nytimes.com - 12/7/2008
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Representative William J. Jefferson was defeated by a little-known Republican lawyer, underscoring the sharp demographic shifts that have taken place since Hurricane Katrina. >
news.yahoo.com - 12/7/2008
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news.yahoo.com —
AP - Embattled U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, the
nine-term Democratic incumbent whose career has teetered since his...
indictment on corruption charges, faced an aggressive Republican push to oust him in Saturday's election.
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Indicted La. congressman tries to get re-elected
(AP)
google.com - 12/7/2008
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google.com —
1 day ago NEW ORLEANS (AP) Voters in
Louisiana ousted indicted Democratic Rep. William Jefferson on Saturday,...
instead electing a Republican attorney who will be the first Vietnamese-American in Congress. Unofficial results showed Anh "Joseph" Cao ...
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The Associated Press: La. voters oust indicted Rep. ...
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Hara-kirioke [Dan Collins]
protein wisdom —
... I can understand the impulse, though. I said goodbye, Doli,……well, goodbye, Doli Its so nice to have you stop that frikkin’ song You’re lookin’ dead, Doli…….Full of lead, Doli You’re still bleedy…so damn greedy…to address the throng I feel that room swayin……with the box playin’ One of your old favourite songs from way back when So….. wrap him up, fellas…….don’t have to take his crap, fellas Doli will never hog the mic again! Also kicked away from the mic (rather more happily): William “Cold Cash” Jefferson
Bill Jefferson Lost House Seat, N.Y. Times Frets About Surge of White Voters
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... Reporter Adam Nossiter in the New York Times suggested that the system failed, that a black-majority district failed to work as it was designed. Nossiter found that the problem was a surge of white voters angered by corruption charges: ...
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Well, he's still in Congress, and he's likely to stay there for a while.
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outsidethebeltway.com 12/7/2008 — William “The Freezer” Jefferson, who has been under federal indictment for three years, narrowly lost a hurricane-delayed election yesterday to Republican Anh “Joseph” Cao.
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wordpress.redstate.com 12/8/2008 — The results are in for LA-02 , and it is 49.55% for Anh “Joseph” Cao and 46.82% for William J Jefferson. First things first: my apologies to Democratic voters in Louisiana’s Second District. I did not believe that enough of you ...
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