LA-2 results

[RBH]

Cao ran ahead of Karen Carter in City Council district C

[Alcon]

Here is a nice map of the district overlaid on a street map.

Is there some sort of weird demographic reason that Terrytown/South Gretna, River Road/La Bauve, and the Avenger Park area are gerrymandered out?

[Torie]

Here is a nice map of the district overlaid on a street map.

Is there some sort of weird demographic reason that Terrytown/South Gretna, River Road/La Bauve, and the Avenger Park area are gerrymandered out?

Avenger Park is chic GOP I think, if that is the area near the zoo in NO. The rest is probably working class white that votes like St. Bernard before St. Bernard became a toxic waste dump after Katrina.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Here is a nice map of the district overlaid on a street map.

Is there some sort of weird demographic reason that Terrytown/South Gretna, River Road/La Bauve, and the Avenger Park area are gerrymandered out?

Thats one of the more interesting gm's I've seen.

[Bacon King]

some other bloke 2.5 (great name though: Kenya Smith)

Who, by the way, was Nagin's second in command or something like that. His slogan was also "Kenya 2 Congress" instead of a 4 as one would expect. And when I was sign waving for Richmond, Kenya's only worker at that specific intersection was this little lady holding two signs who literally kept walking back and forth through traffic. Also, he was the funniest guy at the debate.

[minionofmidas]

Here is a nice map of the district overlaid on a street map.

Is there some sort of weird demographic reason that Terrytown/South Gretna, River Road/La Bauve, and the Avenger Park area are gerrymandered out?

No clue about the bits outside the city south of the river. North, the 14th Ward is the most Republican bit of the city outside of Lakeview (not sure you can call all of the city's Republican northwest "Lakeview", but will do), but the district boundary is far from perfect if you want to optimize its partisan split - the bits by the river should then be in LA-2 (as also the corridor west of it) while LA-1 could extend a little north of St Charles Avenue.
The bit just south of City Park doesn't make all that much sense either.

[minionofmidas]

Ward 2
2004p 3347 votes cast, 90.2 Kerry, 9.2 Bush
2008p 2213 votes cast, 87.5 Obama, 11.5 McCain
2006p 773 votes cast, 40.2 Jefferson, 27.3 K Carter, 11.0 Lavigne, 9.8 T Carter, 5.6 Shepherd
2006r 540 votes cast, 53.3 Jefferson, 46.7 K Carter
2008p 594 votes cast, 33.5 Jefferson, 16.5 J Carter, 15.0 Richmond, 14.5 Moreno, 11.4 Lee, 7.4 T Carter (anybody interested in Kenya Smith, funny as he sounds from Bacon's post, can do the math himself)
2008r 1845 votes cast, 63.7 Jefferson, 36.3 Moreno
2008g 607 votes cast, 60.6 Jefferson, 36.2 Cao, 3.0 Rahim

Ward 3
2004p 4373 votes cast, 78.6 Kerry, 20.1 Bush
2008p 2957 votes cast, 78.2 Obama, 20.4 McCain
2006p 1251 votes cast, 38.0 K Carter, 26.2 Jefferson, 13.8 Lavigne, 11.3 T Carter, 5.0 Shepherd
2006r 888 votes cast, 64.0 K Carter, 36.0 Jefferson
2008p 897 votes cast, 25.9 Moreno, 21.6 Richmond, 20.2 Jefferson, 17.4 J Carter, 6.8 T Carter, 5.0 Lee
2008r 2433 votes cast, 51.9 Moreno, 48.1 Jefferson
2008g 931 votes cast, 58.8 Cao, 35.2 Jefferson, 5.2 Rahim

Ward 4
real result:
2004p 10,063 votes cast, 55.2 Bush, 43.5 Kerry
2008p 5874 votes cast, 53.7 McCain, 44.4 Obama

LA-2 only:
2004p 2147 votes cast, 82.8 Kerry, 16.1 Bush
2008p 1648 votes cast, 83.7 Obama, 14.4 McCain (rather a crass contrast, isn't it?)
2006p 559 votes cast, 37.4 K Carter, 24.9 Jefferson, 13.6 Lavigne, 11.8 T Carter, 5.4 Shepherd
2006r 377 votes cast, 67.4 K Carter, 32.6 Jefferson
2008p 421 votes cast, 34.4 Moreno, 20.7 Jefferson, 16.9 Richmond, 16.4 J Carter, 5.5 T Carter, 3.6 Lee
2008r 1398 votes cast, 54.4 Jefferson, 45.6 Moreno (really shows the power of a full turnout doesn't it?)
2008g 486 votes cast, 56.5 Cao, 36.2 Jefferson, 6.2 Rahim

