Bad news tonight folks, Bobby Jindal won the LA-Gov race outright. From the AP:
Jindal, the 36-year-old son of Indian immigrants, carried more than half the vote against 11 opponents. With about 87 percent of the vote in, Jindal had 53 percent with 588,002 — more than enough to win outright and avoid a Nov. 17 runoff.
His nearest competitors: Democrat Walter Boasso with 196,104 votes or 18 percent; Independent John Georges had 156,962 votes or 14 percent; Democrat Foster Campbell with 141,346 or 13 percent. Eight candidates divided the rest.
Louisiana is a an oddity, and as Kos has pointed out on the front page for a while now, Louisiana and Georgia have been trending red while the rest of the country has been moving in the opposite direction. Personally, I never understood why Louisiana voted Democratic as long as it did in the first place given how conservative the state appears to be.
Discussion of what this means for us as a party and for the 50 state strategy in the comments would probably be a productive use for the thread. How can we make a comeback in these states?
Sorry about not having more up, kinda tired right now and didn't see one of these up. Any additional links and info that show up in the comments will be added in updates.
UPDATE 1: Turkana has reminded me that Gilda Reed, a Kossack, is running for Bobby Jindal's old House seat. If you're feeling up to it, why not head over to her Act Blue page and show her some love.
UPDATE 2: Here are the results of the Louisiana State House and Senate races.
UPDATE 3: From HellofaSandwhich in the comments, Mitch Landrieu won the race for Lt. Governor with 57% of the vote.
UPDATE 4: It's late now but when I wake up I'll put more updates in.
UPDATE 5: From UpstateDem in the comments
It looks like Democrats lost three and should only lose a net of one more in the runoffs, which I calculated by how many votes each party got in the primary. The new LA House should have 57 Democrats and 47 Republicans.