The last two congressional races of the year were held yesterday in Louisiana. In LA-4, Morris' district, the candidate he liked, Dr. Fleming, appears to have eked out one of the narrowest wins in the country. That seat is a Republican hold as it's being vacated by Jim McCrery, the top Republican on Ways & Means.
The other race also saw a narrow victory - but a much more unexpected one. Unknown Joseph Cao (R), who came to the US when Saigon fell, has defeated embattled Rep. Bill Jefferson. That a Republican won this seat is little short of amazing. As DavidNYC pointed out on DailyKos - there is no House district in the country as Republican as this district is Democratic. He was no doubt helped by extremely low voter turnout.
Posted by armand at December 7, 2008 02:45 PM | TrackBack | Posted to PoliticsD'oh - I just noticed something. With all the election winners now seeming to be clear (with the arguable exception of LA-4 - but that's probably a hold for the GOP) it turns out that I made the best pick out of our little gang when it came to predicting the US House races. But Cao's win means that instead of the Dems picking up 22 seats (as I'd predicted, exactly), they only picked up 21. I just missed that bull's eye.
Posted by: Armand at December 8, 2008 01:11 PM | PERMALINK