Ward 5
real result:
2004p 6322 votes cast, 69.9 Kerry, 28.6 Bush
2008p 4821 votes cast, 64.7 Obama, 33.7 McCain (very much a fake swing. That corner just south of the park but still in LA-1 is a heavily Dem area, and was massively depopulated by Katrina. South of there in LA-2, and the small ultra-Rep bit north of the park, was hardly affected at all)

LA-2 only:
2004p 2370 votes cast, 81.0 Kerry, 16.8 Bush
2008p 2111 votes cast, 83.3 Kerry, 15.4 Bush
2006p 1038 votes cast, 34.6 K Carter, 28.1 Jefferson, 13.9 T Carter, 9.3 Lavigne, 8.5 Shepherd
2006r 788 votes cast, 58.4 K Carter, 41.6 Jefferson
2008p 746 votes cast, 28.8 Moreno, 24.3 Jefferson, 18.2 Richmond, 16.8 J Carter, 6.2 T Carter, 3.2 Lee
2008r 1780 votes cast, 50.6 Jefferson, 49.4 Moreno
2008g 706 votes cast, 56.1 Cao, 36.8 Jefferson, 3.9 Rahim

Ward 6
2004p 3709 votes cast, 82.3 Kerry, 16.6 Bush
2008p 2607 votes cast, 79.5 Obama, 18.5 McCain
2006p 1533 votes cast, 47.0 K Carter, 19.3 Jefferson, 10.6 T Carter, 9.8 Lavigne, 7.4 Shepherd
2006r 1138 votes cast, 70.3 K Carter, 29.7 Jefferson
2008p 1127 votes cast, 28.4 Moreno, 24.0 J Carter, 22.2 Richmond, 14.1 Jefferson, 6.7 T Carter, 3.3 Lee
2008r 2190 votes cast, 59.7 Moreno, 40.3 Jefferson
2008g 1184 votes cast, 58.5 Cao, 31.0 Jefferson, 7.9 Rahim

Ward 7
real result
2004p 22,029 votes cast, 85.7 Kerry, 13.6 Bush
2008p 13,508 votes cast, 90.5 Obama, 8.8 McCain

LA-2 only
2004p 21,339 votes cast, 87.4 Kerry, 11.9 Bush
2008p 12,935 votes cast, 92.9 Obama, 6.4 McCain (it's just two precincts missing, but they're the two Republican precincts. Also, I think that Katrina must have been fatal to the already moribund White minority presence across much of the northern 7th and 8th and the northwesternmost 9th)
2006p 6398 votes cast, 41.3 Jefferson, 26.6 K Carter, 13.1 T Carter, 8.7 Shepherd, 5.6 Lavigne
2006r 4731 votes cast, 58.7 Jefferson, 41.3 K Carter
2008p 5598 votes cast, 31.0 Jefferson, 24.0 Richmond, 14.7 J Carter, 13.3 Moreno 8.3 T Carter, 4.9 Lee
2008r 11,492 votes cast, 64.8 Jefferson, 35.2 Moreno
2008g 4269 votes cast, 68.9 Jefferson, 26.0 Cao, 4.1 Rahim

Ward 8
2004p 12,057 votes cast, 84.7 Kerry, 14.6 Bush
2008p 7754 votes cast, 88.6 Obama, 10.7 McCain
2006p 3826 votes cast, 36.0 Jefferson, 27.5 K Carter, 13.4 T Carter, 10.7 Shepherd, 7.9 Lavigne
2006r 2606 votes cast, 54.1 Jefferson, 45.9 K Carter
2008p 3287 votes cast, 26.0 Jefferson, 24.2 Richmond, 19.4 Moreno, 13.9 J Carter, 8.5 T Carter, 5.1 Lee
2008r 6913 votes cast, 59.6 Jefferson, 40.4 Moreno
2008g 2703 votes cast, 59.0 Jefferson, 34.2 Cao, 5.8 Rahim

Ward 9. It's gigantic. And it's very diverse in terms of class, income, age of housing, etc - much (most?) of it is inner suburban rather than urban, really, but other parts are very inner-city housing projects. But this is America. As almost everybody here is Black these things don't show up in presidential results.
2004p 57,492 votes cast, 87.7 Kerry, 11.8 Bush
2008p 31,910 votes cast, 92.1 Obama, 7.4 McCain
2006p 14,794 votes cast, 48.6 Jefferson, 19.2 K Carter, 12.7 T Carter, 11.8 Shepherd, 3.7 Lavigne
2006r 10,593 votes cast, 69.3 Jefferson, 30.7 K Carter
2008p 13711 votes cast, 29.7 Jefferson, 29.7 Richmond (a couple votes difference), 12.2 J Carter, 9.5 Moreno, 8.3 T Carter, 6.8 Lee
2008r 27,258 votes cast, 72.7 Jefferson, 27.3 Moreno
2008g 10,158 votes cast, 75.9 Jefferson, 20.9 Cao, 2.5 Rahim. Having an R next to his name was... not good... for Cao here, it seems. He even lives in the 9th Ward!

