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mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cao" title="Joseph Cao – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Joseph Cao" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cao" title="Joseph Cao – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Joseph Cao" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BE,_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84" title="Гао, Джозеф – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Гао, Джозеф" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Joseph Cao</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:JosephCaoOfficialPhoto2009_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/JosephCaoOfficialPhoto2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-JosephCaoOfficialPhoto2009_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/JosephCaoOfficialPhoto2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-JosephCaoOfficialPhoto2009_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/JosephCaoOfficialPhoto2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-JosephCaoOfficialPhoto2009_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3659" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2009</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Louisiana02 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Jefferson_(politician)" title="William Jefferson (politician)">William J. Jefferson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cedric_Richmond" title="Cedric Richmond">Cedric Richmond</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Cao Quang Ánh</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1967-03-13</span>) </span>March 13, 1967<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 57)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh_City" title="Ho Chi Minh City">Saigon</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a><br /><small>(current-day Ho Chi Minh City)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Kate Hoang</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University">Baylor University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Fordham_University" title="Fordham University">Fordham University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Loyola_University_New_Orleans" title="Loyola University New Orleans">Loyola University New Orleans</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100424003506/http://josephcao.house.gov/">House website</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ánh Quang</b> "<b>Joseph</b>" <b>Cao</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/aʊ/: 'ou' in 'mouth'">aʊ</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">GOW</span></i></a>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_language" title="Vietnamese language">Vietnamese</a>: <i lang="vi">Cao Quang Ánh</i>; born March 13, 1967) is a <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_Americans" title="Vietnamese Americans">Vietnamese-American</a> politician who was the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. representative</a> for <span data-sort-value="Louisiana02 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 2nd congressional district">Louisiana's 2nd congressional district</a></span> from 2009 to 2011. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>, he is the first Vietnamese American and first native of Vietnam to serve in Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cao was the only <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> congressman to vote for the draft Obamacare, known as <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a>, in November 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2011, Cao announced his candidacy for the office of <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Louisiana">Attorney General of Louisiana</a>, but in September 2011 he pulled out of the race. In December 2015, he announced that he would run for the open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring fellow Republican <a href="/wiki/David_Vitter" title="David Vitter">David Vitter</a> in <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_Louisiana" title="2016 United States Senate election in Louisiana">2016</a>. As Cao finished eleventh in the primary, he did not place high enough to advance to the general election. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ánh Quang Cao was born in <a href="/wiki/Saigon" class="mw-redirect" title="Saigon">Saigon</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a> in 1967 as the fifth of eight children to My Quang Cao (1930–2010), a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant#Army_ranks" title="Lieutenant">lieutenant</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam" title="Army of the Republic of Vietnam">South Vietnamese Army</a> and Khang Thi Tran (born 1935). He was captured by the <a href="/wiki/North_Vietnamese_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="North Vietnamese Army">North Vietnamese Army</a> in 1975 at the end of the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>. His mother did not immediately flee South Vietnam, but sent Anh Cao and two siblings to escape with their uncle. She stayed in the country with five of Cao's siblings. She was allowed to visit her husband only five times during the seven years he was imprisoned in a <a href="/wiki/Communist" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist">Communist</a> "<a href="/wiki/Re-education_camp_(Vietnam)" title="Re-education camp (Vietnam)">re-education camp</a>". </p><p>In 1975 Anh Cao was eight years old when he, his siblings and his uncle arrived as <a href="/wiki/Refugees" class="mw-redirect" title="Refugees">refugees</a> in the United States, where they were resettled in <a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston, Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After being released in 1982 from prison camp, Cao's father joined his family in Houston. He suffered from <a href="/wiki/Post-traumatic_stress_disorder" title="Post-traumatic stress disorder">post-traumatic stress disorder</a> (PTSD) and <a href="/wiki/Diabetes" title="Diabetes">diabetes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cao and his family were raised as Roman Catholics. He studied for several years after college to become a priest. He attended public schools and graduated from <a href="/wiki/Jersey_Village_High_School" title="Jersey Village High School">Jersey Village High School</a> in Houston. He earned a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> degree in <a href="/wiki/Physics" title="Physics">physics</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University">Baylor University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Waco,_Texas" title="Waco, Texas">Waco, Texas</a>. He studied as a <a href="/wiki/Jesuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesuit">Jesuit</a> <a href="/wiki/Seminarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Seminarian">seminarian</a> for six years, but withdrew when he concluded that the ministry was not his calling.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He earned a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">Master of Arts</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosophy</a> from <a href="/wiki/Fordham_University" title="Fordham University">Fordham University</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, and in 2000 his <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">J.D.</a> from <a href="/wiki/Loyola_University_New_Orleans_College_of_Law" title="Loyola University New Orleans College of Law">Loyola University School of Law</a> in New Orleans. While in law school, Cao also taught undergraduate courses in philosophy at Loyola.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law_practice">Law practice</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Law practice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cao used his legal training and experience in immigration issues. For a period he taught at a parochial school in <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>. He volunteered at <a href="/wiki/Boat_People_SOS" title="Boat People SOS">Boat People SOS</a> (BPSOS) to assist Vietnamese refugees and immigrants and help organize Vietnamese-American communities in the state toward self-sufficiency. He served as a board member of BPSOS from September 1996 to March 2002. After working with Waltzer & Associates, Cao opened his own <a href="/wiki/Law_practice" class="mw-redirect" title="Law practice">law practice</a> in New Orleans specializing in <a href="/wiki/Immigration_law" title="Immigration law">immigration law</a>. </p><p>Dismayed by the government response to the disaster following <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a>, Cao became more involved in politics. He soon became involved in leading <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_East" title="New Orleans East">New Orleans East</a> residents to oppose a <a href="/wiki/Landfill" title="Landfill">landfill</a> in their area.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ed_Royce_welcomes_Joseph_Cao.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Ed_Royce_welcomes_Joseph_Cao.jpg/250px-Ed_Royce_welcomes_Joseph_Cao.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Ed_Royce_welcomes_Joseph_Cao.jpg/375px-Ed_Royce_welcomes_Joseph_Cao.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Ed_Royce_welcomes_Joseph_Cao.jpg/500px-Ed_Royce_welcomes_Joseph_Cao.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>California Congressman <a href="/wiki/Ed_Royce_(politician)" title="Ed Royce (politician)">Ed Royce</a> and his wife welcoming newly elected Congressman Joseph Cao and his wife outside Cao's office</figcaption></figure> <p>Cao is the first <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Vietnamese American">Vietnamese American</a>, as well as the first native of <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>, to serve in <a href="/wiki/US_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="US Congress">US Congress</a>. He is the first Republican to serve in his district since 1890. He defeated a congressman who had been indicted. His district has historically voted overwhelmingly <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a>, based on two different ethnic majorities during this period.