Representative William “Cash in the Freezer” Jefferson Defeated for Re-Election by Little Known Republican
Posted by: Flap in William Jefferson
Anh ‘Joseph’ Cao, a Vietnamese-American, speaks to a reporter as he campaigns in eastern New Orleans. Cao, a Republican, became the first Vietnamese-American in Congress in a predominantly black and heavily Democratic district, beating nine term Representative William Jefferson
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 denying Jefferson a 10th term. Republicans made an aggressive push to take the seat from the 61-year-old incumbent, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of bribery, laundering money and misusing his congressional office.
Cao, 41, won a predominantly black and heavily Democratic district that covers most of New Orleans.
A barrage of election-day automated telephone calls on Cao’s behalf flooded the district, including a pitch from the national Republican Party.
The national GOP ran ads citing Jefferson’s indictment for corruption and apparently they paid off.
Now, Jefferson will have plenty of time to fight the charges in court when his trial eventually begins. No trial date has been set as of yet.
What an embarassment.
This corrupt idiot should have been kicked out of office years ago.
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December 6th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
What a year 2008 has turned out to be.
We truly are seeing a lot of first time things happen, many changes taking place.
hopefully the changes will be for the good of the country.
the only thing I’ve seen that is highly suspect so far, is the appointment of a fed official to secretary of the treasury dept.
Tom
December 10th, 2008 at 8:37 am
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December 16th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
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January 3rd, 2009 at 8:40 pm
lol @ PREVENTS LEAKS!