[minionofmidas]

Ward 10
2004p 3099 votes cast, 83.9 Kerry, 15.0 Bush
2008p 2699 votes cast, 83.6 Obama, 15.6 McCain
2006p 1293 votes cast, 38.8 K Carter, 32.6 Jefferson, 11.4 Lavigne, 7.6 T Carter, 5.1 Shepherd
2006r 1056 votes cast, 55.4 K Carter, 44.6 Jefferson
2008p 968 votes cast, 34.9 Jefferson, 18.3 Moreno, 18.3 J Carter, 15.3 Richmond, 7.0 T Carter, 2.5 Lee
2008r 3591 votes cast, 63.2 Moreno, 36.8 Jefferson
2008g 1014 votes cast, 52.7 Cao, 43.4 Jefferson, 3.6 Rahim

Ward 11
2004p 5616 votes cast, 81.4 Kerry, 17.5 Bush
2008p 4276 votes cast, 79.9 Obama, 18.8 McCain
2006p 2475 votes cast, 36.3 K Carter, 30.5 Jefferson, 14.7 Lavigne, 8.8 T Carter, 5.1 Shepherd
2006r 1839 votes cast, 57.7 K Carter, 42.3 Jefferson
2008p 1601 votes cast, 32.2 Jefferson, 21.5 Moreno, J Carter, 16.2 Richmond, 7.6 T Carter, 3.1 Lee
2008r 1913 votes cast, 57.3 Cao, 38.2 Jefferson, 3.7 Rahim

Ignatius Reilly's home, Ward 12
2004p 6888 votes cast, 82.8 Kerry, 16.1 Bush
2008p 5482 votes cast, 80.6 Obama, 18.1 McCain
2006p 2984 votes cast, 39.9 K Carter, 31.0 Jefferson, 11.0 Lavigne, 9.0 T Carter, 5.5 Shepherd
2006r 2384 votes cast, 58.4 K Carter, 41.6 Jefferson
2008p 2181 votes cast, 26.5 Jefferson, 22.6 Moreno, 20.1 Richmond, 18.4 J Carter, 7.2 T Carter, 3.6 Lee
2008r 4534 votes cast, 50.2 Moreno, 49.8 Jefferson
2008g 2351 votes cast, 56.8 Cao, 38.4 Jefferson, 4.3 Rahim

Ward 13
2004p 6398 votes cast, 74.9 Kerry, 23.8 Bush
2008p 5438 votes cast, 73.6 Kerry, 24.8 Bush
2006p 3326 votes cast, 45.3 K Carter, 19.4 Jefferson, 16.3 Lavigne, 8.8 T Carter, 5.6 Shepherd
2006r 2546 votes cast, 72.1 K Carter, 27.9 Jefferson
2008p 2103 votes cast, 28.6 Moreno, 23.2 Richmond, 19.4 Jefferson, 18.3 J Carter, 5.7 T Carter, 2.7 Lee
2008r 4212 votes cast, 62.8 Moreno, 37.2 Jefferson
2008g 2695 votes cast, 70.2 Cao, 24.6 Jefferson, 4.2 Rahim

Ward 14
For super reals
2004p 11,389 votes cast, 55.7 Kerry, 43.0 Bush
2008p 10,110 votes cast, 55.1 Obama, 43.2 McCain

LA-02 only
2004p 5843 votes cast, 63.5 Kerry, 34.6 Bush
2008p 7020 votes cast, 61.2 Obama, 37.5 McCain (while the portion in LA-1 trended Democratic but voted, narrowly, Republican)
2006p 3376 votes cast, 48.0 K Carter, 23.7 Lavigne, 9.6 T Carter, 8.9 Jefferson, 4.0 Shepherd
2006r 2361 votes cast, 84.9 K Carter, 15.1 Jefferson
2008p 1762 votes cast, 38.2 Moreno, 22.9 Richmond, 20.1 J Carter, 10.4 Jefferson, 4.4 T Carter, 2.4 Lee
2008r 3966 votes cast, 75.1 Moreno, 24.9 Jefferson
2008g 2846 votes cast, 84.9 Cao, 10.8 Jefferson, 3.7 Rahim

Yup, this area is a good place to start if you want to show how parts of Uptown really feel about Bill Jefferson.