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cao was the least affluent member of Louisiana's delegation in Congress: as of 2009 his assets were no greater than $195,000 and his potential liabilities amounted to $215,000, including student loans for himself and his wife.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cao was sworn into office on January 6, 2009, with his family and a group of Vietnamese-Americans in attendance. After the swearing-in by <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">Speaker of the House</a> <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Parish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jefferson Parish">Jefferson Parish</a> Judge Robert Murphy re-administered the oath in Cao's new office.<sup id="cite_ref-splash_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-splash-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the tardiness of the election date, Cao rapidly set up his office and staff and gained committee assignments for the <a href="/wiki/111th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="111th Congress">111th Congress</a>. On March 24, 2009, 11 weeks to the day after he was sworn in as a new member, Cao delivered his first speech on the House floor: his statement supported a bill by <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> Democrat <a href="/wiki/Linda_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Linda Sánchez">Linda Sánchez</a> to express congressional support of Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the speech, which was broadcast on <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a>, Cao said, of <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> veterans, "I am pleased that I, a direct beneficiary of their service, can take part ... in this historic event." The bill passed. Cao's speech had been written by his Legislative Director, A. Brooke Bennett.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the support of congressional Republicans who collectively had an entitlement to 40 percent of earmarks for federal projects, Cao worked to "bring home the bacon" for his district. His requested projects totaled $1.2 billion, approximately three times the average for the other six members of Louisiana's U.S. House delegation. With the support of Louisiana's Democratic <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">United States Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Mary_Landrieu" title="Mary Landrieu">Mary Landrieu</a> and lobbyist and former United States Representative <a href="/wiki/Bob_Livingston" title="Bob Livingston">Bob Livingston</a>, several of these projects were approved by Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Livingston represented the adjoining <a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 1st congressional district">1st Congressional District</a> from 1977 to 1998. </p><p>Cao expressed interest in environmental issues, saying in a meeting at <a href="/wiki/Loyola_University_New_Orleans" title="Loyola University New Orleans">Loyola University New Orleans</a> on April 16, 2009: "I recognize there is an issue of <a href="/wiki/Global_warming" class="mw-redirect" title="Global warming">global warming</a> that we have to address."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cao was invited to a <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> reception on April 23, 2009. He presented President Obama with a letter requesting $490 million for post-Katrina restoration of New Orleans' <a href="/wiki/Charity_Hospital_(New_Orleans)" title="Charity Hospital (New Orleans)">Charity Hospital</a>. (<a href="/wiki/FEMA" class="mw-redirect" title="FEMA">FEMA</a> had offered $150 million). Cao also spoke with Vice President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> regarding the recovery of New Orleans.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2010, Cao was one of only two Republicans to vote in favor of the DISCLOSE Act, intended to limit spending on political campaigns by corporations in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in <i><a href="/wiki/Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission">Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission</a>.</i> The bill requires added disclosure for political spending by corporations and prohibits some <a href="/wiki/Corporate_political_spending" class="mw-redirect" title="Corporate political spending">corporate political spending</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2010, Cao was one of fifteen Republican House members to vote in favor of repealing the <a href="/wiki/United_States_military" class="mw-redirect" title="United States military">United States military</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Ask,_Don%27t_Tell" class="mw-redirect" title="Don't Ask, Don't Tell">Don't Ask, Don't Tell</a>" ban on <a href="/wiki/Openly_gay" class="mw-redirect" title="Openly gay">openly gay</a> service members.<sup id="cite_ref-metro_weekly_20101215_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metro_weekly_20101215-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_20101215_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes_20101215-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a 2011 survey by the <i><a href="/wiki/National_Journal" title="National Journal">National Journal</a></i>, Cao was the most liberal Republican in the House.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, he was one of seven Republicans who voted to publicly rebuke Representative <a href="/wiki/Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)" title="Joe Wilson (American politician)">Joe Wilson</a>, Republican of South Carolina, for his outburst of "You lie!" against President Obama during an address before a joint session of Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Office">Office</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cao hired former state representative <a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Peychaud" title="Rosalind Peychaud">Rosalind Peychaud</a>, a Democrat, as his <a href="/wiki/Second-in-command" title="Second-in-command">deputy</a> <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_staff_(United_States_Congress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of staff (United States Congress)">chief of staff</a>. </p><p>The late date of Cao's election meant that he inherited former Congressman <a href="/wiki/William_J._Jefferson" class="mw-redirect" title="William J. Jefferson">William J. Jefferson</a>'s office, 2113, in the <a href="/wiki/Rayburn_House_Office_Building" title="Rayburn House Office Building">Rayburn House Office Building</a>, although he had no seniority in the House. Writing in the <i>Times-Picayune</i>, Jonathan Tilove observed the notability of 2113 in the Rayburn Building due to its being, as Jefferson's former location, the only congressional office ever raided by the <a href="/wiki/FBI" class="mw-redirect" title="FBI">FBI</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the middle of February 2009, Cao had hired most of his staff.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2009, Cao's district staff moved into what was described as the first office in Kenner for a sitting congressman. The office was formerly a storeroom in Kenner's Community Services Department at 624 Williams Boulevard (<a href="/wiki/LA_49" class="mw-redirect" title="LA 49">LA 49</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After confirmation by the <a href="/wiki/House_Republican_Conference" title="House Republican Conference">House Republican Conference</a>, Cao was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Homeland_Security" title="United States House Committee on Homeland Security">Homeland Security Committee</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure" title="United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure">Transportation and Infrastructure Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Homeland_Security" title="United States House Committee on Homeland Security">Committee on Homeland Security</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Homeland_Security_Subcommittee_on_Emergency_Communications,_Preparedness,_and_Response" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response">Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Homeland_Security_Subcommittee_on_Management,_Investigations,_and_Oversight" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight">Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure" title="United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Transportation_Subcommittee_on_Economic_Development,_Public_Buildings_and_Emergency_Management" title="United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management">Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Transportation_Subcommittee_on_Railroads,_Pipelines,_and_Hazardous_Materials" title="United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials">Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Oversight_and_Government_Reform" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform">Committee on Oversight and Government Reform</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Oversight_and_Government_Reform_Subcommittee_on_Federal_Workforce,_Post_Office,_and_the_District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia">Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caucuses">Caucuses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Caucuses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Asian_Pacific_American_Caucus" title="Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus">Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus</a></li> <li>American Engagement Caucus</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interest_in_Congressional_Black_Caucus">Interest in Congressional Black Caucus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Interest in Congressional Black Caucus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the outset of Cao's congressional service, his relationship to the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus" title="Congressional Black Caucus">Congressional Black Caucus</a> remained uncertain. <a href="/wiki/George_Mason_University" title="George Mason University">George Mason University</a> <a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">political scientist</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_K._Fauntroy" title="Michael K. Fauntroy">Michael K. Fauntroy</a> described Cao's expressed interest in joining as "a very smart move". </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>It sends a message to black voters in his district that, even though he's a Republican, he is doing more than just paying lip service to the history of the district ... I don't expect it to work out, but if it doesn't, to me the caucus will look bad on this.