Melancon won. He beat that Tauzin punk

[Tony_FLADEM]

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[papau]

1. great news! :-)

[DaveinMD]

2. wow

I didn't know that seat was in play.

[pk_du]

3. Goods news indeed....anyone called Tauzin has to be an asshole

esp. the son of Billy Tauzin.

[CBHagman]

4. Wow! That's narrow.

Has Tauzin conceded already?

[Skink]

5. So sorry

[Feron]

8. He hasn't yet

From what i gathered on the 10 o'clock news was that Tauzin wasn't going to concede until after they open the machines. Tauzin said he called Melancon and congratulated him on a good race. However, it is pretty much a done deal that he lost.

[BlueManDude]

14. 512 votes n/t

[50plus1LA]

6. Go on Charlie! But don't let Blanco take credit

Shows what we can do when we all pull together. I saw on our TV that Blanco congratulated him. .... maybe if we would have all pulled together on ALL the races we would have more than 2 seats in Congress. Why didn't she go out campaigning for the local folks until the run-offs? If she was willing to go out for Kerry, she could have worked with our other Statewides to unite the party in the other races?

[newyawker99]

16. Hi 50plus1LA!!

Welcome to DU!!

[50plus1LA]

20. Hi newyawker99

Thanks!!

[Texas_Kat]

7. Wes Clark sent out a fundraising appeal

for Melancon several days ago.

Wes helps another Democrat!

[50plus1LA]

9. Does anyone know if Clinton did a recorded message?

He did it for some others - including Chris John who was running for US Senate.

[Pirate Smile]

10. Post it in LBN.

[Chomskyite]

11. Thank God

Billy Tauzin would have been an absolute embarrassment. He's easily the dumbest person I've ever seen in a local race and we've had some incredible idiots run down here.

[JI7]

12. wow, i always thought Tauzin was a safe seat

i did hear he had cancer treatment recently and hope he is doing well with his health. but i'm glad he lost the congressional seat.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. That's Tarzan's Son

Boy

[tx_dem41]

15. Not to put a damper on the good news....

But we lost CD-7 in SW Louisiana. The seat was a long-time Democratic district (albeit conservative). Chris John and John Breaux held it in the past.

[funkybutt]

17. From all reports I've seen, that race just had 2 Republicans in it

of course I would have rathered Mount won but I didn't see anything about her that separated her from her republican opponent. And I thought John Breaux was conservative!

[tx_dem41]

18. You will never get anything more than a conservative Democrat...

...elected in that part of Louisiana, so I would have been THRILLED to see Mount win. The future is too important to make your distinction (IMO).

[50plus1LA]

19. DCCC didn't help much

I hear that they came down here looking for a 'volunteer' workforce with some pitiful amount of money for canvassing. They put people on street corners, which only gets the Republican vote out. I don't think that they had so many local people. You can't win that seat without people like Chris John's team, who know the people there - and how to win. Don't think that anyone went over from Chris' congressional staff or his campaign staff in the run-off. Don't know if they were even asked...... maybe they didn't want to pay a staff either. Of course, Willie Mount is a republican, but she could have done it, if she would have had the team....... and support from DC

[tx_dem41]

21. Being an ex-pat Louisianan (in Dallas), it is a shame

IMO, that Chris John just didn't try to keep his seat, and let Kennedy run for the Senate.