Ward 15
2004p 20,443 votes cast, 66.7 Kerry, 32.6 Bush
2008p 18,303 votes cast, 71.9 Obama, 27.2 McCain (the suburbanish east of the ward is a weird jigsaw of white Republican, black ultra-Democratic, and whiteflight-in-transition lean-Democratic precincts)
2006p 10,841 votes cast, 24.4 Jefferson, 19.7 T Carter, 18.7 Lavigne, 16.9 K Carter, 15.7 Shepherd
2006r 6871 votes cast, 52.9 Jefferson, 47.1 K Carter (making this the ward where both candidates improved the most on their first round showing in terms of raw votes. Troy Carter has a fanbase on the West Bank)
2008p 7797 votes cast, 21.4 Jefferson, 21.4 J Carter (two votes difference), 19.1 Moreno, 17.0 T Carter, 5.8 Lee
2008r 14,389 votes cast, 57.8 Jefferson, 42.2 Moreno
2008g 7936 votes cast, 55.4 Cao, 41.0 Jefferson, 3.0 Rahim (shades of what happened in Jefferson Parish here. Re RBH: District C is based on the West Bank. Extends beyond it though.)

Ward 16
full ward
2004p 3704 votes cast, 72.5 Kerry, 26.0 Bush
2008p 3596 votes cast, 73.7 Obama, 24.9 McCain

excluding that one random precinct
2004p 3281 votes cast, 74.3 Kerry, 24.2 Bush
2008p 3182 votes cast, 75.2 Obama, 23.4 McCain
2006p 1801 votes cast, 48.8 K Carter, 16.3 Jefferson, 14.7 Lavigne, 10.9 T Carter, 4.2 Shepherd
2006r 1292 votes cast, 77.4 K Carter, 22.6 Jefferson
2008p 1219 votes cast, 29.1 Moreno, 23.5 J Carter, 20.8 Richmond, 16.9 Jefferson, 5.7 T Carter, 2.5 Lee
2008r 2431 votes cast, 70.1 Moreno, 29.9 Jefferson
2008g 1412 votes cast, 70.5 Cao, 22.6 Jefferson, 5.7 Rahim

Ward 17.
For super reals:
2004p 11,322 votes cast, 71.0 Kerry, 28.2 Bush
2008p 7572 votes cast, 76.3 Obama, 22.7 McCain

district 2 only this time - excluding the Republican, Lakeview part, and a precinct by the river:
2004p 7374 votes cast, 91.8 Kerry, 7.7 Bush (Carrollton Ave must be quite the colorline. Which is odd... racial boundaries in NOLA don't otherwise conform to ward boundaries that well)
2008p 5494 votes cast, 93.3 Obama, 5.9 McCain
2006p 2380 votes cast, 52.8 Jefferson, 20.0 K Carter, 11.2 T Carter, 8.7 Shepherd, 3.5 Lavigne
2006r 1871 votes cast, 68.2 Jefferson, 31.8 K Carter
2008p 2141 votes cast, 43.2 Jefferson, 16.3 Richmond, 15.1 J Carter, 10.1 Moreno, 8.2 T Carter, 4.5 Lee
2008r 4948 votes cast, 71.7 Jefferson, 28.3 Moreno
2008g 1745 votes cast, 75.7 Jefferson, 20.7 Cao, 2.8 Rahim

[minionofmidas]

Oh yah. Absentee (includes in person absentee aka early) and Provisional totals. These aren't apportioned by precinct. Note that presidential race figures include areas in LA-1.

2004 Presidential
6560 Absentees: Kerry 67.9, Bush 31.3
957 Provisionals: Kerry 91.6, Bush 7.8

2008 Presidential (look what happens here!)
16,466 Absentees: Obama 84.5, McCain 10.1. And McKinney 4.3. I wonder what happened - that's 70 percent of her total vote. Either she had a really good early voting machine, or more likely a very kindly Diebold machine that didn't like old white men. That at least would put McCain's totals near Bush's from 2004. Anyhow, the other thing that happened is of course the massive Democratic early voting turnout.
827 Provisionals: Obama 93.6, McCain 6.2. This is quite in line with 2004.

2006 Jungle Primary
3078 Absentees: Jefferson 36.5, K Carter 31.4, T Carter 13.1, Lavigne 9.1, Shepherd 6.2
67 Provisionals: Jefferson 38.8, K Carter 26.9, T Carter 13.4, Shepherd 10.4, Lavigne 4.5

2006 Runoff
2857 Absentees: Jefferson 55.5, K Carter 44.5
57 Provisionals: Jefferson 54.4, K Carter 45.6

2008 Primary
2760 Absentees: J Carter 22.7, Jefferson 19.9, Richmond 17.0, Moreno 16.8, T Carter 14.3, Lee 4.8
28 Provisionals: Richmond 39.3, Jefferson 25.0, J Carter 17.9, T Carter 7.1, Moreno 7.1, Smith 3.6 (that's one vote), Lee 0

2008 Primary Runoff
13,216 Absentees: Jefferson 64.0, Moreno 36.0. All those Obama Early Voters...
938 Provisionals: Jefferson 61.1, Moreno 38.9. I suppose these figures aren't actually disastrous for Moreno.

2008 General
2294 Absentees: Jefferson 59.5, Cao 34.9, Rahim 4.1. Now this is interesting. Suppose it means something (ie late breaking for Cao? Sadly the race was never polled...)
Provisionals have not been counted yet.

