Don Cazayoux Wins Richard Baker's Vacated Seat

I awoke to find in my Google reader this morning very good news.

Don Cazayoux has become the first Democrat since 1974 to take the very heavily Republican leaning Louisiana 6th District US House Of Representatives.

Nationally, I know the significance will only be played out that he defeated a extreme right wing Republican, Woody Jenkins, despite disgraceful ads linking Cazayoux to Barack-Guilt-By-Wright-Association-Obama.

BUT what the nationally media hasn't given much spotlight to is whom he is replacing.

The scourge Richard Baker. I hated this guy from the moment I met him. He was an important ally to my old Job's detrimental-to-Louisiana lobbying efforts. He was (and I imagine still is) a pompous, self-righteous prick who only cares about turning a buck for his "friends".

And this lowlife was on some pretty powerful committees,

Member, House Committee on Financial Services
Member, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises
Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Member, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Member, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
Member, Subcommittee on Health

In 2007 he spent most of his time introducing bills to suspend "temporarily" or extend temporal suspension of dutys on chemicals like, Prodiamine.

Prodiamine is a Group C-Possible Human Carcinogen

His non-existent compassion for the heavy hit minority communities was not only evident in "The Baker Plan" for reconstruction post Katrina but also by flippant outrageous comments like:

"We have been trying for decades to clean up New Orleans public housing to provide decent housing for residents, and now it looks like God is finally making us do it..."

Now I don't know much about Don Cazayoux but I do know for the most part he's not what I'd call a true Democrat due to his anti-abortion and tough on immigration views. Yet despite Don's socially conservative views, I revel in the fact that Richard Baker woke up this morning to see his 20 year old seat that he resigned from was taken by SCHIP supporting Democrat.