Voters in voting in a
special election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
on May 3, 2008, elected
Steve Scalise
Stephen Joseph Scalise (; born October 6, 1965) is an American politician who is the United States House of Representatives Minority Whip and representative for . Scalise is in his eighth House term, having held his seat since 2008. The district ...
as a new member of the
United States House of Representatives
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, 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
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since the 1970s.
Democratic primary
Candidates
*Gilda Reed, psychologist and professor
*Vinny Mendoza,
United States Air Force
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veteran, unsuccessful Democratic gubernatorial candidate in 2007
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
*
Steve Scalise
Stephen Joseph Scalise (; born October 6, 1965) is an American politician who is the United States House of Representatives Minority Whip and representative for . Scalise is in his eighth House term, having held his seat since 2008. The district ...
,
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
Independent candidates
*Anthony "Tony G" Gentile, oil refinery supervisor, unsuccessful independent gubernatorial candidate in 2007
*R. A. "Skip" Galan
General election
Results
See also
*
References
External links
Steve Scalise campaign websiteTim Burns campaign websiteBen Morris campaign websiteDavid Simpson campaign websiteGilda Reed campaign websiteVinny Mendoza campaign websiteTony Gentile campaign website
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