[Cylon Candidate]

Just thought this was interesting. 

Results for Tulane's precinct, 14 13-A: Cao 168, Jefferson 12, Rhim 11, Kahn 5.

In last months primary it was: Moreno 504, Jefferson 198

In October it was: Cedric Richmond 38, Moreno 29, James Carter 23, Troy Carter 6, Kenya Smith 5, Jefferson 2, Byron Lee, 1

Obviously, there is little love lost between us and Bill Jefferson.

And the Presidential results: Obama 931, McCain 279, Ron Paul 15, and Nader (who visited campus as part of his campaign) 9.

[Bacon King]

Just thought this was interesting. 

Results for Tulane's precinct, 14 13-A: Cao 168, Jefferson 12, Rhim 11, Kahn 5.

In last months primary it was: Moreno 504, Jefferson 198

In October it was: Cedric Richmond 38, Moreno 29, James Carter 23, Troy Carter 6, Kenya Smith 5, Jefferson 2, Byron Lee, 1

Obviously, there is little love lost between us and Bill Jefferson.

And the Presidential results: Obama 931, McCain 279, Ron Paul 15, and Nader (who visited campus as part of his campaign) 9.

I'm convinced most of Jefferson's voters here in November were just people who showed up to vote for Obama but didn't know anything about the Congressional race so they just ticked the box for the incumbent.


Btw, did you see the snow this morning?

[Cylon Candidate]

Just thought this was interesting. 

Results for Tulane's precinct, 14 13-A: Cao 168, Jefferson 12, Rhim 11, Kahn 5.

In last months primary it was: Moreno 504, Jefferson 198

In October it was: Cedric Richmond 38, Moreno 29, James Carter 23, Troy Carter 6, Kenya Smith 5, Jefferson 2, Byron Lee, 1

Obviously, there is little love lost between us and Bill Jefferson.

And the Presidential results: Obama 931, McCain 279, Ron Paul 15, and Nader (who visited campus as part of his campaign) 9.

I'm convinced most of Jefferson's voters here in November were just people who showed up to vote for Obama but didn't know anything about the Congressional race so they just ticked the box for the incumbent.


Btw, did you see the snow this morning?

Probably.  It's possible we have one or two students who actually like Jefferson or really disliked Moreno, but probably most voted for the incumbent.

The snow was awesome.  New Orleans was about the last place I expected to see it!  First time since I've seen snow since I was 8, when I was in Denver. 

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Just thought this was interesting. 

Results for Tulane's precinct, 14 13-A: Cao 168, Jefferson 12, Rhim 11, Kahn 5.

In last months primary it was: Moreno 504, Jefferson 198

In October it was: Cedric Richmond 38, Moreno 29, James Carter 23, Troy Carter 6, Kenya Smith 5, Jefferson 2, Byron Lee, 1

Obviously, there is little love lost between us and Bill Jefferson.

And the Presidential results: Obama 931, McCain 279, Ron Paul 15, and Nader (who visited campus as part of his campaign) 9.

I'm convinced most of Jefferson's voters here in November were just people who showed up to vote for Obama but didn't know anything about the Congressional race so they just ticked the box for the incumbent.


Btw, did you see the snow this morning?

Probably.  It's possible we have one or two students who actually like Jefferson or really disliked Moreno, but probably most voted for the incumbent.

The snow was awesome.  New Orleans was about the last place I expected to see it!  First time since I've seen snow since I was 8, when I was in Denver. 

Wow. That is so alien and bizarre to me.

[Cylon Candidate]

Just thought this was interesting. 

Results for Tulane's precinct, 14 13-A: Cao 168, Jefferson 12, Rhim 11, Kahn 5.

In last months primary it was: Moreno 504, Jefferson 198

In October it was: Cedric Richmond 38, Moreno 29, James Carter 23, Troy Carter 6, Kenya Smith 5, Jefferson 2, Byron Lee, 1

Obviously, there is little love lost between us and Bill Jefferson.

And the Presidential results: Obama 931, McCain 279, Ron Paul 15, and Nader (who visited campus as part of his campaign) 9.

I'm convinced most of Jefferson's voters here in November were just people who showed up to vote for Obama but didn't know anything about the Congressional race so they just ticked the box for the incumbent.


Btw, did you see the snow this morning?

Probably.  It's possible we have one or two students who actually like Jefferson or really disliked Moreno, but probably most voted for the incumbent.

The snow was awesome.  New Orleans was about the last place I expected to see it!  First time since I've seen snow since I was 8, when I was in Denver. 

Wow. That is so alien and bizarre to me.

It was pretty funny: when it started snowing pretty much everyone running outside was from theSouth or West Coast.  The Northeasterners and Midwesterners didn't really care much, if at all.  "That excites you?  Losers."

