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JINDAL LOSES TO BLANCO
FOX NEWS
Posted on 11/15/2003 8:03:58 PM PST by MJY1288
This sux
TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: 2003; bobbyjindal
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posted on
11/15/2003 8:03:58 PM PST
by
MJY1288
To: MJY1288
Fox News just cam on and said that Blanco has won 52% to 48%
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posted on
11/15/2003 8:05:15 PM PST
by
MJY1288
(The Democrats Have Reached Rock Bottom and The Digging Continues)
To: MJY1288
Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco wins Louisiana governor's race
ADAM NOSSITER, Associated Press Writer Saturday, November 15, 2003
(11-15) 19:59 PST NEW ORLEANS (AP) --
Democratic Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco became the first woman ever elected governor of Louisiana on Saturday, defeating a conservative Indian-American and scoring a rare gain for Democrats in an election season that has seen a string of Republican victories.
Blanco's victory puts the Louisiana governorship back in the Democratic column for the first time since GOP Gov. Mike Foster won the first of his two terms eight years ago. He cannot run again because of term limits.
With 96 percent of precincts counted, Blanco had 52 percent, or 703,226 votes, to Jindal's 48 percent, or 658,806.
Jindal, a 32-year-old former Rhodes Scholar whose parents immigrated to Louisiana from India, had been slightly favored, partly due to strong backing from Foster. But Blanco, a 60-year-old Cajun, accused him of harming the poor by enacting budget cuts when he served as Foster's health secretary. He later became an assistant health secretary for President Bush.
Had he won, Jindal would have been the first non-white elected governor in the Deep South since Reconstruction.
A 20-year veteran of public office, Blanco has had a low-key career first as a legislator, then as a Public Service Commissioner, and finally as lieutenant governor, where she oversaw the state's tourism efforts. Her campaign drew sharp contrasts between herself as a warm, family-oriented public servant, and Jindal, whom she depicted as a heartless numbers cruncher and policy wonk.
While both candidates carved out blocs of fervent supporters, many voters in this tradition-bound state appeared befuddled by the ballot choice -- either because of resistance to supporting a woman or a non-white, or because the two candidates were so close ideologically.
Three GOP governors have been elected in the last two months. If Jindal had won, it would have given Republicans a clean sweep of all the governorships in the Deep South for the first time since Reconstruction.
Blanco was carrying Cajun country -- her home turf -- and early returns from New Orleans gave her a 2-to-1 margin. Jindal was running strongly in the heavily Republican New Orleans suburbs and in Baton Rouge.
"I'm excited," Blanco said at mid-evening. "I'm not confident at this point they're going to hold all the way through. But it's good to be in the lead."
Leuna Davis of Gretna was among those who voted for Blanco.
"It's time a woman steps in, and I think she's the right one for the job," Davis said. "She's been in the system longer, and she's more established."
Karey Victoriano, 24, said she voted for Jindal partly because she liked his focus on the state's economy.
"He's got a young family, and he's worried about his children not having a future here," said Victoriano, a new mother from the New Orleans suburb of Marrero. "I get the feeling he would work hard to change that."
Both candidates focused their campaigns on promises to bring jobs to Louisiana, which has been struggling near the bottom in most national economic indicators and the only Southern state to experience a net outmigration of population in the 1990s.
With their approaches differing little -- lower taxes on business, no new taxes on citizens -- the race came down to style, personality and resume.
Jindal, a Rhodes Scholar born and raised in Baton Rouge, sought to neutralize possible opposition based on his ethnicity. He campaigned far to the right, running radio ads extolling the Ten Commandments, deriding gun control, and promoting his strong Catholic faith.
"It's not about race, it's about which candidate has the qualifications and experience to lead our state forward," Jindal said last week.
Less than a week before the election, 12 percent of the electorate had not made up their minds according to the latest poll.
"I'm really undecided," said Tommy Schwebel, a fireman in Amite, 80 miles north of New Orleans. "The ones I talk to out in the street, they don't want to vote for either one of them."
This is the same state where, just over a decade ago, a majority of white men voted for former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke.
