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Category: Louisiana Congressional districts
Republican Joseph Cao is the incumbent.
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2008 election cycle
Despite the districts heavy Democratic majority, Republican Ahn Cao defeated William Jefferson's re-election bid as Jefferson was mired in corruption scandals.
2006 election cycle
The scandal surrounding accusations of corruption involving telecom equipment and iGate hgihlighted by the unprecedented FBI raid on Represntative William Jefferson's Capitol Hill office elicited a flurry of last minute filings by Louisiana politicians in the Open Louisiana Primary. The FBI claims it found $90,000 in Jefferson's freezer and the difficulty of explaining so much cold cash makes him a target, even in Louisiana.
He failed to receive a majority of the vote but won by 30% due to fragmented opposition.
- William J. Jefferson (D): 27,706 30% (cw)
- Representative William J. Jefferson Democratic Incumbent. Campaign Page
- Others: 70%
- State Senator Derrick Shepherd. Democrat.
- Troy Carter, former New Orleans City Council Member.
- Regina Bartholomew, attorney.
- State Representative Karen Carter. Democrat. State House of Representatives Official Page
- Joseph Francis Lavigne (R) Campaign Page
2004 election cycle
- William J. Jefferson (D): 172,931. 79%
- Art Schwertz (R): 46,029, 21%
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