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Indian Immigrant's Son Wins La. Primary Sunday October 5, 2003 4:16 AM By ADAM NOSSITER Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An Indian immigrants' son running as a conservative Republican finished first in an open primary for Louisiana governor Saturday, leaving three veteran Democratic politicians scrambling for the second spot in a runoff. With 47 percent of the precincts reporting, Bobby Jindal had 35 percent, or 231,901 votes. It was a close contest for the second spot between Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco and Attorney General Richard Ieyoub both at 17 percent, and former Congressman Claude ``Buddy'' Leach with 14...

From the December 9, 2002 issue: The last election of 2002, Terrell vs. Landrieu, may also be the meanest. by Stephen F. Hayes 12/09/2002, Volume 008, Issue 13 NEW ORLEANS When they faced off in a televised debate here last week, Suzanne Haik Terrell accused Senator Mary Landrieu of abandoning her Catholic faith because of her votes in favor of abortion. The comment--one of the strongest in-person attacks in recent memory--was virtually ignored by the media. Perhaps that's because the charge is just one among dozens of harsh attacks traded in a race that is quickly becoming one of the...

Aiming for Runoff, Republicans Urge More Candidates to Enter the Louisiana Senate Race By Chris Cillizza Shifting their strategy in the Louisiana Senate race, Republicans are encouraging more candidates to jump into the race against Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) in hopes of forcing a Dec. 7 runoff. Sources familiar with the National Republican Senatorial Committee's plans for the race confirm that the committee sees a crowded primary field as Republicans' most viable chance to oust Landrieu. Strategists apparently believe that the more Republicans enter the race, the higher the chances of a runoff. With a multi-candidate field, strategists argue that...

Louisiana hopefuls' day arrives Parties to monitor turnout today in tight runoff for Senate seat 12/07/2002 Associated Press While Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu and Republican challenger Suzanne Haik Terrell made final campaign sweeps across Louisiana, supporters continued to work hard to nudge voters to the polls for Saturday's runoff. The latest statewide poll, issued Wednesday by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research of Columbia, Md., showed the race too close to call. During final campaign appearances Friday, Ms. Terrell - the state elections commissioner - urged supporters to get others to go to the polls. "I am asking you to spend...

In this issue: 1. Making History in Louisiana --- What has happened so far --- The National Mood and Louisiana --- GOP State Party Dynamics: The Unknown Factor 2. "Reminder to Voters" (on the LA SecState web site) 3. Sesquicentennial A Louisiana Historical Note: William Pitt Kellogg left office on March 3, 1883, nearly 120 years ago. He was Louisiana's last Republican Senator. We expect Louisiana to have a Republican Senator on January 3, 2003. Today, as the historically inaccurate monologues of a Bill Moyers, windbags like Phil Donahue, or airheads like Margaret Carlson, are forced on the American people,...

Louisiana Senate race a dead heat 12/06/2002 Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. - Heading into Saturday's runoff election, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., holds a slight edge over Republican challenger Suzanne Haik Terrell, according to a new poll. But the race is still too close to call, according to the survey taken this week for Louisiana's Gannett newspapers by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research of Columbia, Md. The poll of 625 registered voters, taken Monday and Tuesday nights, showed Ms. Landrieu favored by 47 percent of those polled and Ms. Terrell favored by 45 percent. Eight percent were undecided. The...

Hot race has cash and Bush Louisiana's unique Senate runoff has look of a major campaign 12/04/2002 By DAVID JACKSON / The Dallas Morning News NEW ORLEANS - It won't decide control of the Senate, but Louisiana's overtime race between Sen. Mary Landrieu and challenger Suzanne Haik Terrell has many of the makings of a major contest: big infusions of cash, mudslinging and, on Tuesday, a visit from President Bush. Ms. Terrell, the state elections commissioner, welcomed Mr. Bush's appearance at a $1.25 million fund-raiser near the French Quarter, hoping to follow other Republicans who rode the president's popularity...

unspun.info free-to-forward facts Louisianans, Why Vote Saturday, December 7th? Need a reason to vote?  Consider protecting the very slight majority that should now allow Trent Lott (R-MS) to lead the Senate (currently 51 of 100 senators). By contrast, in these last two years under Tom Daschle (D-SD) the Senate has obstructed the progress we have elected our officials to make. Along with the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and theEconomic Security and Worker Assistance Act of 2001, which languished for many months and were brought to a vote only after the public declared its will in the November 5th...

[RUSSERT PRESSES LANDRIEU ON TAXES:] MR. RUSSERT: Senator Landrieu, would you vote to make George Bush’s tax cut permanent? SEN. LANDRIEU: I will vote to make $1.3 billion of that tax cut permanent, and if we can make all of it permanent, Tim, I will. But let me say something about my opponent’s campaign. That is the first positive commercial she ran the entire campaign. Our own Republican governor said, “Her campaign was a cesspool.” Her opponent said that they won’t even support her because of the negative distortions of my record. And one thing on taxes I’d like to...

A survey conducted by Wilson Research Strategies for Susan B. Anthony List shows Suzanne Haik Terrell leading incumbent U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu by 8% among likely run-off voters. The poll conducted on Nov. 10-12 by Wilson Research Strategies surveyed 503 likely run-off voters in Louisiana. The margin of era is +/-4.4% at the 95% confidence level. The survey also showed that Terrell performs much better with her base than does Landrieu. Among registered Republican voters, Terrell acquires 73% of the vote compared to 16% for Landrieu. With registered Democrats Landrieu nets 51% with Terrell receiving 42% of the vote. The...