 2008 election will be happening today in Louisiana's 2nd and 4th districts. The Democratic and Republican primary dates were moved back because of Hurricane Ike, so now the general election will be today.
In Louisiana's 2nd district, which encompasses a large chunk of New Orleans and is heavily black and Democratic, the incumbent, Democrat William Jefferson, has been indicted on twelve counts of corruption, money laundering, and international bribery among other things. His opponents are the Republican candidate, lawyer Anh "Joseph" Cao, and the Green Party candidate, community organizer Malik Rahim.
Despite Jefferson's indictment, he is expected to win re-election. But then, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a problem on her hands on whether to seat him on committees, say he's innocent until proven guilty and seat him until the trial, or expel him from the caucus? We'll take a look at that after we know the outcome of today's election.
In Louisiana's 4th district, Democrat Paul Carmouche and Republican John Fleming are vying to replace retiring Republican Rep. Jim McCrery. Polls show the race to be very very close, and it is considered a tossup by most political pundits.
President-elect Barack Obama, clearly wanting to expand his party's majority in the House, cut a radio ad for Carmouche. Michelle Obama also recorded a robo-call for him as well.
This race could truly go either way, but it would be icing on the cake if the Democrats picked this seat off from the Republicans. I'll be back later with the results from the two races.
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