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>However, Cao was "rebuffed" by the Congressional Black Caucus in his attempt to join it despite representing a heavily black district.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cao told the <i>Times-Picayune</i> that President Obama should receive a letter grade of "A" for his first 100 days in office. Cao cited as his reason for such a high mark Obama's "working with us in this whole recovery process" (in reference to <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recall_drive">Recall drive</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Recall drive"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Among the bills which came to the floor during Cao's first days in Congress, Cao voted against the <a href="/wiki/Obama_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Obama Administration">Obama Administration</a>'s <a href="/wiki/American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act_of_2009" title="American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009">stimulus package</a>. Cao justified his votes on expressed dissatisfaction that his <a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 2nd congressional district">2nd congressional district of Louisiana</a> ranked dead last among the 435 congressional districts in outlays provided by the legislation even though the district was one of the most seriously damaged by hurricanes. Cao's vote provoked a petition to <a href="/wiki/Recall_election" title="Recall election">recall</a> him, which formally began on February 16, 2009. Louisiana Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Jay_Dardenne" title="Jay Dardenne">Jay Dardenne</a> and other Louisiana officials, as well as congressional analysts, perceived it as having little or no prospect of succeeding.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the petition collected more than 13,000 signatures on the first day, it needed more than 100,000 within 180 days to fulfill Louisiana requirements. Congress has never removed, and has no <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">constitutional</a> provision to do, a member based on constituents' recall.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several leaders of the recall campaign, specifically the <a href="/wiki/Reverend" class="mw-redirect" title="Reverend">Reverends</a> Samuel Butler and Toris Young, claimed to have been supporters of Cao, though Cao and his campaign manager <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Wagner" title="Bryan Wagner">Bryan Wagner</a>, a former member of the New Orleans City Council, said they had never met them. After Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell issued an opinion that the state cannot recall federal officials, Butler and Young announced that they would pursue the matter in the federal courts.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Young's ability to criticize Cao was mocked by <i>Times-Picayune</i> columnist <a href="/wiki/James_Gill_(columnist)" title="James Gill (columnist)">James Gill</a> because of Young's 11 convictions for fraud and identity theft.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 1, 2009, the <i>Times-Picayune</i> reported that Obama had tried to reach Cao on his cellphone prior to the vote on the stimulus package but was unsuccessful; Cao acknowledged that Obama "might have been persuasive" with a "concrete commitment" to help the 2nd district and New Orleans.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cao stated that the <a href="/wiki/Obama_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Obama administration">Obama administration</a>'s $410 billion <a href="/wiki/Omnibus_Appropriations_Act_of_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009">omnibus spending bill</a> for the final 7 months of Fiscal Year 2009 (ending September 30, 2009) "would provide important benefits for his 2nd Congressional District" and became one of 16 Republicans voting in favor of that bill.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the recall petition, a separate petition had been started to recall New Orleans City Councilwoman <a href="/wiki/Stacy_Head" title="Stacy Head">Stacy Head</a>, who is white but represents a predominantly black constituency after defeating Jefferson protégé <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Gill_Pratt" title="Renée Gill Pratt">Renée Gill Pratt</a> in 2006. Head, a Democrat, supported Cao in the election on December 6, 2008. James Gill defended Head's support for Cao (who is not white but Asian) and asserted it was based not on race but that "Jefferson ... is morally unfit for any public office."<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The petition to recall Head failed to meet its statutory deadline.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FEMA_critic">FEMA critic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: FEMA critic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 25, 2009, Cao grabbed headlines by announcing that his staff members were investigating the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency" title="Federal Emergency Management Agency">Federal Emergency Management Agency</a> (FEMA) office in New Orleans. Cao, whose aversive relationship with the agency had started during his time as a community activist for victims of <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a>, accused FEMA of a host of malfeasance charges, including "widespread complaints of discrimination, sexual harassment, ethics violations, nepotism and cronyism."<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cao conveyed his concerns to the <a href="/wiki/Obama_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Obama administration">Obama administration</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Homeland_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Homeland Security">Homeland Security Secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/Janet_Napolitano" title="Janet Napolitano">Janet Napolitano</a>, who promised that "we will obviously follow up."<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next day Cao's call for the resignation of Doug Whitmer, head of FEMA's New Orleans office, was bolstered by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">United States Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Mary_Landrieu" title="Mary Landrieu">Mary Landrieu</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whereupon the story spread on <a href="/wiki/CBS_News" title="CBS News">CBS News</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Popular reaction quickly pervaded New Orleans blogsites, one of them calling its discussion <i>FEMA having a Cao</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 27, 2009, acting FEMA Director <a href="/wiki/Nancy_L._Ward" title="Nancy L. Ward">Nancy L. Ward</a> replaced Whitmer with Tony Russell, previously an administrator in FEMA's <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a> office.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ward stripped Jim Stark of his immediate responsibilities for Louisiana's FEMA district, leaving him as FEMA assistant administrator for Gulf Coast recovery. Cao had also been critical of John Connolly, FEMA chief for Gulf Coast public assistance, whom Stark cited as his source of information on "how much public-assistance money FEMA should approve for local projects" (in a congressional hearing with Cao on February 25, 2009).<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Connolly was previously with FEMA's <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> office, and Cao asked rhetorically, "How many times has Philadelphia been hit by a hurricane?"<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 5, 2009, Cao joined Napolitano, Jindal, <a href="/wiki/Housing_and_Urban_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Housing and Urban Development">Housing and Urban Development</a> Secretary <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Donovan" title="Shaun Donovan">Shaun Donovan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana">Louisiana Lieutenant Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Landrieu" title="Mitch Landrieu">Mitch Landrieu</a>, U.S. Representative <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Melancon" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlie Melancon">Charlie Melancon</a>, and other federal, state, and local officials on a tour of damaged areas in New Orleans, including the campus of <a href="/wiki/Southern_University_at_New_Orleans" title="Southern University at New Orleans">Southern University at New Orleans</a> (SUNO), where the group was led by <a href="/wiki/SUNO" class="mw-redirect" title="SUNO">SUNO</a> President <a href="/wiki/Victor_Ukpolo" title="Victor Ukpolo">Victor Ukpolo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eleven days later, on March 16, Cao again visited the SUNO campus, pledging full support of <a href="/wiki/Victor_Ukpolo" title="Victor Ukpolo">Ukpolo</a>'s mission to rebuild the campus.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The seguing event on Cao's agenda during the same day was a fund-raising cocktail party at the home of bankers Stephen and Dana Hansel at which the admission contribution was $1000 a person and an unexpected guest was former <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">Speaker of the House</a> <a href="/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was en route to lead a discussion in <a href="/wiki/James_Carville" title="James Carville">James Carville</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">political science</a> class at <a href="/wiki/Tulane_University" title="Tulane University">Tulane University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Times-Picayune</i>, in an editorial on March 19, 2009, praised <a href="/wiki/Victor_Ukpolo" title="Victor Ukpolo">Ukpolo</a> and Cao in their efforts to secure funding for restoration of SUNO's campus.