Research 2000's latest poll for Daily Kos indicates that the state's junior Senator, right-wing Republican David Vitter, faces a very tough battle for reelection both within his own party and in prospective general-election matchups with reasonably strong Democrats. This should serve as a cautionary...

Democratic State Rep. Michael Jackson, who lost the Democratic special-election primary in Louisiana's 6th District to now-Rep Don Cazayoux, says it's "very likely" that he'll challenge Cazayoux as an independent this year. He's not planning on challenging in the Democratic primary. He is waging an ...

Since losing 30 seats and their 12-year stranglehold on power in 2006, House Republicans have kept asking themselves the same question: Can it get any worse?...

Congratulations to Congressman-elect Don Cazayoux, new Representative of Louisiana's 6th District, and to all who had a hand in his election. The Sixth District, which voted for Bush 55-43 in 2000 and 59-40 in 2004, will be represented by a Democrat for the first time since the Dixiecrat era. This w...

In a surprising upset--and a possible indication of things to come this November--Republicans in Louisiana have lost a congressional seat they had controlled for 33 years. Democratic state Representative Don Cazayoux defeated Republican Woody Jenkins in today's special election in Louisiana's sixth ...

Tomorrow is special-election day in Louisiana's 1st and 6th Districts, and with a red-hot race in the 6th District favoring Democrat Don Cazayoux, the GOP is putting everything they can into avoiding an embarrassing loss in bright-red territory. Republican Woody Jenkins has proven to be a drain on p...

Swing State Project reports: First up, LA-06:  $2K on field organizing, $22K on direct mail, and $104K on a media buy opposing GOP loser Woody Jenkins.  This brings the DCCC's total bill in the district to $279,547.  In total, the NRCC has spent $110,194 on defending this seat (not co...

Some Democratic superdelegates are tormented by indecision, unsure whether Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton or Sen. Barack Obama is the right candidate to lead the party to victory in November....

At least, that's what the Wall Street Journal is saying. Apparently, the GOP is unhappy with nominee Woody Jenkins, despite his solid right-wing credentials (with endorsements from the Club for Growth and Family Research Council), and they're debating how strongly to back their special-election nomi...

There are three more special elections for the U.S. House coming up in the next five weeks, on the heels of the two we enjoyed in early March (where Democrats Bill Foster and Andre Carson enjoyed impressive victories). Next on the table is the race in Mississippi's 1st District (to fill the seat of ...