Nov 4, 2008
Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu won for re-election in 2008 over Republican John Kennedy.
The retirement of Jim McCrery from District 4 created an open seat which was won in an extremely close runoff election by John Fleming (pictured left). There was also a runoff eletion in District 2 where incumbent William J Jefferson was defeated by Anh 'Joseph' Cao.
Louisiana Senator David Vitter's term expires in 2010. The next Gubanatorial Election is scheduled for 2011.
John McCain won Louisiana's 9 electoral votes.
2008 Louisiana Election Winners
| Louisiana Senate II | ||
| Mary Landrieu Incumbent (52%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: John Kennedy (REP - 46%); Richard Fontanesi (LIB - 1%); Jay Patel (IND - 1%) | ||
| Louisiana 1st District | ||
| Steve Scalise Incumbent (66%) REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Jim Harlan (DFL - 34%) | ||
| Louisiana 2nd District | ||
| Anh Joseph Cao Won in a Dec 6 Runoff (Runoff) REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: William J Jefferson (DFL); Malik Rahim (GRN); Gregory Kahn (LIB) | ||
| Louisiana 3rd District | ||
| Charlie Melancon Incumbent (Unapposed) DFL | ||
| Louisiana 4th District | ||
| John Fleming Won in Dec 6 Runoff (Runoff) REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Paul Carmouche (DFL); Chester Kelley (N); Gerald Bowen (O) | ||
| Louisiana 5th District | ||
| Rodney Alexander Incumbent (Unapposed) REP | ||
| Louisiana 6th District | ||
| Bill Cassidy (48%) REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Don Cazayoux (DFL Incumbent - 40%); Michael Jackson (IND - 12%) | ||
| Louisiana 7th District | ||
| Charles W Boustany Incumbent (62%) REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Don Cravins Jr (DFL - 34%); Peter Vidrine (CON - 4%) | ||
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