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  LA District 2
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Louisiana > LA - District 02
OfficeHouse of Representatives
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline August 11, 2006 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 07, 2006 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 07, 2006 - 10:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2007 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
ContributorUser 13
Last ModifiedRBH July 09, 2008 03:49pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/02/2004
NameWilliam J. Jefferson Votes173,510 (79.01%)
Term01/03/2005 - 01/03/2007 Margin127,413 (+58.02%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
William J. Jefferson
Slight 8
Karen Carter Peterson
Lean 3
Slight 14
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

10/11/2006 10/25/2006

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) Rep. William J. Jefferson St. Rep. Karen Carter Peterson St. Sen. Derrick D. T. Shepherd Joe Lavigne City Council Troy A. Carter Eric T. Bradley Regina Bartholomew
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Republican Democratic Republican Democratic
Votes28,283 (30.08%) 20,364 (21.66%) 16,799 (17.87%) 12,511 (13.31%) 11,304 (12.02%) 1,159 (1.23%) 1,125 (1.20%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -7,919 (-8.42%) -11,484 (-12.21%) -15,772 (-16.77%) -16,979 (-18.06%) -27,124 (-28.85%) -27,158 (-28.88%)
Predict Avg.27.00% 30.00% 18.00% 11.00% 14.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies (D) 
10/24-10/25		 28.00% (+0.0) 28.00% (+0.0) 10.00% (+0.0) 5.00% (+0.0) 12.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Ed Renwick 
10/22-10/24		 20.00% (+0.0) 15.00% (+0.0) 10.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+0.0) 15.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Verne Kennedy 
10/11-10/11		 25.00% (+0.0) 14.00% (+0.0) 9.00% (+0.0) 13.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D Cynthia Willard-Lewis
D Cedric L. Richmond [L]
D C. Ray Nagin
D Stacy Head
D Ashley
  New Orleans Times-Picayune
I Chase McFadden
D Jacquelyn "Jackie" Brechtel Clarkson
D James Carter
D Ron Forman
R TurnerforCongress
D Arnie Fielkow
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name John Edwards Scott Barron Gregory W. Kahn M.V. "Vinny" Mendoza Lawrence William "Lance" von Uhde, III Deven "D.C." Collins
PartyDemocratic Democratic Libertarian Democratic Republican Democratic
Votes675 (0.72%) 621 (0.66%) 404 (0.43%) 402 (0.43%) 258 (0.27%) 121 (0.13%)
Margin-27,608 (-29.36%) -27,662 (-29.42%) -27,879 (-29.65%) -27,881 (-29.65%) -28,025 (-29.81%) -28,162 (-29.95%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies (D) 
10/24-10/25		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Ed Renwick 
10/22-10/24		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Verne Kennedy 
10/11-10/11		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
IndP 6921

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 30, 2006 02:00pm Endorsement EDITORIAL: Karen Carter for Congress  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Oct 14, 2006 02:00pm Endorsement [Louisiana] Democratic Party Backs Carter in 2nd District Race  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Oct 07, 2006 04:35pm Endorsement Nagin embraces Jefferson campaign; Mayor returning a political favor  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Sep 16, 2006 05:00pm News Demo [Karen Carter] gains powerful backing for Congress [LA-2]  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Sep 13, 2006 05:00pm Endorsement Leading Democrats [Breaux, Johnston, John] endorse Jefferson foe [Karen Carter]  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Sep 12, 2006 04:00pm Endorsement [U.S. Rep] Jefferson challenger Karen Carter gets 2 key Orleans endorsements  Article Brandonius Maximus 

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