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On April 4, 2009, Claitor defeated fellow Republican Lee Domingue, a Baton Rouge businessman backed by then [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]], in a [[special election]] for the District 16  seat vacated by Republican [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bill Cassidy]].  Claitor received 11,713 votes (66 percent) to Domingue's 6,114 (34 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, April 4, 2009.</ref> Prior to Cassidy's short tenure, the Senate seat was held by former Louisiana Secretary of State and lieutenant governor,  John Leigh "Jay" Dardenne, Jr., a [[Moderate Republican]].

On April 4, 2009, Claitor defeated fellow Republican Lee Domingue, a Baton Rouge businessman backed by then [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]], in a [[special election]] for the District 16  seat vacated by Republican [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bill Cassidy]].  Claitor received 11,713 votes (66 percent) to Domingue's 6,114 (34 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, April 4, 2009.</ref> Prior to Cassidy's short tenure, the Senate seat was held by former Louisiana Secretary of State and lieutenant governor,  John Leigh "Jay" Dardenne, Jr., a [[Moderate Republican]].

Claitor was an unsuccessful candidate for the open seat for Louisiana's 6th congressional district in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on November 4, 2014, in conjunction with the regular [[general election]]s in the other forty-nine states. The congressional seat was vacated by Bill Cassidy, Claitor's predecessor in the state Senate, who instead ran successfully to unseat [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]]. Claitor's intra-party opponents were [[Garret Graves]], then state Representative [[Lenar Whitney]] and Paul Deitzel, II, of Baton Rouge, namesake grandson of the [[Louisiana State University]] [[football]]coach and athletic director Paul Dietzel, I.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/opinion/8067542-123/washington-watch-handicapping-the-6th|title=Jordan Blum, Washington Watch: Handicapping the 6th District race, January 24, 2014|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=February 5, 2014}}</ref> A Democrat, then 87-year-old [[Edwin Edwards]], former four-time governor and four-time representative of Louisiana's since defunct 7th congressional district,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-19/edwin-edwards-is-running-for-congress.html |title=Ex-Con Ex-Governor Running for Congress|author=Albert R. Hunt|publisher=Bloomberg|date=February 19, 2014 |accessdate=October 15, 2019}}</ref> led the primary field with 77,862 votes (30.1 percent), but later lost the general election to the runner-up in the primary, Garret Graves, who received in the primary 70,706 (27.4 percent) in the primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 4, 2014.</ref>​

Claitor was an unsuccessful candidate for the open seat for Louisiana's 6th congressional district in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on November 4, 2014, in conjunction with the regular [[general election]]s in the other forty-nine states. The congressional seat was vacated by Bill Cassidy, Claitor's predecessor in the state Senate, who instead ran successfully to unseat [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]]. Claitor's intra-party opponents were [[Garret Graves]], then state Representative [[Lenar Whitney]] and Paul Deitzel, II, of Baton Rouge, namesake grandson of the [[Louisiana State University]] [[football]] coach and athletic director Paul Dietzel, I.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/opinion/8067542-123/washington-watch-handicapping-the-6th|author=Jordan Blum|title=Washington Watch: Handicapping the 6th District race, January 24, 2014|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=February 5, 2014}}</ref>  

 

A Democrat, then 87-year-old [[Edwin Edwards]], ex-convict, former four-time governor and four-time representative of Louisiana's since defunct 7th congressional district,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-19/edwin-edwards-is-running-for-congress.html |title=Ex-Con Ex-Governor Running for Congress|author=Albert R. Hunt|publisher=Bloomberg|date=February 19, 2014 |accessdate=October 15, 2019}}</ref> led the primary field with 77,862 votes (30.1 percent), but later lost the general election to the runner-up in the primary, Garret Graves, who received in the primary 70,706 (27.4 percent) in the primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 4, 2014.</ref>​

==Background==

==Background==

Governor Jindal actively supported Domingue, whose family had donated some $118,500 to Jindal's previous campaigns and transition committees. Jindal's endorsement of Dominigue was his first in a legislative race since he became governor in January 2008. Jindal had earlier indicated that he would not endorse candidates in legislative or statewide elections, but he did support then State Treasurer [[John Neely Kennedy]]'s unsuccessful Republican challenge to Senator Mary Landrieu on November 4, 2008.<ref name=advo>{{cite web|url=​

Governor Jindal actively supported Domingue, whose family had donated some $118,500 to Jindal's previous campaigns and transition committees. Jindal's endorsement of Dominigue was his first in a legislative race since he became governor in January 2008. Jindal had earlier indicated that he would not endorse candidates in legislative or statewide elections, but he did support then State Treasurer [[John Neely Kennedy]]'s unsuccessful Republican challenge to Senator Mary Landrieu on November 4, 2008.<ref name=advo>{{cite web|url=​

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/42567717.html?index=14&c=y|title=Marsha Shuler, "Claitor win called Jindal's loss"|publisher=''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=April 18, 2009}}</ref>​ Kennedy, however, rebounded to victory in 2016 in the Senate race to choose a successor to Republican [[David Vitter]].

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/42567717.html?index=14&c=y|title=Marsha Shuler, "Claitor win called Jindal's loss"|publisher=''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=April 18, 2009}}</ref>​ Kennedy, however, rebounded to victory in 2016 in the Senate race to choose a successor to Republican [[David Vitter]].

 

Jindal also did not openly support Republican former U.S. Representative Clyde Cecil Holloway (1943-2016), who emerged as the frontrunner and winner following the withdrawal of the opposing candidate in the special election held on April 4, 2009, for the District 4 seat on the regulatory Louisiana Public Service Commission.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The [[Moon Griffon Show]],'' April 1, 2009</ref> Nor would Jindal endorse the 2010 reelection of U.S. Senator David Vitter, who previously held the House seat that Jindal himself occupied from 2005 to 2008.​

Jindal also did not openly support Republican former U.S. Representative Clyde Cecil Holloway (1943-2016), who emerged as the frontrunner and winner following the withdrawal of the opposing candidate in the special election held on April 4, 2009, for the District 4 seat on the regulatory Louisiana Public Service Commission.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The [[Moon Griffon Show]],'' April 1, 2009</ref> Nor would Jindal endorse the 2010 reelection of U.S. Senator David Vitter, who previously held the House seat that Jindal himself occupied from 2005 to 2008.​

 

Kirby Goidel, an LSU political analyst, interpreted the senatorial results as "baffling" and a “loss” for Jindal. "He’s irritated some people in the community, and legislators are thinking he [Jindal] could not win in a Republican race. You had a Republican-leaning district, a Republican race and not carrying that after you endorse. I don’t think there’s much ambiguity."<ref name=advo/>​

Kirby Goidel, an LSU political analyst, interpreted the senatorial results as "baffling" and a “loss” for Jindal. "He’s irritated some people in the community, and legislators are thinking he [Jindal] could not win in a Republican race. You had a Republican-leaning district, a Republican race and not carrying that after you endorse. I don’t think there’s much ambiguity."<ref name=advo/>​

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