Rodney Alexander (R-La.) easily wins another term....

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....excuse me while I wallow in loathing as things didn't change here locally...congratulations for everyone else who were victorious...we've still got a screamin' FREAK representing us...and Mary Landrieu doesn't inspire me either...the future remains uncertian still. :nopity:

http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061108/NEWS01/611080328/1002

Voters across the nation may have shown their dissatisfaction with the Republicans, but voters in Louisiana's 5th Congressional District resoundingly remained red by sending U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander back for a third term. Alexander, R-Quitman, easily held his seat even as the House flipped to a projected Democratic majority.

"Any win is good, but to win by this margin in such a hostile national environment is great," said Alexander, who celebrated with supporters at the Jackson Parish Community Center in Jonesboro.
Hearn, Sanders and Watts had hoped that Alexander's allegiance to President Bush and his consistently conservative positions would prompt voters to make a change, but they were underfunded and overwhelmed by the incumbent.

Tuesday's victory was Alexander's largest ever. He won 59 percent of the vote in 2004 during his first re-election bid and squeaked out a victory by less than 1,000 votes for an open seat in 2002 when he ran as a Democrat. Alexander switched parties just before the qualifying deadline in 2004.

He parlayed his party switch into a seat on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, from which he was able to fund numerous infrastructure projects in the 5th District.

Even so, Alexander pointed out issues where he broke with Bush on certain issues. "I've never felt like we had enough troops (in Iraq)," Alexander said. "I don't think that the president has been aggressive enough on the battle for our borders and I don't think that we've been as active as we should in the delivery of health care, especially in the 5th District."

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1. Gotta commiserate

Frickin' Jack Kingston won in my district by 68%, and he is one of total loonie freeper types. He didn't even bother to campaign here much. :banghead: