http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=155&topic_id=389Sun Aug-08-04 09:22 AMOriginal message
"I just decided it would be best for me to switch parties, that I would be more effective in the 5th District in the state of Louisiana as a Republican," he said.
In March, Alexander found himself under such intense pressure that he had to publicly announce he would remain a Democrat. Yet, he skipped last month's National Convention in Boston.
On Wednesday, Alexander registered at the start of qualifying for the 5th District race as a Democrat. Friday afternoon, the last day of qualifying for the Nov. 2 ballot, he made his switch, leaving Democrats no time to enter a strong candidate in the race.
Alexander acknowledged he had been courted by the Republicans but said the president hadn't asked him personally to make the switch.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2645499Rodney Alexander (R-La.) easily wins another term....
Edited on Wed Nov-08-06 04:23 PM by jus_the_facts
....excuse me while I wallow in loathing as things didn't change here locally...congratulations for everyone else who were victorious...we've still got a screamin' FREAK representing us...and Mary Landrieu doesn't inspire me either...the future remains uncertian still.
http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/2... Voters across the nation may have shown their dissatisfaction with the Republicans, but voters in Louisiana's 5th Congressional District resoundingly remained red by sending U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander back for a third term. Alexander, R-Quitman, easily held his seat even as the House flipped to a projected Democratic majority.
"Any win is good, but to win by this margin in such a hostile national environment is great," said Alexander, who celebrated with supporters at the Jackson Parish Community Center in Jonesboro.
Hearn, Sanders and Watts had hoped that Alexander's allegiance to President Bush and his consistently conservative positions would prompt voters to make a change, but they were underfunded and overwhelmed by the incumbent.
Tuesday's victory was Alexander's largest ever. He won 59 percent of the vote in 2004 during his first re-election bid and squeaked out a victory by less than 1,000 votes for an open seat in 2002 when he ran as a Democrat. Alexander switched parties just before the qualifying deadline in 2004.
He parlayed his party switch into a seat on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, from which he was able to fund numerous infrastructure projects in the 5th District.
Even so, Alexander pointed out issues where he broke with Bush on certain issues. "I've never felt like we had enough troops (in Iraq)," Alexander said. "I don't think that the president has been aggressive enough on the battle for our borders and I don't think that we've been as active as we should in the delivery of health care, especially in the 5th District."
......this win was also the FIRST with Sequoia machines. :nopity:
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