Back on topic: weird to see the GOP leaders kissing the boots of this one-term wonder.  I don't remember Democrats in 2006 being like this to Lampson (though to be fair, DeLay was going to be gone anyway).  Wonder how much they'll like him when he turns out not to tow party-line (unless he really doesn't care about reelection)

[Хahar 🤔]

Just thought this was interesting. 

Results for Tulane's precinct, 14 13-A: Cao 168, Jefferson 12, Rhim 11, Kahn 5.

In last months primary it was: Moreno 504, Jefferson 198

In October it was: Cedric Richmond 38, Moreno 29, James Carter 23, Troy Carter 6, Kenya Smith 5, Jefferson 2, Byron Lee, 1

Obviously, there is little love lost between us and Bill Jefferson.

And the Presidential results: Obama 931, McCain 279, Ron Paul 15, and Nader (who visited campus as part of his campaign) 9.

I'm convinced most of Jefferson's voters here in November were just people who showed up to vote for Obama but didn't know anything about the Congressional race so they just ticked the box for the incumbent.


Btw, did you see the snow this morning?

Probably.  It's possible we have one or two students who actually like Jefferson or really disliked Moreno, but probably most voted for the incumbent.

The snow was awesome.  New Orleans was about the last place I expected to see it!  First time since I've seen snow since I was 8, when I was in Denver. 

Wow. That is so alien and bizarre to me.

It must be weird to live in a refridgerator. I've only seen falling snow once, and that was on Memorial Day.

[muon2]

Just thought this was interesting. 

Results for Tulane's precinct, 14 13-A: Cao 168, Jefferson 12, Rhim 11, Kahn 5.

In last months primary it was: Moreno 504, Jefferson 198

In October it was: Cedric Richmond 38, Moreno 29, James Carter 23, Troy Carter 6, Kenya Smith 5, Jefferson 2, Byron Lee, 1

Obviously, there is little love lost between us and Bill Jefferson.

And the Presidential results: Obama 931, McCain 279, Ron Paul 15, and Nader (who visited campus as part of his campaign) 9.

I'm convinced most of Jefferson's voters here in November were just people who showed up to vote for Obama but didn't know anything about the Congressional race so they just ticked the box for the incumbent.


Btw, did you see the snow this morning?

Probably.  It's possible we have one or two students who actually like Jefferson or really disliked Moreno, but probably most voted for the incumbent.

The snow was awesome.  New Orleans was about the last place I expected to see it!  First time since I've seen snow since I was 8, when I was in Denver. 

Wow. That is so alien and bizarre to me.

It was pretty funny: when it started snowing pretty much everyone running outside was from theSouth or West Coast.  The Northeasterners and Midwesterners didn't really care much, if at all.  "That excites you?  Losers."

Back on topic: weird to see the GOP leaders kissing the boots of this one-term wonder.  I don't remember Democrats in 2006 being like this to Lampson (though to be fair, DeLay was going to be gone anyway).  Wonder how much they'll like him when he turns out not to tow party-line (unless he really doesn't care about reelection)

A good set of caucus leaders will know when a party-line stand really matters and will leave a member to vote their district's interests in other cases. Those leaders would understand that without members in marginal districts, it's unlikely that they will sit in the majority.

[Cylon Candidate]

Just thought this was interesting. 

Results for Tulane's precinct, 14 13-A: Cao 168, Jefferson 12, Rhim 11, Kahn 5.

In last months primary it was: Moreno 504, Jefferson 198

In October it was: Cedric Richmond 38, Moreno 29, James Carter 23, Troy Carter 6, Kenya Smith 5, Jefferson 2, Byron Lee, 1

Obviously, there is little love lost between us and Bill Jefferson.

And the Presidential results: Obama 931, McCain 279, Ron Paul 15, and Nader (who visited campus as part of his campaign) 9.

I'm convinced most of Jefferson's voters here in November were just people who showed up to vote for Obama but didn't know anything about the Congressional race so they just ticked the box for the incumbent.


Btw, did you see the snow this morning?

Probably.  It's possible we have one or two students who actually like Jefferson or really disliked Moreno, but probably most voted for the incumbent.

The snow was awesome.  New Orleans was about the last place I expected to see it!  First time since I've seen snow since I was 8, when I was in Denver. 

Wow. That is so alien and bizarre to me.

It must be weird to live in a refridgerator. I've only seen falling snow once, and that was on Memorial Day.

Well, I've never seen snow where I live.  Since I assume you did that one time, you're the one in the freezer, along with Jefferson's money. 

[Хahar 🤔]

Just thought this was interesting. 

Results for Tulane's precinct, 14 13-A: Cao 168, Jefferson 12, Rhim 11, Kahn 5.

In last months primary it was: Moreno 504, Jefferson 198

In October it was: Cedric Richmond 38, Moreno 29, James Carter 23, Troy Carter 6, Kenya Smith 5, Jefferson 2, Byron Lee, 1

Obviously, there is little love lost between us and Bill Jefferson.

