Louisiana Election Returns- Thread #3

[TSIAS]

http://www.sec.state.la.us:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms2&rqsdta=111503

Continued from Thread #2:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=718209

[robsul82]

1. 65% in...

Blanco 51%
Jindal 49%

16,000 difference!

Later.

RJS

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[TSIAS]

2. Still a 20,000 vote margin

Governor
2,769 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
464,031 51% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
444,991 49% "Bobby" Jindal

[bicentennial_baby]

3. 51-49

465,190 51% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
446,276 49% "Bobby" Jindal

2,777 of 4,143 precincts reporting

[Broderick]

4. Positive vibes folks

Think Landslide. Up 16000 and once the metro areas come in it will be 160000.

[MoonRiver]

24. I'm visualizing it clear as day! What a good day to be a Democrat!

O8)

[Doug Decker]

33. Welcome to DU....

Hope the good news keeps up!

Welcome to DU!!!


:hi:

[Broderick]

Thank you Doug

Been here a little while - not much of a poster type but wanted to make sure everyone thinks positive. This should have everyone here enjoying and celebrating.

[mndemocrat_29]

5. Thanks TSIAS

n/t

[CMT]

6. maybe all elections should be held on a Saturday

we seem to do better of late--looks like turnout was good.

[Ediacara]

7. 2777 in (67%) Blanco 51% Jindal 49%

465,190 51% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
446,276 49% "Bobby" Jindal -

~19,000 vote margin

[Ediacara]

25. 3130 in (75.5%) Blanco 52% Jindal 48%

533,302 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
485,845 48% "Bobby" Jindal -

Margin jumps to 47,457!!

[Ediacara]

49. 3237 in (79.0%) Blanco 52% Jindal 48%

555,395 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
518,333 48% "Bobby" Jindal -

Margin of 37,062 votes

[Ediacara]

74. 3469 in (83.7%) Blanco 52% Jindal 48% | Leads by 46,488

593,152 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
546,664 48% "Bobby" Jindal -

[Ediacara]

109. 3545 in (85.5%) Blanco 52% Jindal 48% | Leads by 46,701

608,849 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
562,148 48% "Bobby" Jindal -

[BuckeFushe]

8. 20,000 lead again

11/15/2003 21.16.17




Governor
2,787 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
467,410 51% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
447,908 49% "Bobby" Jindal

[ignatiusr]

9. Back to 52/48

30,000 lead

[NashVegas]

20. Looks Like Someone's Getting the Vote Out

to read or watch the news anytime in the last 3 months, you'd think Jindal had it wrapped.

3,002 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
510,415 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
474,402 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[BuckeFushe]

29. 36000 lead

11/15/2003 21.20.37




Governor
3,184 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
540,819 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
504,840 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[ronzo]

10. 77% in

Blanco 51%
Jindal 49%

29000 votes diff

wwl

[markus]

16. What areas are still out?

Tammany? Jefferson? East Baton Rouge?

[robsul82]

28. 77% in...

...36,000 Blanco lead!

Later.

RJS

[mndemocrat_29]

11. Wooley now leads Kyle by 100,000 votes!

[bluestateguy]

12. 68% in

468,696 51% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
448,893 49% "Bobby" Jindal

HOLD HOLD HOLD!!!!!!

[Walt Starr]

13. Does anybody know where the reporting precints are?

Are we talking more urban or more rural at this point?

[Maddy McCall]

14. I believe LA is going to have its first WOMAN governor!!

WOOOOHOOOO!!!

And she's a DEM! She and the Landrieus will be formidible!

[darkstar]

31. Trivia:

Has state ever had simultaneous woman senator and gov?

[Maddy McCall]

Don't think so...

but please educate me ;-)

I bet no state has ever had a woman governor, and a senator and lieutenant gov who were siblings, though. ;-)

[Nazgul35]

57. Michigan does....

Granholm and Stabenow....!!!

:evilfrown:

[NWHarkness]

Michigan

Jennifer Granholm and Debbie Stabenow

[Davis_X_Machina]

15. Remember Florida!

"Too close to call" is close enough to steal.

