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Louisiana heats up with potential Vitter challenger
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Feb 27, 2009 07:09pm |
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| News Date | Saturday, February 28, 2009 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Aaron Blake
Posted: 02/27/09 01:52 PM [ET]
Former Rep. John Cooksey (R-La.) is in the process of putting together a primary challenge to Sen. David Vitter in 2010, according to a prominent Louisiana political website.
BayouBuzz.com reported Friday that Cooksey’s backers have arranged a drafting movement to encourage him to get in.
The site quotes an anonymous Cooksey adviser saying that the Monroe ophthalmologist is prepared to enter the race and spend $200,000 of his own money, provided the support is there for challenge to Vitter.
Cooksey represented the state’s 5th district for three terms between 1997 and 2003. He ran against Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) in 2002, taking 14 percent in an open, multi-party primary field that included Landrieu and two prominent Republicans besides Cooksey.
His 2002 campaign was doomed by a remark he made comparing terrorists’ turbans to diapers attached with fan belts. |
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