November 6, 2012 Louisiana General Election

Election Contests and Ballot Measures

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Directory of Election Contests and Ballot Measures

November 6, 2012 Louisiana General Election

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Louisiana

U.S. President & Vice President
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	* Barack Obama - D (winner) Website P.O. Box 803638 Chicago, IL 60680 312.886.3506 51		* Joe Biden - D Website P.O. Box 438 Wilmington, DE 19899 302.573.6345 70
	Mitt Romney - R Website P.O. Box 149756 Boston, MA 02114 (857) 288-6400 66		Paul Ryan - R Website 221 E Holmes St Janesville, WI 53545 (608) 754-8099 43
	Jill E. Stein - G Website 22 Kendall Road Lexington, MA 02421 781-674-1377 63		Cheri Honkala - G Website 17 Trotting Horse Drive Lexington, MA 02421 49
	Gary Johnson - L Website 850 C. Camino Chamisa Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-270-0307 60		James P. "Jim" Gray - L Website P.O. Box 2440 Costa Mesa, CA 92628 (888) 583-4354 68
	Virgil H. Goode, Jr. - CON Website 90 East Church Street Rocky Mount, VA 24151 540-483-9030 66		James N. Clymer - CON PO Box 403 Mount Joy, PA 17552 717-492-9147 65
	Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson - J Website 418 Douglas St. Salt Lake City UT 84102 61		Luis Rodriguez - J 716 Orange Grove Ave. San Fernando CA 91340
	James Harris - SW 3024 KENWOOD AVENUE Apt-Unit 3 Los Angeles, CA 90007		Alyson Kennedy - SW 2229 W. 23rd Pl. Chicago IL 60608
	Jack Fellure Website P. O. Box 1366 Blairsville GA 30514 706-897-2250		Toby Davis
	Peta Lindsay Website P.O. Box 26451 Washington, DC 20001		Yari Osorio Website
	Jerry White - SE 17580 Avilla Blvd. Lathrup Village MI 48076		Phyllis Scherrer - SE Website 5646 Bryant St. Pittsburgh PA 15206
	Sheila Samm Tittle - WTP Website 82 Grove Ln. Fredericksburg VA 22406		Matthew A. Turner - WTP Website 5426 Cedar Creek Dr. McCalla AL 35022

Louisiana U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Representative 1st Congressional District
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	Gary King - R Website 5537 Canal Blvd New Orleans LA 70124 504-346-4095		M. V. "Vinny" Mendoza - D Website 38818 Drott Ln Ponchatoula LA 70454 (504) 913-3971		Steve Scalise - R (winner) Website P. O. Box 23219 Jefferson LA 70183 504-831-3105 47
	David "Turk" Turknett 131 E. 127th St Galliano LA 70354 985-860-4040		Arden Wells 1260 E. Pine St. Ponchatoula LA 70454 985-969-6455 58

U.S. Representative 2nd Congressional District
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	Dwayne Bailey - R P. O. Box 167 Donaldsonville LA 70346 225-746-0572		Gary Landrieu - D Website 644 Papworth St Metairie, LA 70005 504-835-1888		Josue Larose - R Website P. O. Box 791410 New Orleans LA 70179 504-215-4928
	* Cedric Richmond - D (winner) Website Box 150 New Orleans LA 70117 504-908-9403 39		Caleb Trotter - L Website 1816 Amelia St New Orleans LA 70115 504-534-8064

U.S. Representative 3rd Congressional District
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	Bryan Barrilleaux - R Website 3725 Cobblestone Dr Lake Charles LA 70605 337-480-0404		Charles Boustany, Jr. - R (winner) Website P. O. Box 80126 Lafayette LA 70598 337-261-0041 57		* Jeff Landry - R Website P. O. Box 13816 New Iberia LA 70562 337-313-4537 42
	Ron Richard - D Website 701 Government Street Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 (225) 336-4155 44		Jim Stark - L Website 4265 Sweet Bay Dr. Lake Charles LA 70611 850-499-4077 46

U.S. Representative 4th Congressional District
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* John Fleming - R
(winner)