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation_of_American_Engagement_Caucus">Formation of American Engagement Caucus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Formation of American Engagement Caucus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2010, Cao partnered with Democratic Congressman <a href="/wiki/Russ_Carnahan" title="Russ Carnahan">Russ Carnahan</a> of Missouri to create the <a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Engagement_Caucus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="American Engagement Caucus (page does not exist)">American Engagement Caucus</a>, its stated purpose being the promotion of a multilateral foreign policy in which the United States works closely with other countries to address global problems. As a joint editorial between the two congressmen stated, "We live in an age of interdependence. America's security, economic, environmental, and moral interests are inextricably linked with those of the international community. Simply put, it is in our vital national interest to support international engagement."<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_care">Health care</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Health care"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cao was the only Republican to vote for the draft <a href="/wiki/Affordable_Health_Care_for_America_Act" title="Affordable Health Care for America Act">Affordable Health Care for America Act</a> (H.R. 3962) on November 7, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-POL2_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-POL2-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yet Cao, because of concerns of alleged public funding for elective abortion provisions, joined the rest of his party in opposing the final version, the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_campaigns">Political campaigns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Political campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006">2006</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2006"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cao ran unsuccessfully as an independent for District 103 of the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a delegate to the <a href="/wiki/2008_Republican_National_Convention" title="2008 Republican National Convention">2008 Republican National Convention</a> during <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Gustav" title="Hurricane Gustav">Hurricane Gustav</a>, during which time his home was flooded.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of his election to Congress, Cao was a member of the Orleans Parish Board of Election Supervisors, appointed to the Board by Governor <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jindal" title="Bobby Jindal">Bobby Jindal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008">2008</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2008"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana#District_2" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana § District 2</a></div> <p>The situation, endorsements, campaign dynamics, and results gave the election significance far beyond the boundaries of the district. </p><p>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/U.S._Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Representative">U.S. Representative</a> <a href="/wiki/William_J._Jefferson" class="mw-redirect" title="William J. Jefferson">William J. Jefferson</a> won the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primaries</a> in 2008. Jefferson had weathered a major challenge in the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_2nd_congressional_district_election,_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana 2nd congressional district election, 2006">Louisiana 2nd congressional district election, 2006</a>, overcoming allegations that he had inappropriately used members of a <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Army_National_Guard" title="Louisiana Army National Guard">Louisiana Army National Guard</a> unit to reach his home during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008 Jefferson also faced federal charges of <a href="/wiki/Bribery" title="Bribery">bribery</a> involving Nigerian business interests and was perceived as vulnerable, with only 25 percent of Democrats voting for him in the Democratic primary. Jefferson faced six <a href="/wiki/African-American" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American">African-American</a> challengers, along with newscaster <a href="/wiki/Helena_Moreno" title="Helena Moreno">Helena Moreno</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a <a href="/wiki/Two-round_system" title="Two-round system">runoff</a> primary, Jefferson defeated Moreno by 57 percent to 43 percent in a vote largely along racial lines. Unopposed for the Republican nomination, Cao ran against Jefferson, as did <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party (United States)">Green Party</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Malik_Rahim" title="Malik Rahim">Malik Rahim</a> and <a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian Party</a> candidate Gregory Kahn.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An earlier candidate, independent Jerry Jacobs, had withdrawn.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 30, the New Orleans <i><a href="/wiki/Times-Picayune" class="mw-redirect" title="Times-Picayune">Times-Picayune</a></i> endorsed Cao in an editorial,<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while on its op-ed page columnist <a href="/wiki/James_Gill_(columnist)" title="James Gill (columnist)">James Gill</a> stated that Jefferson's reelection "is not going to happen".<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The prospect of a serious general election in the heavily African-American and Democratic 2nd district was startling, as the last Republican to represent the district was <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_D._Coleman" title="Hamilton D. Coleman">Hamilton D. Coleman</a>, who left office in 1891.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cao's candidacy received the endorsements of the Alliance for Good Government, the <a href="/wiki/Family_Research_Council" title="Family Research Council">Family Research Council</a>'s Action <a href="/wiki/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">PAC</a>, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand, Louisiana Governor <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jindal" title="Bobby Jindal">Bobby Jindal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Clarkson#Election_history" title="Jackie Clarkson">Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stacy_Head#Mayor's_outlook_and_Jefferson_factor" title="Stacy Head">Stacy Head</a>, and singer/entertainer <a href="/wiki/Pat_Boone" title="Pat Boone">Pat Boone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the final days of the campaign, Democrats <a href="/wiki/Helena_Moreno" title="Helena Moreno">Helena Moreno</a>, who was defeated by Jefferson in the Democratic primary <a href="/wiki/Runoff_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Runoff election">runoff election</a>, and former <a href="/wiki/District_Attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="District Attorney">District Attorney</a> <a href="/wiki/Harry_Connick_Sr." title="Harry Connick Sr.">Harry Connick Sr.</a> endorsed Cao and recorded telephone messages to be played to voters. New Orleans Mayor <a href="/wiki/Ray_Nagin" title="Ray Nagin">Ray Nagin</a> announced his support for Jefferson during the Democratic <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary elections</a>. The New Orleans <i><a href="/wiki/Gambit_Weekly" class="mw-redirect" title="Gambit Weekly">Gambit Weekly</a></i>, citing its opposition to Jefferson's alleged corruption and to Cao's noncommittal statements on <a href="/wiki/Embryo" title="Embryo">embryonic</a> <a href="/wiki/Stem-cell_research" class="mw-redirect" title="Stem-cell research">stem-cell research</a>, made no endorsement.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Campaign">Campaign</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At first, Jefferson, as indicated by <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> on the day after his winning the Democratic nomination, was "heavily favored" to win against any Republican challenger.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The campaign was characterized by what Jefferson's campaign called "overly negative" tactics on behalf of Cao's campaign by outside organizations, such as the <a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Congressional_Committee" title="National Republican Congressional Committee">National Republican Congressional Committee</a>. References were made to Democratic <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">Speaker of the House</a> <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a>'s removal of Jefferson from the <a href="/wiki/House_Ways_and_Means_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Ways and Means Committee">House Ways and Means Committee</a> and entailed what <i><a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a></i> termed a "barrage"<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of automated telephone calls, including from a woman who identified herself as "Katy" and who cited Jefferson's federal indictment on 16 counts of corruption. In a meeting of African-American ministers, Reverend Samuel Butler claimed the reason was to "disenfranchise" African-American voters, which motivated Cao advisor and political mentor, former New Orleans City Council member <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Wagner" title="Bryan Wagner">Bryan Wagner</a><sup id="cite_ref-splash_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-splash-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to reply: "with Rev. Butler's imagination, he may want to go to work for <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Walt Disney</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 6, the <i>Times-Picayune</i> reiterated its endorsement of Cao, pointing to President-elect <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>'s efforts on behalf of Democrat <a href="/wiki/Paul_Carmouche" title="Paul Carmouche">Paul Carmouche</a> in the simultaneous election in <a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 4th congressional district">Louisiana's 4th congressional district</a> and Obama's non-involvement in efforts to support Jefferson.