[robsul82]

17. If only I could find a pic of Gibson from Braveheart...

------pic here------------


HOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLD!


HOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLD!


HOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLD!

Later.

RJS

[ringmastery]

18. Has NO come in yet?

What parishes are left?

It looks like it may be tight, but things look good. Hallow victory though if it was racially motivated and the republican conservatives couldn't bring themselves to vote for the Indian.

[Maddy McCall]

27. An Indian or a Woman... either way it's sex vs. ethnicity.

Don't indulge in sour grapes.

It's a historical day either way, if either is elected.

[amazona]

67. I'm not getting any precinct information where...

...all I'm getting is breakdown by precinct will be available in a few hours.

I don't immediately see that the voting for or against Jindal would be racially motivated. Jindal has v. dark skin to look at but he is of Indian heritage, which is white as far as many people in Louisiana are concerned. One of the biggest active racists in the state is Sheriff Harry Lee of Jefferson Parish and he is of Chinese heritage.

Well, we'll see what happens.

[TSIAS]

19. Blanco's now at 52/48

Governor
3,065 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
522,178 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
480,174 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[CMT]

26. looking good!!

what a shot in the arm for the Democrats if this lead holds up. Louisiana appears to be coming thru for us again!!

[bluestateguy]

21. 76%

533,302 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
485,845 48% "Bobby" Jindal

I think some black precincts just came in

[ellie]

22. This is pretty exciting! nt

[robsul82]

23. Blanco's about to speak!

74% in - 40,000 Blanco lead!

Later.

RJS

[ringmastery]

30. Have the stations called it yet?

[robsul82]

34. I'm watching WDSU, the NBC affiliate...

...and they have not called it thus far.

Later.

RJS

[bluestateguy]

41. 77.2% in

542,795 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
506,357 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[BuckeFushe]

35. Bet you a DOLLAR the FAUX network IGNORES it if she wins

[BuckeFushe]

39. 36,000 ahead 78% in

11/15/2003 21.22.39




Governor
3,211 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
543,918 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
507,416 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[bluestateguy]

45. 79% in

555,178 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
518,152 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[Maddy McCall]

32. Please tell us everything she says! IS she claiming victory?

[robsul82]

38. No victory speech...

...just saying "I love you all" to her supporters.

Later.

RJS

[ET Awful]

37. 3,181 reporting

Governor
3,181 of 4,143 precincts reporting
still 52% to 48%

[Silverhair]

36. Pop the bubbly time!! n/t

[Maddy McCall]

47. LOL, Silverhair...I popped the winecork last time to drown my sorrows

I'm a mississippian. So can I share a glass of celebratory bubbly with you?

LOL.

jchild :toast: silverhair

[Silverhair]

108. Yes indeed. This will be interesting to watch the spin doctors

as they go to it tommorrow. Sex vs an ethnic. I would like to think that we won because we had the best candidate. LA always has interresting politics. Remember when the choice for governor was Edwards or Duke? For DUers who may not know, Edwards (D) was a crook and Duke (R) had been the top guy of the national KKK. I think it is an advancement for our nation that we had both a lady candidate and an Indian candidate for governor.

:bounce:

I used to live in New Orleans about 20 years ago, and then in Biloxi for a while. Cheers to you. :toast: :party:

[mndemocrat_29]

40. AP just had this article

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031116/ap_on_el_gu/louisiana_governor_8

Blanco was carrying Cajun country — her home turf — and early returns from New Orleans gave her a 2-to-1 margin. Jindal was running strongly in the heavily Republican New Orleans suburbs and in Baton Rouge.

[ET Awful]

44. Still holding . . . .

Governor
3,266 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
554,546 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
516,378 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[markus]

60. Wire is still all A-matter; no real news

Blanca good in Acadiana, N'wawlins & Jindal in Baton Rouge. Wow, that's news?

Waiting to hear something with some punch to it, to go with the page top.

