Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election, 2008

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Voters in Louisiana's 1st congressional district voting in a special election on May 3, 2008, elected Steve Scalise as a new member of the United States House of Representatives, replacing Representative Bobby Jindal who resigned on January 14, 2008, to become Governor of Louisiana.

This election and Louisiana's 6th congressional district special election were the first Louisiana congressional elections not based on Louisiana's jungle primary since the 1970s.

1 Democratic primary
- 1.1 Candidates
- 1.2 Results
2 Republican
- 2.1 Candidates
- 2.2 Results
3 Independent candidates
4 General election
- 4.1 Results
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Democratic primary

Candidates

Gilda Reed, psychologist and professor
Vinny Mendoza, United States Air Force veteran, unsuccessful Democratic gubernatorial candidate in 2007

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Gilda Reed	11,727	69.75%
	Democratic	M. V. "Vinny" Mendoza	5,086	30.25%
Totals			16,813	100.00%

Republican

Candidates

Steve Scalise, Louisiana State Senator and former Louisiana State Representative
Tim Burns, Louisiana State Representative
Ben Morris, Mayor of Slidell
David Simpson, business owner and attorney

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Steve Scalise	16,799	48.34%
	Republican	Tim Burns	9,631	27.72%
	Republican	Ben Morris	7,388	21.26%
	Republican	David Simpson	932	2.68%
Totals			34,750	100.00%

Republican primary runoff results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Steve Scalise	19,338	58.08%
	Republican	Tim Burns	13,958	41.92%
Totals			33,296	100.00%

Independent candidates

Anthony "Tony G" Gentile, oil refinery supervisor, unsuccessful independent gubernatorial candidate in 2007
R. A. "Skip" Galan

General election

Results

Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election, 2008^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Steve Scalise	33,867	75.13%
	Democratic	Gilda Reed	10,142	22.50%
	Independent	R. A. Galan	786	1.74%
	Independent	Anthony Gentile	280	0.62%
Totals			45,075	100.00%
	Republican hold

References

External links

Steve Scalise campaign website
Tim Burns campaign website
Ben Morris campaign website
David Simpson campaign website
Gilda Reed campaign website
Vinny Mendoza campaign website
Tony Gentile campaign website

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