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Unofficial results on the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana Secretary of State">Louisiana Secretary of State</a>'s web site showed Cao with 33,122 (49.55%), Jefferson 31,296 (46.82%), Kahn 548 (0.82%), and Rahim 1,880 (2.81%).<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jefferson won by 23,197 to 20,246 in <a href="/wiki/Orleans_Parish" class="mw-redirect" title="Orleans Parish">Orleans Parish</a>, where 21 of the 392 precincts showed zero votes for Cao.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cao, however, more than made up the difference with a margin of 12,696 to the incumbent's 8,099 in <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Parish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jefferson Parish">Jefferson Parish</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A post-election map analysis by the <i>Times-Picayune</i> showed the election result as having depended on higher turnout in the precincts favorable to Cao.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After speaking by telephone four days after the election, on December 31, 2008, Wednesday, Jefferson and Cao met cordially at the home of New Orleans' <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Bank" title="Liberty Bank">Liberty Bank</a> <a href="/wiki/CEO" class="mw-redirect" title="CEO">CEO</a> Alden McDonald to discuss the transition.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Significance">Significance</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Politico.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Politico.com">Politico.com</a> declared Cao's victory one of America's "Top 10 Political Upsets" of 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cao became the first Vietnamese-American elected to Congress. Cao's win made the 2nd District by far the most Democratic district in the nation to be represented by a Republican; the district has a <a href="/wiki/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index" title="Cook Partisan Voting Index">Cook Partisan Voting Index</a> of D+28.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama carried the district with 74 percent of the vote, his 35th-best performance in the country and his fifth best in a Southern district. </p><p>Cao's victory over a tainted incumbent became a cause for celebration among many in Louisiana. Wrote Jeff Crouere in his column <i>Ringside Politics</i>, "The victory strikes a major blow against the reputation of Louisiana as a corrupt state".<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Republican_Conference_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Conference of the United States House of Representatives">House GOP members</a> were particularly vocal in their glee over Cao's defeat of the Democratic incumbent. Among many other statements, <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House</a> <a href="/wiki/Minority_leader" title="Minority leader">minority leader</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Boehner" title="John Boehner">John Boehner</a> asserted Cao's win was "a symbol of our future" in a <a href="/wiki/Memorandum" title="Memorandum">memorandum</a> with "The Future Is Cao" as its <a href="/wiki/Subject_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Subject line">subject line</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010">2010</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana#District_2" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana § District 2</a></div> <p>Cao was thought to face nearly impossible odds for reelection due to the district's overwhelmingly Democratic nature. Indeed, many pundits likened him to <a href="/wiki/Michael_Patrick_Flanagan" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Patrick Flanagan">Michael Patrick Flanagan</a>, a former Republican congressman from Illinois. Flanagan ousted scandal-plagued <a href="/wiki/House_Ways_and_Means_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Ways and Means Committee">House Ways and Means Committee</a> chairman <a href="/wiki/Dan_Rostenkowski" title="Dan Rostenkowski">Dan Rostenkowski</a> in 1994, only to be roundly defeated for reelection after one term in his heavily Democratic <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>-based district by future <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois" title="Governor of Illinois">Illinois Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Rod_Blagojevich" title="Rod Blagojevich">Rod Blagojevich</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As expected, Cao lost his reelection bid in a landslide to Democratic <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">State Representative</a> <a href="/wiki/Cedric_Richmond" title="Cedric Richmond">Cedric Richmond</a>, an African American. Other candidates included <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politics)">Independents</a> Ron Austin, Anthony K. Marquize, and Jack Radosta. Cao had the support of several of New Orleans' prominent Democrats, including <a href="/wiki/City_council" class="mw-redirect" title="City council">Councilwoman</a> <a href="/wiki/Stacy_Head" title="Stacy Head">Stacy Head</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assessor_(property)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assessor (property)">Assessor</a> Erroll Williams, and <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">State Representative</a> <a href="/wiki/Juan_LaFonta" title="Juan LaFonta">Juan LaFonta</a> (who had lost the Democratic Party's nomination to Richmond), but the vote fell on racial lines.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was one of only two Republican House incumbents to lose reelection in 2010. The other was <a href="/wiki/Charles_Djou" title="Charles Djou">Charles Djou</a> of Hawaii, who also represented a strongly Democratic-leaning district. </p><p>Proving just how Democratic the 2nd district still is, the Republicans only fielded nominal candidates in the district in 2012, 2020 and 2022, and no Republican candidate even filed in 2014, 2016 or 2018. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016">2016</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2015, Cao announced that he would run for the open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring fellow Republican <a href="/wiki/David_Vitter" title="David Vitter">David Vitter</a> in <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_Louisiana" title="2016 United States Senate election in Louisiana">2016</a>. Cao finished eleventh in the primary, meaning he did not place high enough to advance to the general election. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cao is considered a <a href="/wiki/Rockefeller_Republican" title="Rockefeller Republican">moderate Republican</a>. He has been described as "progressive" on issues such as immigration reform, <a href="/wiki/Gay_pride" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay pride">gay rights</a>, and government services for the poor, while being very anti-<a href="/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion">abortion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_conservatism" title="Fiscal conservatism">conservative on fiscal issues</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has described himself as a "moderate, fiscally conservative Republican."<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The non-partisan <i><a href="/wiki/National_Journal" title="National Journal">National Journal</a></i> gave him a composite score of 57% conservative and 43% liberal in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/American_Conservative_Union" title="American Conservative Union">American Conservative Union</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">political action committee</a> or PAC, gave Cao a lifetime score of 42% conservative.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_88-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Americans_for_Democratic_Action" title="Americans for Democratic Action">Americans for Democratic Action</a>, a progressive PAC, gave him a 45% liberal quotient.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_88-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He voted against President Obama's proposed stimulus package in 2009,<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the Democratic-backed <a href="/wiki/Lilly_Ledbetter_Fair_Pay_Act_of_2009" title="Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009">Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He broke with his party by voting with Democrats in favor of the <a href="/wiki/Affordable_Health_Care_for_America_Act" title="Affordable Health Care for America Act">Affordable Health Care for America Act</a> which included a public option for health care.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Cao voted against the <a href="/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a>, colloquially called Obamacare, because of concerns about abortion.