Website

P. O. Box 1236
Minden LA 71058
318-510-3333
61

Randall Lord - L

Website

10022 Winding Ridge Dr
Shreveport LA 71106
318-400-9499

U.S. Representative 5th Congressional District
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* Rodney Alexander - R
(winner)

Website

806 N. Trenton St
Ruston LA 71270
318/259-4587
66

Ron Ceasar

P. O. Box 1281
Opelousas LA 70571
(225) 456-5658

Clay Steven Grant - L

Website

450 Browns Creek Rd.
Boyce LA 71409
318-277-5029

U.S. Representative 6th Congressional District
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* William Bill Cassidy - R
(winner)

Website

P. O. Box 80505
Baton Rouge LA 70898
225-346-6858
55

Rufus Holt Craig, Jr. - L

Website

704 S. Foster
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
225-445-5743

Richard "Rpt" Torregano

Website

4170 Jefferson Woods Dr
Baton Rouge LA 70809
225-284-1520

Referendums and Ballot Measures

Proposed Amendment No. 1
(passed)

Do you support an amendment to prohibit monies in the Medicaid Trust Fund for the Elderly from being used or appropriated for other purposes when adjustments are made to eliminate a state deficit? (Adds Article VII, Section 10(F)(4)(g))

Proposed Amendment No. 2
(passed)

Do you support an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana to provide that the right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental right and any restriction of that right requires the highest standard of review by a court? (Amends Article I, Section 11)

Proposed Amendment No. 3
(passed)

Do you support an amendment to require legislation effecting any change to laws concerning retirement systems for public employees that is to be prefiled to be filed no later than forty-five days before the start of a regular legislative session and to require the completion of public notice
requirements regarding legislation effecting such a change no later than sixty days before introduction of the bill? (Amends Article III, Section 2(A)(2), Article X, Section 29(C), and Article XIII, Section 1(A))

Proposed Amendment No. 4
(passed)

Do you support an amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation, in addition to the homestead exemption, the next seventy-five thousand dollars of value of property owned and occupied by the spouse of a deceased veteran with a service-connected disability rating of one hundred percent who passed away prior to the enactment of the exemption? (Effective January 1, 2013)(Amends Article VII, Section 21(K)(1))

Proposed Amendment No. 5
(passed)

Do you support an amendment to provide for the forfeiture of public retirement benefits by any public servant who is convicted of a felony associated with and committed during his public service? (Adds Article X, Section 29(G))

Proposed Amendment No. 6

Do you support an amendment to authorize the granting of ad valorem tax exemption contracts by the city of New Iberia for property annexed by the city after January 1, 2013? (Adds Article VII, Section 21(L))

Proposed Amendment No. 7
(passed)

Do you support an amendment, relative to the membership of constitutional boards and commissions that have members who are selected from congressional districts, to retain the existing number of members and to provide for implementation of membership from reapportioned congressional
districts by filling vacancies first from under-represented districts and then from the state at large? (Amends Article VIII, Sections 5(B)(1), 6(B)(1), and 7(B)(1) and Article X, Sections 3(A) and 43(A); Adds Article VIII, Section 8(D))

Proposed Amendment No. 8
(passed)

Do you support an amendment to authorize the granting of ad valorem tax exemption contracts by the Board of Commerce and Industry for businesses located in parishes which have chosen to participate in a program established for the granting of such contracts? (Effective January 1, 2013) (Adds Article VII, Section 21(L))

Proposed Amendment No. 9
(passed)

Do you support an amendment to provide that no law relative to the creation of a special district, the primary purpose of which includes aiding in crime prevention and security by providing for an increased presence of law enforcement personnel in the district or otherwise promoting and
encouraging security in the district, shall be enacted unless three separate notices of the proposed law are published at least thirty days prior to introduction of the bill, which notice shall set forth the substance of the proposed law and whether the governing authority of the special district would be authorized to impose and collect a parcel fee within the district, whether the parcel fee will be imposed or may be increased without an election, and the maximum amount of such fee? (Amends Article III, Section 13)

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