Posted on 12/06/2008 8:07:10 PM PST by Paul8148
There were two such congressional elections. In the other one, the GOP picked up a seat by ousting William Jefferson!
Will both of these races go to runoff since noone got 50%+1
No. We scrapped the runoffs for federal races. Both races are decided as of tonight.
When did they do that? I wish they would go to instant runoffs
From FoxNews:
The election was one of two in Louisiana postponed because of Hurricane Gustav.
In western Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District, Republican physician John Fleming defeated Democratic district attorney Paul Carmouche in a very close race to replace U.S. Rep. Jim McCrery, a 10-term Republican who is retiring. Fleming had 48 percent of the vote to Carmouche’s 47 percent. Two minor candidates split the remaining vote.
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