With this victory, the GOP new has a super majority in both houses of Congress.
From Fox News.
Louisiana Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu lost her reelection bid Saturday in a runoff race with Republican challenger Rep. Bill Cassidy, despite a relentless, against-long-odds effort.
Landrieu, who was seeking a fourth term, trailed by double digits and had lost most of her support going into the election. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting late Saturday, Cassidy had received 56 percent of the vote, to 44 percent for Landrieu.
Landrieu barnstormed the state this week, driving some 1,200 miles in a rented SUV, stopping in little towns and bigger cities, making one last appeal to voters to give her another term in Washington.
,,,,,,Cassidy’s win extends the GOP’s domination of the 2014 midterm elections that put Republicans in charge of Capitol Hill for the final two years of President Obama’s tenure.
Republicans will hold 54 seats when the Senate convenes in January, nine more than they have now.
“Once again, voters have spoken clearly,” Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said. “They have rejected the Democrat agenda and the Obama-Clinton policies that have produced higher healthcare costs and job-killing regulations.”
The race mirrored contests in other states that Obama lost in 2012, with Landrieu joining Alaska Sen. Mark Begich, North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan and Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor in defeat. Democrats ceded seats in Montana, South Dakota and West Virginia after incumbents opted not to run again.
One of Landrieu’s stunts during her tenure was accepting a $300 million payoff from Harry Reid in exchange for her vote on ObamaCare. She also charged more than $33,700 in campaign flights to her Senate account (taxpayer money), and has been linked to corruption in the US Dept. of Justice, particularly Eric Holder’s Civil Rights dept.
Good riddance.
Maybe I’ll move back to my home state.