Stacy Tanguis, 32, said Saturday she was proud of Louisiana for selecting two historic candidates in the primary.
"It says we've come a long way, and we're ready for a change," she said.
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posted on
11/15/2003 8:07:04 PM PST
by
Brian S
To: MJY1288
Sorry Louisiana, looks like you are in for a circus. Good luck.
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posted on
11/15/2003 8:07:37 PM PST
by
Arkinsaw
To: MJY1288
Something was wrong with the polling data used on FR threads regarding this race. They had Jindal far ahead.
I've got to go check who was doing that polling.
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posted on
11/15/2003 8:07:37 PM PST
by
xzins
(Proud to be Army!)
To: MJY1288
Anyone know how many computerized terminals were used in this state?
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posted on
11/15/2003 8:09:34 PM PST
by
xzins
(Proud to be Army!)
To: xzins
Did they factor in the rampant Dem VOTER FRAUD???
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posted on
11/15/2003 8:09:39 PM PST
by
Ann Archy
To: Ann Archy
see #6
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posted on
11/15/2003 8:10:22 PM PST
by
xzins
(Proud to be Army!)
To: MJY1288
RECOUNT!
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posted on
11/15/2003 8:10:50 PM PST
by
swheats
To: Arkinsaw
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posted on
11/15/2003 8:11:02 PM PST
by
MJY1288
(The Democrats Have Reached Rock Bottom and The Digging Continues)
To: MJY1288
HOLY RECOUNT, BATMAN!
Calcasieu county, which is very conservative just came in, with 117 of 117 precincts reporting at once. Of 117 precincts, the final vote was 664 for Jindal, 322 for Blank-o. This from a paish which had 72,000 voters in the 2000 presidential race! A 0.5% turnout? I dont think so!
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posted on
11/15/2003 8:12:33 PM PST
by
dangus
To: MJY1288
The funny thing is that even after losing the 2002 elections, the Gov. offices in California, Mississippi and Kentucky, mcawful and big media will say President Bush is in trouble because he lost Louisiana..in a state in which he or anybody campaigned in..what do you think?
To: MJY1288
Yep ! AP called it 52% Blanco vs 48% for Jindal. Dang ! ... 'RATS had an advantage, I bet ! ...
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posted on
11/15/2003 8:15:45 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(I won! I won! http://rmeek141.home.comcast.net/LotteryTicketRutRoh.JPG)
To: BerniesFriend
Of course they will, this governors election will be 6 times more important than the 2 we won last week
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posted on
11/15/2003 8:16:30 PM PST
by
MJY1288
(The Democrats Have Reached Rock Bottom and The Digging Continues)
To: MJY1288
I checked the totals by preecinct for certain parishes, and the tally includes absentees ...
The Calcasieu Parish ("county") votes is way off ... assuming it goes 2-to-1 for Jindal, he would net 25,000 from this parish.
Plus, Jefferson County is only half reported. If the unreported half comes in with the same net for Jindal as the reported half, that would be another net 25,000 votes for Jindal.
This contest may come down to the hanging chads.
To: MJY1288
To: MJY1288
Can't win 'em all, gang. It's disappointing, but let's get ready for next year!
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posted on
11/15/2003 8:17:58 PM PST
by
TheBigB
(One picture is worth a thousand dollars, but the sheep has to be wearing lipstick.)
To: TheBigB
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posted on
11/15/2003 8:19:02 PM PST
by
Capitalism2003
(Come on Freepers! http://www.NRSC.org)
To: Capitalism2003
Let this be a lesson to every Republican who runs from our great President...
To: dangus
If they used optical scanners, there's no paper trail. Still there should be a record of people who were given ballots...
Calcasieu county, which is very conservative just came in, with 117 of 117 precincts reporting at once. Of 117 precincts, the final vote was 664 for Jindal, 322 for Blank-o. This from a paish which had 72,000 voters in the 2000 presidential race! A 0.5% turnout? I dont think so!
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posted on
11/15/2003 8:24:00 PM PST
by
GOPJ
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