United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2008
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The Louisiana United States Senate election will be held on November 4, 2008. This is the first time that Louisiana will use primaries for federal races. The seat is held by Mary Landrieu, a Democrat, who was elected in 1996 and re-elected in 2002. She is running for her third term.
The Democratic and Republican primaries will be held on September 18, 2008.
Landrieu is generally perceived to be the most vulnerable Democratic senator up for re-election in 2008, along with Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota.
Pundits speculate that this race will come down to the wire because of a significant drop in the state's African-American population after Hurricane Katrina, especially in Landrieu's hometown of New Orleans. Louisiana also elected a Republican senator in 2004 and may be trending Republican. President Bush carried the state twice, in 2004 with 58 percent of the vote. Republican Congressman Bobby Jindal won the October 20, 2007, gubernatorial election with 54%.
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[edit] Democratic candidates
- Mary Landrieu of New Orleans - state representative (1980-1988), state treasurer (1988-1996), U.S. Senator (1997-)
[edit] Republican candidates
- John Kennedy of Madisonville - state treasurer (2000-); former Democrat (no relation to the Massachusetts family), switched parties on August 27, 2007, following talks with Karl Rove, David Vitter, and the NRSC; placed third, behind then-congressmen Vitter and Chris John, in 2004 race for open U.S. Senate seat; announced intention to challenge Landrieu on November 29, 2007[1]
- Paul Hollis, a rare coins collector and seller, also intends to challenge Landrieu with the Republican Nomination. [2]
[edit] Polling
| Source | Date | Mary Landrieu (D) | John Kennedy (R) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmussen Reports | May 28, 2008 | 47% | 44% |
| Southern Media & Opinion Research | March 26 - April 9, 2008 | 50% | 38% |
| Survey USA | December 13, 2007 | 46% | 42% |
| Zogby International | November 29, 2007 | 38% | 45% |
[edit] References
- ^ Kennedy to Challenge Landrieu. Political Wire (November 29, 2007).
- ^ Paul Hollis for Senate.
[edit] External links
- Kennedy vs Landrieu graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
- Official campaign websites
- Senator Mary Landrieu, Democratic nominee
- John Kennedy for U.S. Senate, Republican nominee