[bleedingheart]

Jindal looks like a pRick Santorectum wanna be

"Jindal, a Rhodes Scholar born and raised in Baton Rouge, sought to neutralize possible opposition based on his ethnicity. He campaigned far to the right, running radio ads extolling the Ten Commandments, deriding gun control, and promoting his strong Catholic faith. "

[ronzo]

43. Not finished yet, but it looks good. n/t

[oldleftguy]

46. Thanks for the reporting. This is exciting!

[Sean Reynolds]

48. I think we're gonna take it!

I hope I'm right!

[BuckeFushe]

52. Bet ya a Dollar we win, mud on the Thugs faces, they don't own the South

[Maddy McCall]

110. Statewide and national elections are two different species here.

LA and MS went Repub last time, if I remember correctly, in the National election.

MS STILL HAS A MAJORITY DEM SENATE, AND MANY STATEWIDE OFFICIALS ARE DEM! We lost a gov and lt gov, but we elected Dem officials in other capacities and we maintained our DEM majority in the legislature.

[bluestateguy]

50. 79.3% in

557,649 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
521,001 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[robsul82]

51. Hahahah, and the news kept putting over Jindal...

...as some kind of inevitability. Bye bye, "Bobby!"

Mitch Landrieu is on WDSU!

Later.

RJS

[MoonRiver]

58. How many electoral votes does LA have?

After Landrieu and tonight I'm thinking we have a darn good shot at those suckers! :D

[BuckeFushe]

61. There was a quote in a Yahoo story

"Folks around these parts don't like either of them".

Explains the low turnout and the attitude down there.


11/15/2003 21.27.10




Governor
3,298 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
558,895 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
522,260 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[Broderick]

53. How about that 7 point swing everyone questioned in the polls

overnight!!!???? Gitty up.

[CMT]

66. interesting how she was behind in all the polls until the last

days (literally) and this is a great come from behind victory.

[bluestateguy]

54. 79.5% in

558,697 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
522,076 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[ignatiusr]

59. 51/49 again

3,330 precincts reporting...33,000 lead

[RichV]

55. 52-48 now... lookin' GOOD...

Governor
3,286 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
557,395 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
520,682 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[bluestateguy]

56. 80.4% in

564,156 51% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
531,348 49% "Bobby" Jindal

[markus]

90. Advocate reports 151 of 300 precincts in in Baton Rouge

There's some change of local government that's 50/50 and probably boosting turn out in Baton Rouge.

Republican Jefferson Parish is 90% in.

[markus]

94. FLASH--WWL Calls Blanco!

eom

[darkstar]

62. Tightened again: 51/49 w/ 88% in (WBRZ abc affiliate in BR)

Of course the raw numbers of Blanco's lead (30,000) are now in her favor w/ fewer votes left to count, but that lead has shrunk. I'm still very nervous, but I thought I'd be disgusted by this point.

Keep 'em crossed....

[mndemocrat_29]

72. Anythng been called yet?

I assume that Wooley has been declared the victor?

[robsul82]

80. Yes, Wooley's won.

DECLARED.

Later.

RJS

[TacticalPeek]

63. I guess they might call it

when the total amount of uncounted votes is less than her margin?!?!?!

:shrug:

[robsul82]

64. 88% in...

Blanco 51%
Jindal 49%

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Later.

RJS

[TSIAS]

65. Blanco with a 46,000 vote lead

Governor
3,465 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
592,310 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
545,973 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[jfxgillis]

68. Okay. I like this spread a lot better

Close enough to the polling to believe that race was little factor, but the Dem ahead and likely to win.

[bluestateguy]

69. 83.6% in

592,310 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
545,973 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[BuckeFushe]

71. Lead widens

11/15/2003 21.30.40




Governor
3,473 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
593,603 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
547,489 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[ronzo]

76. 88%

still Blanco by about 30000 votes

[hang a left]

70. pulling away now

Governor
3,465 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
592,310 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
545,973 48% "Bobby" Jindal -

[PROGRESSIVE1]

73. 84% In and Blanco has a 45,000 vote lead!

:dem:

[MoonRiver]

79. Oh my f'n God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:bounce:

[PROGRESSIVE1]

85. "saywhat" you will, she's holding her lead with 44,000 votes!

:bounce:

[BuckeFushe]

81. This is what sets us apart from" them"

The number of people participating in these threads, the intensity, the excitement.

