Jack Radosta

Elections were held on November 2, 2010 to determine Louisianas seven members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112th United States Congress from January 3, 2011 until January 3, 2013. Primary elections were held on August 28, 2010, and a runoff election for the Republican Party nomination in the 3rd district took place on October 2, 2010.Of the seven elections, the 2nd district was rated as competitive by CQ Politics and the 2nd and 3rd districts were rated as competitive by The Cook Political Report, The Rothenberg Political Report and Sabatos Crystal Ball. Five of Louisianas seven incumbents (Republicans Steve Scalise of the 1st district, John Fleming of the 4th district, Rodney Alexander of the 5th district, Bill Cassidy of the 6th district and Charles Boustany of the 7th district) were re-elected. Of the two who were not re-elected, one (Democrat Joseph Cao of the 2nd district) unsuccessfully sought re-election, and one (Democrat Charlie Melancon of the 3rd district) ran for the U.S. Senate instead of seeking re-election.In Louisiana, candidates affiliated with parties that are not recognized by the state are listed on the ballot as Other, while independent candidates are listed as No Party. In total, six Republicans and one Democrat were elected. A total of 1,035,947 votes were cast, of which 675,386 (65 percent) were for Republican candidates, 311,221 (30 percent) were for Democratic candidates, 42,241 (4 percent) were for independent candidates and 7,099 (1 percent) were for unrecognized parties candidates.

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