2008 Louisiana's 6th congressional district special election

The February 2, 2008 resignation of Republican Richard Baker triggered a special election for Louisiana's 6th district. In anticipation of this election, party qualifying occurred before Baker's resignation. The timeline mirrored that of the 2008 special election for the 1st congressional district. The two elections were the first Louisiana congressional elections not based on Louisiana's jungle primary system since the 1970s.

Democrat Don Cazayoux won the 6th district election, defeating Republican Woody Jenkins by three percentage points, as well as two independent candidates and a member of the Constitution Party. He was sworn in on May 6, switching the party affiliation of the seat. (This was the second time such a party switch occurred due to a special election during the 110th Congress.)

Candidates

 * Don Cazayoux, Louisiana State Representative
 * Michael L. Jackson, Louisiana State Representative
 * Jason DeCuir — Lawyer and unsuccessful State Senate candidate
 * Andy Kopplin, former Chief of Staff to Governors Foster and Blanco, former LRA Executive Director
 * Joe Delatte, electrician

Candidates

 * Woody Jenkins, former Louisiana State Representative, candidate for the United States Senate in 1996, newspaper editor
 * Laurinda L. Calongne, lobbyist and owner of Robert Rose Consulting, a government relations firm.
 * Michael Cloonan, United States Navy veteran, businessman
 * Paul Sawyer, former aide to former Congressman Richard Baker

Constitution Party

 * Randall T. Hayes, critic of plurality voting, proponent of instant runoff voting

Independent candidates

 * Peter J. Aranyosi
 * Ashley Casey, New media consultant, former press secretary to Gov. Buddy Roemer and Congresswoman Sue Kelly