Louisiana held special elections in three state house seats on Saturday, February 24.
In the 40th district in the central part of the state (St. Landry Parish), five Democrats and one independent, Bradford Jackson, ran. Jackson came in third with 19.6%. The top two vote-getting Democrats will now face off in a run-off. At the last regularly-scheduled election for this district (all Louisiana legislative districts were last up on October 4, 2003), only Democrats had run.
In the 1st district in the northwest part of the state, 3 Republicans and 2 Democrats ran. One of the Republicans, Jim Morris, was elected outright with 69.4%. At the October 2003 election, only Democrats had run for this seat.
In the 4th district, also in the northwest, only Democrats ran in the special election, just as only Democrats had run in this district in 2003.
So, Republicans picked up a house seat yesterday. I believe the partisan breakdown in the Louisiana House is 62 Democrats, 42 Republicans and 1 independent.
Richard,
Any information on the independant who ran in the 40th? Other than he is an independant? Conservative? Liberal? Just wondering.
Here is Bradford Jackson’s site: http://www.ladist40.com/