Jefferson rejected by Louisiana Democrat party

AP/Houston Chronicle:

An eight-term Democratic Louisiana congressman whose Capitol Hill office was raided earlier this year as part of a bribery investigation failed Saturday to win the endorsement of the state's Democratic Party.

Rep. William Jefferson was passed over by the party's State Central Committee in favor of state Rep. Karen Carter. The committee voted 69-53 to endorse Carter in the Nov. 7 election.

"I am absolutely humbled," she said.

Jefferson, who has denied the bribery allegations and has not been charged, will still appear on the ballot as a Democrat and will not lose campaign funds because of the vote. But it marks the first time in recent memory that an incumbent failed to win the state party's endorsement, said party member Elsie Burkhalter.

An FBI affidavit alleges that Jefferson took a $100,000 bribe in 2005 to help promote a cable television and Internet business in Nigeria and Ghana. It says all but $10,000 of the cash was found four days later in the freezer of his Washington home.

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Jefferson has to be stunned by his party's rejection. Too often Louisiana's Democrats have embraced their scoundrals. It will be interesting to see whether the voters will continue the embrace. Jefferson's district may have changed demographics because of the migration out of the New Orleans area. This also could impact his race as much as the endorsement of his opponent.

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