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had also been one of 29 Republicans who voted with Democrats in favor of the re-authorization of the <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Health_Insurance_Program" title="Children's Health Insurance Program">Children's Health Insurance Program</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cao was one of five House Republicans who voted with Democrats to <a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Ask,_Don%27t_Tell_Repeal_Act_of_2010" title="Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010">repeal</a> <a href="/wiki/Don%27t_ask,_don%27t_tell" title="Don't ask, don't tell">Don't Ask Don't Tell</a> in May 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was one of 15 Republicans who joined Democrats and voted in favor of the final repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell in December 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same month, Cao was one of eight Republicans to vote for the <a href="/wiki/DREAM_Act" title="DREAM Act">DREAM Act</a>, which passed the House but later failed in the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Louisiana State Representative, 103rd Representative District, 2007</b><sup id="cite_ref-elections_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elections-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Threshold > 50% </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>First ballot, October 20, 2007 </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#ccc;"><b>Candidate</b> </td> <td style="background:#ccc;"><b>Affiliation</b> </td> <td style="background:#ccc;"><b>Support</b> </td> <td style="background:#ccc;"><b>Outcome</b> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td>Reed S. Henderson </td> <td>Democratic </td> <td>1,376 (22%) </td> <td>Runoff </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <td>Mark Madary </td> <td>Republican </td> <td>1,188 (19%) </td> <td>Runoff </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <td>"Mike" Bayham </td> <td>Republican </td> <td>1,154 (18%) </td> <td>Defeated </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <td>Clay Cosse </td> <td>Republican </td> <td>1,144 (18%) </td> <td>Defeated </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC"> <td>Anh "Joseph" Cao </td> <td>Independent </td> <td>895 (14%) </td> <td>Defeated </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td>"Rob" Ruffino </td> <td>Democratic </td> <td>609 (10%) </td> <td>Defeated </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Second ballot, November 17, 2007 </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#ccc;"><b>Candidate</b> </td> <td style="background:#ccc;"><b>Affiliation</b> </td> <td style="background:#ccc;"><b>Support</b> </td> <td style="background:#ccc;"><b>Outcome</b> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td>Reed S. Henderson </td> <td>Democratic </td> <td>3,143 (52%) </td> <td>Elected </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <td>Mark Madary </td> <td>Republican </td> <td>2,858 (48%) </td> <td>Defeated </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>U. S. Representative, 2nd Congressional District, 2008</b><sup id="cite_ref-elections_97-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elections-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2008">United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2008</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana,_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2010">United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2010</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ccc;"> <td><b>Candidate</b> </td> <td><b>Affiliation</b> </td> <td><b>Support</b> </td> <td><b>Outcome</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <td>Anh "Joseph" Cao </td> <td>Republican </td> <td>33,132 (50%) </td> <td>Elected </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td>Bill Jefferson </td> <td>Democratic </td> <td>31,318 (47%) </td> <td>Defeated </td></tr> <tr> <td>Others </td> <td>n.a. </td> <td>2,432 (4%) </td> <td>Defeated </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>U. S. Representative, 2nd Congressional District, 2010</b><sup id="cite_ref-elections_97-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elections-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ccc;"> <td><b>Candidate</b> </td> <td><b>Affiliation</b> </td> <td><b>Support</b> </td> <td><b>Outcome</b> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td>Cedric Richmond </td> <td>Democratic </td> <td>83,705 (65%) </td> <td>Elected </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <td>Anh "Joseph" Cao </td> <td>Republican </td> <td>43,378 (33%) </td> <td>Defeated </td></tr> <tr> <td>Others </td> <td>n.a. </td> <td>2,521 (2%) </td> <td>Defeated </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2016<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>John Kennedy </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>482,591 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>25.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Foster Campbell </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>337,833 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>17.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Charles Boustany </td> <td style="text-align:right">298,008 </td> <td style="text-align:right">15.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Caroline Fayard </td> <td style="text-align:right">240,917 </td> <td style="text-align:right">12.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Fleming </td> <td style="text-align:right">204,026 </td> <td style="text-align:right">10.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rob Maness </td> <td style="text-align:right">90,856 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">David Duke </td> <td style="text-align:right">58,606 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Derrick Edwards </td> <td style="text-align:right">51,774 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gary Landrieu </td> <td style="text-align:right">45,587 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Donald "Crawdaddy" Crawford </td> <td style="text-align:right">25,523 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Joseph Cao </td> <td style="text-align:right">21,019 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Other </td> <td style="text-align:right">76,895 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Documentary">Documentary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Documentary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 3, 2013, the <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">Public Broadcasting Service</a> aired the documentary <i>Mr. Cao Goes to Washington</i>, directed by S. Leo Chiang. The film tracks Cao's brief tenure in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, as the first Vietnamese American elected to Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cao&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cao is married to Hieu Phuong "Kate" Hoang.<sup id="cite_ref-Frank_Donze_2008,_PM_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frank_Donze_2008,_PM-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple has two daughters and resides in New Orleans' <a href="/wiki/Venetian_Isles,_New_Orleans" title="Venetian Isles, New Orleans">Venetian Isles</a> neighborhood. Kate and Joseph met in 1998 at the Mary Queen of Vietnam Catholic Church in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_East" title="New Orleans East">New Orleans East</a> and the family has attended there since. After the <a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 2008">2008 election</a>, Kate, an alumna of the <a href="/wiki/Xavier_University_of_Louisiana" title="Xavier University of Louisiana">Xavier University of Louisiana</a> <a href="/wiki/College_of_Pharmacy" class="mw-redirect" title="College of Pharmacy">College of Pharmacy</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Pharmacist" title="Pharmacist">registered pharmacist</a>, resigned from her position at a New Orleans <a href="/wiki/Walgreens" title="Walgreens">Walgreens</a> pharmacy.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A devout <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a>, Cao served as a board member for Mary Queen of Vietnam Catholic Church's Community Development Corporation<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which assists Vietnamese-Americans with hurricane relief.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cao is a member of the National Advisory Council of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Conference_of_Catholic_Bishops" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops">U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cao is also a member of the ReFormers Caucus of <a href="/wiki/Issue_One" title="Issue One">Issue One</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See 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B4).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTilove2009" class="citation news cs1">Tilove, Jonathan (April 15, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/rep_anh_joseph_cao_seeks_heapi.html">"Rep. Anh 'Joseph' Cao seeks heaping helping of pork"</a>. <i>Times-Picayune</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-11-10</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Times-Picayune&rft.atitle=Rep.+Anh+%27Joseph%27+Cao+seeks+heaping+helping+of+pork&rft.date=2009-04-15&rft.aulast=Tilove&rft.aufirst=Jonathan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nola.com%2Fnews%2Findex.ssf%2F2009%2F04%2Frep_anh_joseph_cao_seeks_heapi.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoseph+Cao" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cao, quoted in Molly Read, "Carbon credits may fund coastal work", <i>Times-Picayune</i>, April 17, 2009, Saint Tammany Edition, pp. C6-C7. The quotation appears on p. C7. Web version = <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.nola.com/tpmoney/2009/04/wetlands_restoration_touted_at.html">Wetlands restoration touted at panel discussion on climate change.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090420024239/http://blog.nola.com/tpmoney/2009/04/wetlands_restoration_touted_at.html">Archived</a> 2009-04-20 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Cf.</i> Bruce Alpert, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/louisiana_has_much_at_stake_in.html">Louisiana has much at stake in debate to reduce greenhouse emissions</a> <i>Times-Picayune</i>, April 16, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTilove2009" class="citation news cs1">Tilove, Jonathan (April 24, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/washington/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1240551113314070.xml&coll=1">"Cao hands Obama letter/Charity Pitch on recovery made at reception"</a>. <i>Times-Picayune</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-11-10</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Times-Picayune&rft.atitle=Cao+hands+Obama+letter%2FCharity+Pitch+on+recovery+made+at+reception&rft.date=2009-04-24&rft.aulast=Tilove&rft.aufirst=Jonathan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nola.com%2Fnews%2Ft-p%2Fwashington%2Findex.ssf%3F%2Fbase%2Fnews-3%2F1240551113314070.xml%26coll%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoseph+Cao" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged May 2019">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFvon_Spakovsky2010" class="citation magazine cs1">von Spakovsky, Hans A (2010-06-24). