November 8, 2006
Closer to Home...
Jindal wins big, with 88% of the vote. Jefferson in a runoff with Carter in LA-02, and Charlie Melancon returns to represent LA-03.
No surprises all around. It's good to see Jindal win so big, since he was going to win anyway. This will boost his most-likely attempt to beat Kathy Blanco next year. That'll be good news for Blanco, because North LA Republicans just aren't going to vote for a colored guy.
Carter is nine points behind Dollar Bill. She has to work hard to pick up Derrick Shepherd's 18%, and that's not going to be easy, given the Jefferson family's GOTV machine.
Melancon deserved re-election after the way he busted his ass for St. Bernard Parish after the storm. Craig Romero was just another Republican piece of crap before the election, and his NRCC-financed sleaze machine during the campaign didn't impress the folks down da bayou and in da parish. Good for them.
The assessor consolidation amendment for Orleans Parish (voted on statewide) is a good idea and was long time coming. Cleanup of corruption is a good thing.
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