11/15/2003 21.33.01




Governor
3,492 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
597,918 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
551,206 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[robsul82]

75. Hehe, "Bobby" is in New Orleans tonight...

...sleep well, Mr. Destiny. lol

Later.

RJS

[ronzo]

82. C'mon...

Sure, the guy's name is Piyush, but we can call him Bobby w/o the quotes, eh?

[robsul82]

87. Geeeeeez.

You didn't hear about him flipping out when someone called him Robert?

Later.

RJS

[ronzo]

91. LOL

sorry...

[TacticalPeek]

104. That's how the Sec of State site has it: "Bobby".

Also has a "Dan".

Like "Bubba", "Junior", "Jim Bob", "Blowtorch", etc.

[bicentennial_baby]

77. Looking good!

3,482 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
596,042 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
549,199 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[meow2u3]

Lookeeng GOOOD!

Governor
3,498 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
598,977 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
552,115 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[bluestateguy]

78. Somebody please report in when a network calls it

[SoCalDem]

84. 597,719...Us~~~~550,583 ...Them....~~~~3,491 of 4,143 precincts

Governor
3,491 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
597,719 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
550,583 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[BuckeFushe]

89. I still think it's a lock, they can't "fix" this wide of a margin

11/15/2003 21.34.44




Governor
3,501 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
599,495 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
552,693 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[TacticalPeek]

86. CNN sez fixin to do coverage.

Crowley jawing now.

[dazzle]

97. Fox 8 News

Called it for Blanco

[RichV]

83. What's the party breakdown on the down-ballot races?

I'm curious.

[mndemocrat_29]

92. The majority of the races were decided in the primary

In the competitive races, both Mitch Landrieu and Charlie Foti won in the primary. The only other statewide race tonight was for Insurance Commissioner, and the Democrat (Robert Wooley) has taken it in a walk.

[BuckeFushe]

96. 47,000 lead

11/15/2003 21.36.19




Governor
3,508 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
600,876 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
553,680 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[WillyBrandt]

88. FANTASTIC! A note to you nay-sayers

Don't buy into the GOP inviciniblity myth. It aims to be a self-fulfilling prophecy, but is now exposed as self-nullifying hogwash.

Bobby J. was a VERY STRONG candidate (let's be honest), and would probably have made a decent Gov. And he lost to a Democrat.

WE CAN ONLY BE STEAMROLLED IF WE CHOOSE TO.

A defeat is not an apocalypse. The wingnuts had their days in the wilderness; we are in ours, though they are not nearly as bad in terms of the power balance (but far worse when speaking of the ideology of those in power).

[Walt Starr]

93. I think the pundits are stunned!

Is there going to be a news blackout from Louisiana by order of Chimpco?

[BuckeFushe]

101. Not a WORD so far on the news channels, how weird

11/15/2003 21.37.34




Governor
3,517 of 4,143 precincts reporting
Results by Parish will be available later this evening
602,442 52% Kathleen Babineaux Blanco -
555,344 48% "Bobby" Jindal

[darkstar]

95. Extremely tight w/

1.3 mil votes so far, 30K lead. But 91% reporting, and much of the remaining votes in Orleans parish, I'm breathing easier.

[59millionmorons]

98. I'm calling this one for Blanco

Good Night Yall

[ronzo]

99. Mary's on WWL saying Kathleen's gonna be a great Goveronor...

good sign.

[markus]

100. FLASH-WWL-TV N.O. (CBS) Calls Blanco!

eom!

[mndemocrat_29]

102. Both Blanco and Wooley now over 600,000 votes!

[dae]

103. Interviewing Mary about Blanco. 93% reporting 40k ahead.

[TSIAS]

105. Continue here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=718683

[Ferretherder]

106. As a Loisianian, I'd like to be the first to welcome....

...the first FEMALE governor in Louisiana's history to HER place in history!

[democratreformed]

107. Help!

I don't know how to put one of those little people on here jumping up and down and waving wildly.

Oh well.

WOOOO HOOOO!!!

This helps restore my faith just a little bit.