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120708112028/http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZGYzNDY5MTBkOWI1MDQ3ZWQ1NWFlYzU0YmIzZjI4NjY=">"The Fight over the DISCLOSE Act Is Far from Over"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/National_Review" title="National Review">National Review</a></i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-06-25</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=National+Review&rft.atitle=The+Fight+over+the+DISCLOSE+Act+Is+Far+from+Over&rft.date=2010-06-24&rft.aulast=von+Spakovsky&rft.aufirst=Hans+A&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcorner.nationalreview.com%2Fpost%2F%3Fq%3DZGYzNDY5MTBkOWI1MDQ3ZWQ1NWFlYzU0YmIzZjI4NjY%3D&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoseph+Cao" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-metro_weekly_20101215-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-metro_weekly_20101215_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chris Geidner, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2010/12/breaking-house-passes-dadt-rep.html">House Passes DADT Repeal Bill</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131021205547/http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2010/12/breaking-house-passes-dadt-rep.html">Archived</a> 2013-10-21 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Metro_Weekly" title="Metro Weekly">Metro Weekly</a></i> (December 15, 2010).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nytimes_20101215-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nytimes_20101215_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/111/house/2/638">House Vote 638 – Repeals 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160118070035/http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/111/house/2/638">Archived</a> 2016-01-18 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a></i> (December 15, 2010).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150916133939/http://www.nationaljournal.com/2010voteratings">"Vote Ratings 2010"</a>. <i>National Journal</i>. Atlantic Media. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/2010voteratings">the original</a> on September 16, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 26,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=National+Journal&rft.atitle=Vote+Ratings+2010&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationaljournal.com%2F2010voteratings&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoseph+Cao" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"House Admonishes Wilson on Outburst," <i>New York Times,</i> September 15, 2009, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/blogging-the-house-action-on-wilson/">https://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/blogging-the-house-action-on-wilson/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jonathan Tilove, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1231136465190510.xml&coll=1">"Cao's Star Already Rising in D.C."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121016045057/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-1%2F1231136465190510.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2012-10-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (<i>Times-Picayune</i>, January 5, 2009, pp. A1, A4; URL retrieved January 11, 2009).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1231659036147700.xml&coll=1">"Cao Settles on Legislative Director"</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged May 2019">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> in <i>Times-Picayune</i>, January 11, 2009, Metro Edition, p. A10; Bruce Alpert & Jonathan Tilove, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1234074649167040.xml&coll=1">"Cao Rounding Out Washington Staff"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121016081736/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-3%2F1234074649167040.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2012-10-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> in <i>Times-Picayune</i>, February 8, 2009; Bruce Alpert & Jonathan Tilove's <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-3/123346983911350.xml&coll=1">"Tulane Law Graduate Gets Job with Cao"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121016081742/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-3%2F123346983911350.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2012-10-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> in <i>Times-Picayune</i>, February 1, 2009, p. A12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Cao carves out space for Kenner constituents," <i>Times-Picayune</i>, April 19, 2009, p. A17 (for web version go to Bruce Alpert & Jonathan Tilove's <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/washington/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1240119445133260.xml&coll=1">"On the Hill"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090422003708/http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/washington/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-3%2F1240119445133260.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2009-04-22 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> and scroll down).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gerard Shields, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/37446884.html">"Lawmakers Get Assignments"</a> in the <i>Advocate</i> (Baton Rouge) (accessed January 12, 2008); <i>cf.</i> the earlier article by Jonathan Tilove, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-2/12314820159580.xml&coll=1">"Cao Learns Which Panels He'll Get"</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged May 2019">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> in <i>Times-Picayune</i>, January 9, 2008 Metro Edition, p. A4, which mentioned Cao's desire to take the seat previously occupied by <a href="/wiki/William_J._Jefferson" class="mw-redirect" title="William J. Jefferson">Jefferson</a> on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means" title="United States House Committee on Ways and Means">Ways & Means Committee</a>, which would have been a long shot for a freshman; instead, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Boustany" title="Charles Boustany">Charles Boustany</a>, a Republican reelected from <a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 7th congressional district">Louisiana's 7th congressional district</a>, was assigned to Ways & Means.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Michael_K._Fauntroy" title="Michael K. Fauntroy">Michael K. Fauntroy</a>, quoted by Jonathan Tilove in the <i>Times-Picayune</i>, December 19, 2008, p. A15 (Tilove's entire article <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1229667689263810.xml&coll=1">"Cao Tries to Crack Black Caucus"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081222135128/http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-0%2F1229667689263810.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2008-12-22 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> appears on pp. A1 and A15 of the Saint Tammany Edition).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlpertTilove2010" class="citation news cs1">Alpert, Bruce; Tilove, Jonathan (2010-09-19). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/washington/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1284877216139450.xml&coll=1">"Richmond featured at Emerging Leaders meeting"</a>. <i>Times-Picayune</i>. No. Metro Edition. New Orleans. p. A14.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Times-Picayune&rft.atitle=Richmond+featured+at+Emerging+Leaders+meeting&rft.issue=Metro+Edition&rft.pages=A14&rft.date=2010-09-19&rft.aulast=Alpert&rft.aufirst=Bruce&rft.au=Tilove%2C+Jonathan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nola.com%2Fnews%2Ft-p%2Fwashington%2Findex.ssf%3F%2Fbase%2Fnews-3%2F1284877216139450.xml%26coll%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoseph+Cao" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged May 2019">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jonathan Tilove, "Obama's first 100 days are graded on a curve" in <i>Times-Picayune</i> (New Orleans), April 29, 2009, Saint Tammany Edition, pp. A1, A6 (the Cao quotation appears twice on p. A1); web version = <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/louisianas_congressional_deleg.html">"Louisiana's congressional delegation grades President Obama's first 100 days from A to L"</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jonathan Tilove, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1235025519316200.xml&coll=1">"Effort to recall representative faces long odds"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121016081853/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-3%2F1235025519316200.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2012-10-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> in <i>Times-Picayune</i>, February 19, 2009, Saint Tammany Edition, p. A3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Michelle Krupa, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1235111039319590.xml&coll=1">"Recall reports 13,000 signees"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121016081900/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-3%2F1235111039319590.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2012-10-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> in <i>Times-Picayune</i>, February 20, 2009, Saint Tammany Edition, p. A4. See also Bob Warren, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-0/123519746141740.xml&coll=1">Recall petitions face big obstacles</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110604213934/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-0%2F123519746141740.