And the Presidential results: Obama 931, McCain 279, Ron Paul 15, and Nader (who visited campus as part of his campaign) 9.

I'm convinced most of Jefferson's voters here in November were just people who showed up to vote for Obama but didn't know anything about the Congressional race so they just ticked the box for the incumbent.


Btw, did you see the snow this morning?

Probably.  It's possible we have one or two students who actually like Jefferson or really disliked Moreno, but probably most voted for the incumbent.

The snow was awesome.  New Orleans was about the last place I expected to see it!  First time since I've seen snow since I was 8, when I was in Denver. 

Wow. That is so alien and bizarre to me.

It must be weird to live in a refridgerator. I've only seen falling snow once, and that was on Memorial Day.

Well, I've never seen snow where I live.  Since I assume you did that one time, you're the one in the freezer, along with Jefferson's money. 

Me? No, that was at Kings Canyon.

[Cylon Candidate]

Just thought this was interesting. 

Results for Tulane's precinct, 14 13-A: Cao 168, Jefferson 12, Rhim 11, Kahn 5.

In last months primary it was: Moreno 504, Jefferson 198

In October it was: Cedric Richmond 38, Moreno 29, James Carter 23, Troy Carter 6, Kenya Smith 5, Jefferson 2, Byron Lee, 1

Obviously, there is little love lost between us and Bill Jefferson.

And the Presidential results: Obama 931, McCain 279, Ron Paul 15, and Nader (who visited campus as part of his campaign) 9.

I'm convinced most of Jefferson's voters here in November were just people who showed up to vote for Obama but didn't know anything about the Congressional race so they just ticked the box for the incumbent.


Btw, did you see the snow this morning?

Probably.  It's possible we have one or two students who actually like Jefferson or really disliked Moreno, but probably most voted for the incumbent.

The snow was awesome.  New Orleans was about the last place I expected to see it!  First time since I've seen snow since I was 8, when I was in Denver. 

Wow. That is so alien and bizarre to me.

It was pretty funny: when it started snowing pretty much everyone running outside was from theSouth or West Coast.  The Northeasterners and Midwesterners didn't really care much, if at all.  "That excites you?  Losers."

Back on topic: weird to see the GOP leaders kissing the boots of this one-term wonder.  I don't remember Democrats in 2006 being like this to Lampson (though to be fair, DeLay was going to be gone anyway).  Wonder how much they'll like him when he turns out not to tow party-line (unless he really doesn't care about reelection)

A good set of caucus leaders will know when a party-line stand really matters and will leave a member to vote their district's interests in other cases. Those leaders would understand that without members in marginal districts, it's unlikely that they will sit in the majority.

Definitely.  Of course, the really important votes where Cao has to decide between Obama's agenda and the GOP are going to be hell, especially in this district.  Voting against anything Obama wants isn't going to go over well.  Basically, I can imagine Cao's voting record being similar to Tim Mahoney's, at the center of the House (hopefully, he shares very little else with Tim Mahoney).  Just a guess, though: Cao will be a fun one to watch.

[Cylon Candidate]

Just thought this was interesting. 

Results for Tulane's precinct, 14 13-A: Cao 168, Jefferson 12, Rhim 11, Kahn 5.

In last months primary it was: Moreno 504, Jefferson 198

In October it was: Cedric Richmond 38, Moreno 29, James Carter 23, Troy Carter 6, Kenya Smith 5, Jefferson 2, Byron Lee, 1

Obviously, there is little love lost between us and Bill Jefferson.

And the Presidential results: Obama 931, McCain 279, Ron Paul 15, and Nader (who visited campus as part of his campaign) 9.

I'm convinced most of Jefferson's voters here in November were just people who showed up to vote for Obama but didn't know anything about the Congressional race so they just ticked the box for the incumbent.


Btw, did you see the snow this morning?

Probably.  It's possible we have one or two students who actually like Jefferson or really disliked Moreno, but probably most voted for the incumbent.

The snow was awesome.  New Orleans was about the last place I expected to see it!  First time since I've seen snow since I was 8, when I was in Denver. 

Wow. That is so alien and bizarre to me.

It must be weird to live in a refridgerator. I've only seen falling snow once, and that was on Memorial Day.

Well, I've never seen snow where I live.  Since I assume you did that one time, you're the one in the freezer, along with Jefferson's money. 

Me? No, that was at Kings Canyon.

Ah.  I was wondering "Did it snow in the South Bay while I wasn't looking?" 

[Хahar 🤔]

Just thought this was interesting. 

Results for Tulane's precinct, 14 13-A: Cao 168, Jefferson 12, Rhim 11, Kahn 5.

