Cao beats Rep. William Jefferson in 2nd Congressional District

[Bearco]

Anh 'Joseph' Cao beats Rep. William Jefferson in 2nd Congressional District
by Michelle Krupa and Frank Donze, The Times-Picayune
Saturday December 06, 2008, 11:40 PM

Indicted U.S. Rep. William Jefferson suffered what may be the final blow of his storied political career in the most improbable way Saturday, when an untested Republican opponent took advantage of Louisiana's new federal voting rules -- and an election delay caused by Hurricane Gustav -- to unseat the nine-term Democrat.

With the upset victory, Anh "Joseph" Cao, a eastern New Orleans attorney who fled war-ravaged Saigon as a child, becomes the first Vietnamese-American in Congress. He will represent a district that was specifically drawn to give African-Americans an electoral advantage and one in which two of every three voters are registered Democrats.

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/jefferson_cao_in_dead_heat.html

 

[Speedlace]

Thank God.

 

[#1bambam]

YesThank God.

 

[Dave328]

When I saw this last night I,

His core canadian voting block openly admitted they didn't even know he was running since he already "done beat dat honky bitch las monf, dawg". They had no clue what a party primary was or did! Verrrrrry slowwwwwwly we are climbing out of the pit of a 100 years of corruption that made us the laughing stock of the US!

 

[AK shooter]

If they will convict Jefferson now the story will have a happy ending.

 

[GBob01]

It's great, but we still have a few more to go.

 

[mrdbeau]

Unbe****inglievably awesome!!

 

[gbundersea]

Spotted today in SE Louisiana:

 

[senseibuddy]

do u think joesph cao will 'redraw the district' to support a republican candidate in the future?

 

[LAYNFRM]

It's great, but we still have a few more to go.

are you trying to say there are corrupt polititians in the chocolate city?

 

[CEHollier]

I'm happy for you guys from New Orleans. Good luck with cleaning up the Mayors office.

 

[Swampy]

I'm glad my vote actually counted this time...

 

[patriot]

You know there are some black clergy members in that distict right now, saying, "say what!!!!!!!!!" HaHa, this is outstanding. Now if they could just get rid of that idiot Nagin and Reilly, New Orleans may have a chance....

 

[LAYNFRM]

You know there are some black clergy members in that distict right now, saying, "say what!!!!!!!!!" HaHa, this is outstanding. Now if they could just get rid of that idiot Nagin and Reilly and most of the inhabitants, New Orleans may have a chance....

fixed

 

[Manimal]

wonder if he's part of the vietnamese mafia down there lol.

Either way...its better than Jefferson.

 

[penguin]

I'm so glad Cao won. Although he has no political experience he is bettern than Jefferson. He is an intelligent man who, hopefully, can do good for NOLA.

 

[KillaBloodz]

lol vietnamese mafia? lol i dont think so dude is so up tight and cocky. I see him at church every sunday. They had news crew all day down in the east today filming his every move to me it's sad really =/

 

[Paulup]

He is the first Vietnamese-American representative in this country's history, so they are making a big deal out of it. Anyone has got to be better than Dollar Bill Jefferson.

 

[tactical723]

Betcha, Oprah does not have him on her show, like the Messiah, Obama, this is a great day for NOLA, LA and our country !!

 

[scubasteve]

Wow. Freakin' wow. I'm am utterly surprised. Pleasantly, I must add. Wow. Good by and good riddance to the crook.