[goldstategop]

She could have resigned her seat and allowed Gov. Jindal to name Cassidy.

This runoff was really unnecessary when she got 2% more than she did in November.

[Dave W]

Not true at all. If she had resigned, Jindal’s naming Cassidy would have been effective only to the end of the current term. They still would have been required to hold the run off election for the NEXT term beginning in January.