| | Lambert was scheduled to be a runoff candidate in general election held on November 4,2008, for district attorney in the 23rd Judicial District, which encompasses Ascension, Assumption, and St. James parishes. He faced a fellow Democrat, assistant district attorney Ricky Babin (born c. 1962). In the October 4 nonpartisan blanket primary, Babin received 11,540 votes (34.8 percent) to Lambert's 9,370 votes (28.3 percent). | | Lambert was scheduled to be a runoff candidate in general election held on November 4,2008, for district attorney in the 23rd Judicial District, which encompasses Ascension, Assumption, and St. James parishes. He faced a fellow Democrat, assistant district attorney Ricky Babin (born c. 1962). In the October 4 nonpartisan blanket primary, Babin received 11,540 votes (34.8 percent) to Lambert's 9,370 votes (28.3 percent). |
| − | <ref>''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate,'' October 5, 2008.</ref> Citing political divisiveness in the lengthy campaign, Lambert withdrew from the race, and Babin won by default.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weeklycitizen.com/opinions/x1157484619/OUR-OPINION-A-twist-in-the-DA"|publisher=''Gonzales Weekly Citizen''|title=Our Opinion: A twist in the DA|date=October 15, 2008, p. 1.}}</ref> | + | <ref>''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate,'' October 5, 2008.</ref> Citing political divisiveness in the lengthy campaign, Lambert withdrew from the race, and Babin won by default.<ref>"Our Opinion: A twist in the DA," ''Gonzales Weekly Citizen,''=October 15, 2008, p. 1.</ref> |