In last months primary it was: Moreno 504, Jefferson 198

In October it was: Cedric Richmond 38, Moreno 29, James Carter 23, Troy Carter 6, Kenya Smith 5, Jefferson 2, Byron Lee, 1

Obviously, there is little love lost between us and Bill Jefferson.

And the Presidential results: Obama 931, McCain 279, Ron Paul 15, and Nader (who visited campus as part of his campaign) 9.

I'm convinced most of Jefferson's voters here in November were just people who showed up to vote for Obama but didn't know anything about the Congressional race so they just ticked the box for the incumbent.


Btw, did you see the snow this morning?

Probably.  It's possible we have one or two students who actually like Jefferson or really disliked Moreno, but probably most voted for the incumbent.

The snow was awesome.  New Orleans was about the last place I expected to see it!  First time since I've seen snow since I was 8, when I was in Denver. 

Wow. That is so alien and bizarre to me.

It must be weird to live in a refridgerator. I've only seen falling snow once, and that was on Memorial Day.

Well, I've never seen snow where I live.  Since I assume you did that one time, you're the one in the freezer, along with Jefferson's money. 

Me? No, that was at Kings Canyon.

Ah.  I was wondering "Did it snow in the South Bay while I wasn't looking?" 

As far as I know, it hasn't snowed in the valley in over a decade.

[Cylon Candidate]

Just thought this was interesting. 

Results for Tulane's precinct, 14 13-A: Cao 168, Jefferson 12, Rhim 11, Kahn 5.

In last months primary it was: Moreno 504, Jefferson 198

In October it was: Cedric Richmond 38, Moreno 29, James Carter 23, Troy Carter 6, Kenya Smith 5, Jefferson 2, Byron Lee, 1

Obviously, there is little love lost between us and Bill Jefferson.

And the Presidential results: Obama 931, McCain 279, Ron Paul 15, and Nader (who visited campus as part of his campaign) 9.

I'm convinced most of Jefferson's voters here in November were just people who showed up to vote for Obama but didn't know anything about the Congressional race so they just ticked the box for the incumbent.


Btw, did you see the snow this morning?

Probably.  It's possible we have one or two students who actually like Jefferson or really disliked Moreno, but probably most voted for the incumbent.

The snow was awesome.  New Orleans was about the last place I expected to see it!  First time since I've seen snow since I was 8, when I was in Denver. 

Wow. That is so alien and bizarre to me.

It must be weird to live in a refridgerator. I've only seen falling snow once, and that was on Memorial Day.

Well, I've never seen snow where I live.  Since I assume you did that one time, you're the one in the freezer, along with Jefferson's money. 

Me? No, that was at Kings Canyon.

Ah.  I was wondering "Did it snow in the South Bay while I wasn't looking?" 

As far as I know, it hasn't snowed in the valley in over a decade.

My parents told me it snowed lightly in the 80's or something.  That's about it. 

When it first started snowing in New Orleans I thought it was hail.  Then I saw people going out and not ducking for shelter, so I knew it was safe then.

[Bacon King]

Just thought this was interesting. 

Results for Tulane's precinct, 14 13-A: Cao 168, Jefferson 12, Rhim 11, Kahn 5.

In last months primary it was: Moreno 504, Jefferson 198

In October it was: Cedric Richmond 38, Moreno 29, James Carter 23, Troy Carter 6, Kenya Smith 5, Jefferson 2, Byron Lee, 1

Obviously, there is little love lost between us and Bill Jefferson.

And the Presidential results: Obama 931, McCain 279, Ron Paul 15, and Nader (who visited campus as part of his campaign) 9.

I'm convinced most of Jefferson's voters here in November were just people who showed up to vote for Obama but didn't know anything about the Congressional race so they just ticked the box for the incumbent.


Btw, did you see the snow this morning?

Probably.  It's possible we have one or two students who actually like Jefferson or really disliked Moreno, but probably most voted for the incumbent.

The snow was awesome.  New Orleans was about the last place I expected to see it!  First time since I've seen snow since I was 8, when I was in Denver. 

Wow. That is so alien and bizarre to me.

It must be weird to live in a refridgerator. I've only seen falling snow once, and that was on Memorial Day.

Well, I've never seen snow where I live.  Since I assume you did that one time, you're the one in the freezer, along with Jefferson's money. 

Me? No, that was at Kings Canyon.

Ah.  I was wondering "Did it snow in the South Bay while I wasn't looking?" 

As far as I know, it hasn't snowed in the valley in over a decade.

My parents told me it snowed lightly in the 80's or something.  That's about it. 

When it first started snowing in New Orleans I thought it was hail.  Then I saw people going out and not ducking for shelter, so I knew it was safe then.

Lol, yeah. I got woken up by a friend who ran into the room shouting at me to look out my window at the snow. At first I tried to ignore him because I figured they were just doing a fake snow thing in Warren Quad (I'm in Butler) like they did in the Academic Quad last week.