Ongoing Congressional Elections
Four very important races in Utah are undecided, but nationally there are also two congressional elections continuing into December.
Louisiana has long held open all-party primaries and then runoff elections a month later. Recently the primaries are held in November and the runoffs in December. One congressional seat is still undecided, LA-2 in New Orleans. The incumbent is William Jefferson, a fellow who was dropped off his congressional committees after begin caught with $90,000 in bribe money in his freezer. The Democratic challenger is Karen Carter (why no website, Karen?) but some local bloggers suggest she might not be able to win. That kind of thing happens in Louisiana but it’s important for Dems to be squeeky clean — now more than ever — so don’t send us the crook, cajuns.
After Tom DeLay raised millions in illegal money to have Texas redistricted (and had the decency to resign in disgrace, unlike some folks in New Orleans), some of the districts drawn to disenfranchise non-white people were found to be illegal. The courts redrew them and held primaries in November with runoffs to follow just like Louisiana. Only one district has a runoff. TX-23 is choosing between former Democratic congressman Ciro Rodriguez and Republican congressman Henry Bonilla.
Bonilla has voted time and again for Dubya Bush’s plan to put Utahns downwind from new nuclear tests. When Rodriguez was in Congress he voted consistently for the health of Utah’s children and families and against new testing, so let’s all root for Ciro.
