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La. voters oust indicted Rep. William Jefferson
Staff and agenciesLa. voters oust indicted Rep. William Jefferson - Yahoo! News document.body.className = ‘js-enabled‘; Skip to navigation » Skip to content » U.S. La. voters oust indicted Rep. William Jefferson Buzz Up IM del.icio.us Yahoo! Bookmarks By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press Writer Cain Burdeau, Associated Press Writer – 15 mins ago Featured Topics: AP – In this Sept. 27, 2007 file photo, Anh ‘Joseph‘ Cao, a Vietnamese-American, speaks to a reporter as he … Pl Video: Bottom Line: Obama's Transition Pl Video: Pres.-Elect Obama names Sec. of Commerce Pl Video: Centrist Cabinet
Unofficial results showed Anh "Joseph" Cao denying Jefferson a 10th term. Republicans made an aggressive push to take the seat from the 61-year-old incumbent, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of bribery, laundering money and misusing his congressional office.
A barrage of election-day automated telephone calls on Cao‘s behalf flooded the district, including a pitch from the national Republican Party.
"People are innocent until proven guilty," said Faye Leggins, 54, an educator and Democrat who moved back to the city six months ago and still has fresh memories of Hurricane Katrina. She voted for Jefferson on Saturday. "He has enough seniority, so he can do a lot to redevelop this city."
"The Vietnamese aren‘t much into politics," he said.
Though he was the underdog, Cao received endorsements from some Democrat and green-conscious groups as well as the area‘s Vietnamese-American community. Cao came to the United States as a child after the fall of Saigon in 1975 and went on to earn degrees in philosophy, physics and law.
In western Louisiana‘s 4th Congressional District, Republican physician John Fleming defeated Democratic district attorney Paul Carmouche in a very close race to replace U.S. Rep. Jim McCrery, a 10-term Republican who is retiring. Fleming had 48 percent of the vote to Carmouche‘s 47 percent. Two minor candidates split the remaining vote.
The national GOP also backed Cao, an immigration lawyer, with a barrage of advertising portraying Jefferson as corrupt.
The 2007 indictment claims Jefferson received more than $500,000 in bribes and demanded millions more between 2000 and 2005, including the $90,000 found in the freezer of his Washington home.
He also faced the Green Party candidate Malik Rahim and Libertarian Gregory W. Kahn in the race. Recommend Buzz Up IM del.icio.us Yahoo! Bookmarks (function() { /** * YUI function to get all elements by class name * getElementsByClass */ function getElementsByClass(className, tag, root) { tag = tag || ‘*‘; root = (typeof root == ‘string‘) ? document.getElementById(root) : root || document; var nodes = [], elements = root.getElementsByTagName(tag), re = new RegExp(‘(?:^|s+)‘ + className + ‘(?:s+|$)‘); for (var i = 0, len = elements.length; i < len; ++i) { if ( re.test(elements[i].className) ) { nodes[nodes.length] = elements[i]; } } return nodes; } /** * This code displays the expand button as the page loads. This prevents any lag in displaying * the button if the page takes a long time to load. If the user clicks the button before the page * loads then we just show the full story without animation. Thus, preventing the full implementation * from loading. */ var story = document.getElementById(‘yn-story‘); var related = document.getElementById(‘yn-story-related-media‘); var expandCookie = ‘0‘; if ( // make sure read-more-toggle flag exists (story && story.className.indexOf(‘read-more-toggle‘) != -1) && // if user preference is 0 then collapse story expandCookie == ‘0‘ && // make sure hash is not set window.location.hash!=‘#full‘ ) { var buttonHeight = 18; var defaultHeight = 406; var heightLimit = 200; var host = document.location.host; var path = document.location.pathname; var bd = getElementsByClass(‘bd‘,‘div‘,story)[0]; // Figure out min height for story container based on the heights of the related media and primary media containers if (related) { // do height calculations if related height is larger than default minHeight if (related.offsetHeight > defaultHeight) { // if primary exists then use that height, otherwise use related var obj = getElementsByClass(‘primary-media‘,‘div‘,related)[0]; if (!obj) obj = related; // set height from primary or related container minHeight = parseInt(obj.offsetHeight, 10); // if the minheight is smaller than default, then set it to default if ( (minHeight < defaultHeight) && !document.getElementById(‘yn-story-main-media‘) && !document.getElementById(‘yn-story-minor-media‘) ) { minHeight = defaultHeight; } } else { minHeight = defaultHeight; } } else { minHeight = defaultHeight; } // add height of buttons to min height minHeight += buttonHeight; // make sure there is enough story to hide if ((bd.offsetHeight - minHeight) > heightLimit) { // set overflow and height bd.style.height = minHeight + "px"; bd.className += " overflow"; story.className += " read-closed"; // add read more expand button var div = document.createElement(‘div‘); div.className = ‘read-more read-more-expand‘; div.innerHTML = ‘Read Full Article‘; // we have to handle the case where a user might click the button before our YUI script loads // if so, remove the height and overflow setting then hide the button, also add #full hash to url so // if script eventually is loaded it doesnt recreate the buttons and collapse the story div.onclick = function(ev) { var e = ev || window.event; // show full story bd.style.height = ‘auto‘; bd.className = bd.className.replace(‘overflow‘,‘expanded‘); story.className = story.className.replace(‘read-closed‘,‘‘); // hide the toggle button div.className += ‘ hide‘; // disable link follow if (e.preventDefault) { e.preventDefault(); } else { e.returnValue = false; } } // add div to document bd.appendChild(div); } } })(); More... Video: Napolitano nominated for Secretary of Homeland Security Video: Napolitano headed to Washington, D.C. Video: Napolitano accepts Obama cabinet position Most Viewed - Politics Obama discusses economic plan to save, create jobs AP AP Time short, Congress tries to seal auto deal AP Blackwater guards: Mercenaries or decorated vets? AP AP IMPACT: Donors, lobbyists help Obama get ready AP All Most Viewed » Most Blogged - Elections The Left’s Delusional Fantasies About Obama Roger L. Simon – Sat Dec 6, 11:08 am EDT Blogs About This Story (2) TPM Election Central – Sat Dec 6, 10:00 am EDT Blogs About This Story (2) If Obama Has A $30 Million Campaign Surplus, Why Is His Team Soliciting Funds To Retire $7.5 million Of Hillary’s Debt? Right Voices – Sat Dec 6, 8:42 am EDT Blogs About This Story (2) Elsewhere on the Web Politico: Obama unveils 21st Century New Deal McCl ABC News: Auto Talks Breakthrough in Congress Alerts Get an alert when there are new stories about: Barack Obama U.S. Rep. Jim McCrery Green Party candidate national Republican Party Election Day Add Selected Alerts View More Alerts » Also on Yahoo! News News by Region (Yahoo! Directory) Yahoo! News & Media Sites Daily Features All Comics » Opinions & Editorials: Diverse views on news from the right, left, and center. All Opinion » Photo Highlight
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