POLI 2056 Chapter : The Context Of LA Politics 2
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First republican elected to the us senate in. Louisiana being republican is a pretty recent phenomenon. ii. He got into trouble before the 2010 election, about midway through his term; he was accused of being with a prostitute. He and his wife held a press conference and he admitted that he sinned essentially said he was guilty in not so many words. People thought he was going to become a very vulnerable senator. iii. The democrats got a really strong candidate for the election that had previously won in a district that was pretty republican. Vitter demonized charlie melancon by saying he was a barack. Obama guy (he had been losing popularity) and vitter won very easily. He is slowly gaining more popularity after his transgressions. Rumors are he is thinking of running for governor: current congressional delegation, louisiana"s population is shrinking i. In the past 2 censuses, we have gone from 8 districts to 6 ii.
