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Alexander, outgunned and outspent by Republican opponent, takes 5th Congressional District race
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| Posted on December 7, 2002
| GREG HILBURN
Posted on 12/07/2002 9:21:38 PM PST by KQQL
Edited on 05/07/2004 6:55:08 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Democrat Rodney Alexander pulled off a stunning upset tonight to win Louisiana
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
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posted on
12/07/2002 9:21:38 PM PST
by
KQQL
To: KQQL
The GOP isn't doing so well in the by-elections.
To: Torie; Free the USA; deport; ambrose
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11/05/2002
Alexander (D) 52,451 29%
Fletcher (R) 45,044 24%
Holloway (R) 42,346 23%
Barham (R) 34,325 19%
Melton (D) 4,534 2%
Wright (R) 3,659 2%
Mouser (I)1,136 1%
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posted on
12/07/2002 9:25:34 PM PST
by
KQQL
To: Doctor Stochastic
YEp....Suagr issue hurt GOP ......in LA....
Looks good for Mexican sugar now
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posted on
12/07/2002 9:26:24 PM PST
by
KQQL
To: Doctor Stochastic
YEp....Sugar issue hurt GOP ......in LA....
Looks good for Mexican sugar now
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posted on
12/07/2002 9:26:39 PM PST
by
KQQL
To: KQQL
Fletcher must have run a horrible campaign. The combined GOP vote in the primary was nearly 70% !
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posted on
12/07/2002 9:36:54 PM PST
by
ambrose
To: KQQL
Fletcher had all the money he needed, and the President campaigning for him, for crying out loud, and he still couldn't pull it off. He ran an absolutely HORRIBLE race. He never even showed up in my parish to campaign. He got in a blood feud with a primary opponent whose support he needed, and he went negative with his ads from the very beginning, trying to make an issue of Alexander's tax problems which blew up in his face it turned out there was also a tax lien against Fletcher himself.
Give credit to Alexander: he ran a tough, effective race, and never quit, but Fletcher completely botched this campaign. He didn't deserve to win.
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posted on
12/07/2002 9:38:49 PM PST
by
kms61
To: ambrose
Fletcher lost because of a certain a**hole named Clyde Holloway, who is a bigger pouter and sorer loser than even Bob Smith. If Holloway tries to run in 04 I hope he gets his ass kicked.
To: Doctor Stochastic
The GOP isn't doing so well in the by-elections. This guy's in the minority, and he'll vote with the Republicans, or he'll be out on his ass in two years.
Louisiana's always been the armpit of the United States, and it reconfirmed its status tonight.
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posted on
12/07/2002 9:40:33 PM PST
by
sinkspur
To: UofORepublican
If Holloway were a bigger man, maybe he would have swallowed his pride and endorsed Fletcher. That said, IMHO he had reason to have some pretty hard feelings about things that happened in the race.
Robert Barham was by far the best man. Unfortunately, he ran fourth in the primary.
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posted on
12/07/2002 9:44:07 PM PST
by
kms61
To: kms61
Yes. Let's not read too much nationally into tonight shall we? This was basically an "off year" election determined by the strengths of the individual candidates...
And if Bush isn't solidly ahead in 2004 polls, I don't think I will make through the night. These election nights get harder to bear all the time.
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posted on
12/07/2002 9:44:33 PM PST
by
paul544
To: KQQL
**Looks good for Mexican sugar now**
Like non-Vermont dairy products? </sarcasm off
To: kms61
Well hopefully the guy you are talking about runs in 04. I am not too familiar with the primary down there, but did the other GOP candidates endorse Fletcher?
To: KQQL
So 28,000 Republicans switched their vote to the Democrat. That's as bad as the Philly suburbs.
To hell with Louisiana(as far as policy and funding for the next 2 years goes).
As I see it, here are some states where we should drain as much funding as we can(the deficit, ya know):
Vermont, South Dakota, Nw Jersey, Louisiana, Arkansas, California
They made their bed, now they can lie in it.
To: KQQL
Yep, I would say that LA just lost on the sugar issue. No reason at all for Bush to hold off on it now. Dumb people, they just didn't bother to think it through.
To: KQQL
it's time to lose some calories and start using Rumsfeld's "sugar"-Nutrasweet. :)
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posted on
12/07/2002 9:53:37 PM PST
by
arielb
To: UofORepublican
Yes.
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posted on
12/07/2002 9:53:56 PM PST
by
kms61
To: KQQL
Let's look at this thing realistically. I had a strong feeling there was something wrong on this right from the start. We're talking Carville's home state. Do you guys not realize that there was a stealth campaign going on here with little Mary acting all wounded and none of the biggies turning up? Do you really think they weren't there on the strategy?
This wasn't big stakes for the pubbies, but it was REAL big for Carville. I don't think there was vote fraud in this one, I think they just really mobilized their base without letting us know what was being done. What is the track record there, 3 to 1? And they haven't elected a republican since reconstruction? This wasn't really a loss for us, and it was just barely a win for them. It's a further loss for them since Breaux can't retire to run for governor now because a republican governor would select his replacement. Also, LA will lose on the sugar subsidies, they have two senators in the minority, and little Mary could well lose her seat on the important committees. So, all in all this wasn't too bad. We just didn't get the cherry to put on top of the whipped cream :o)
To: KQQL
Thanks to two boneheads, (Fletcher & Halloway), Alexander can have this GOP-leaning district for as long as he wants. In fact, those two fools may have helped create the heir to John Breaux's seat.
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posted on
12/07/2002 10:05:48 PM PST
by
Kuksool
To: McGavin999
I fully expect tonight's results to be completely misread by the mainstream pundits as well as the national Democrat Party. They do so at their own peril. I say let them.
The post Nov. 5th LA Republican Party more closely resembled a bunch of Afghan warlords than a cohesive political unit. That dog wasn't going to hunt against the best organized Democrat machine in the US.
There will be little analysis of the race Landrieu ran. She ran as a Republican and the swing voters bought it. She kept the Democrat big dogs away.
Terrell on the other hand proved she is not quite ready for prime time.
This race was lost at the local level.
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