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2011-06-04 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> in <i>Times-Picayune</i>, February 21, 2009, Saint Tammany Edition, p. B5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wdsu.com/politics/18861881/detail.html">Group Says It Will Seek Cao Recall In Federal Courts</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120224083200/http://www.wdsu.com/politics/18861881/detail.html">Archived</a> 2012-02-24 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <a href="/wiki/WDSU-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="WDSU-TV">WDSU-TV</a> Channel 6, New Orleans, March 5, 2009 (accessed March 6, 2009).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1236493312275190.xml&coll=1">Cao critic has own worries</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121016081906/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-0%2F1236493312275190.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2012-10-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>Times-Picayune</i>, March 8, 2009, Metro Edition, p. B5. On January 14, 2010, Young was again indicted, this time on bank fraud charges, by a <a href="/wiki/Grand_jury" title="Grand jury">grand jury</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_Mississippi" title="United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi">United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi</a> (Paul Purpura, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/01/pastor_who_led_failed_recall_o.html">Controversial pastor in new legal jam: Alleged bank scam follows 2006 plea</a> in <i>Times-Picayune</i>, 2010 January 15, Saint Tammany Edition, pp. B1, B2).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bruce Alpert & Jonathan Tilove, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-3/123590101540540.xml&coll=1">Cao phone too busy for the president</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110523072854/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-3%2F123590101540540.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2011-05-23 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>Times-Picayune</i>, March 1, 2009, Metro Edition, p. A13.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bruce Alpert & Jonathan Tilove, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-3/123590101540540.xml&coll=1">Cao on board with Demo spending bill</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110523072854/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-3%2F123590101540540.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2011-05-23 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>Times-Picayune</i>, March 1, 2009, Metro Edition, p. A13.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">James Gill, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.nola.com/jamesgill/2009/03/of_all_the_accusations_against.html">Of all the accusations against Stacy Head, only one sticks – she's white</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111002071905/http://blog.nola.com/jamesgill/2009/03/of_all_the_accusations_against.html">Archived</a> 2011-10-02 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>Times-Picayune</i>, March 18, 2009, Saint Tammany Edition, p. B5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Frank Donze & Michelle Krupa, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-34/1241847192206190.xml&coll=1">"Head hunters miss the mark in recall attempt"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120904063725/http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-34/1241847192206190.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2012-09-04 at <a href="/wiki/Archive.today" title="Archive.today">archive.today</a> in <i>Times-Picayune</i>, May 9, 2009, Saint Tammany Edition, p. B3).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jonathan Tilove, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1235629326140840.xml&coll=1">N.O. recovery office probed: Employees' complaints crippling</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121016081910/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-12%2F1235629326140840.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2012-10-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Times-Picayune</i>, February 26, 2009, Saint Tammany Edition, pp. A1, A6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tilove, <i>ibid.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bruce Alpert & Jonathan Tilove, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/sen_mary_landrieu_calls_for_fe.html">Landrieu, Cao call for FEMA official's resignation</a>; Jonathan Tilove & Bruce Alpert, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1235716276221970.xml&coll=1">FEMA office chief is urged to quit</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121016081930/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-1%2F1235716276221970.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2012-10-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Times-Picayune</i>, February 27, 2009, Saint Tammany Edition, pp. A1, A13; Gerard Shields, N.O. FEMA chief should resign, Landrieu, Cao say, <i>Advocate</i> (Baton Rouge), February 27, 2009, p. 1A, 4A (web version = <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/neworleans/40405852.html">Landrieu, Cao: N.O. FEMA chief should resign).</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged September 2023">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> Cao additionally called for the resignation of Jim Stark, director of FEMA's Louisiana office.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPace2009" class="citation web cs1">Pace, Gina (2009-02-26). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/la-sen-landrieu-demands-fema-resignation/">"La. Sen. Landrieu Demands FEMA Resignation"</a>. <a href="/wiki/CBS_News" title="CBS News">CBS News</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-07-10</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=La.+Sen.+Landrieu+Demands+FEMA+Resignation&rft.pub=CBS+News&rft.date=2009-02-26&rft.aulast=Pace&rft.aufirst=Gina&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Fla-sen-landrieu-demands-fema-resignation%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoseph+Cao" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nola.com/forums/townhall/index.ssf?extlink?artid=475206">[1]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110604224535/http://www.nola.com/forums/townhall/index.ssf?extlink%3Fartid=475206">Archived</a> 2011-06-04 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gwen Filosa, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1235802280228280.xml&coll=1">Local FEMA leaders reassigned: National chief in N.O. probing complaints</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121016081956/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-12%2F1235802280228280.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2012-10-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Times-Picayune</i>, February 28, 2009, Saint Tammany Edition, pp. A1, A8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Filosa, February 28, 2009, p. A8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cao, quoted in Filosa, February 28, 2009, p. A8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John Pope & Katy Reckdahl, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1236320528228290.xml&coll=1">Obama aides vow to speed recovery</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110523105437/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-12%2F1236320528228290.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2011-05-23 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Times-Picayune</i>, March 6, 2009, pp. A1, A9. Allen M. Johnson Jr., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/40830962.html">2 Cabinet members tour N.O., vow to boost recovery</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged September 2023">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Advocate_(Baton_Rouge)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Advocate (Baton Rouge)">Advocate</a></i> (Baton Rouge), March 6, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John Pope, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/neworleans/index.ssf?/base/news-10/123726733676110.xml&coll=1">Cao vows to help SUNO's recoveryCao vows to help SUNO's recovery: FEMA rejects plan for move to high ground</a>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged May 2019">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> <i>Times-Picayune</i>, March 17, 2009, Saint Tammany Edition, p. B3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jonathan Tilove, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-3/123726732076110.xml&coll=1">Gingrich backs Cao at fundraiser: He offered support after improbable win</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121016082134/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-3%2F123726732076110.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2012-10-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Times-Picayune</i>, March 17, 2009, Saint Tammany Edition, p. A4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bruce Nolan, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-3/123726732076110.xml&coll=1">Gingrich attacks federal bailouts: GOP leader addresses students at Tulane</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121016082134/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-3%2F123726732076110.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2012-10-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, in <i>Times-Picayune</i>, March 18, 2009, Saint Tammany Edition, p. A1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1237441094220440.xml&coll=1">Drier, higher ed</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110604184335/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-5%2F1237441094220440.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2011-06-04 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Times-Picayune</i> (New Orleans), March 19, 2009, Saint Tammany Edition, p. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 20,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Louisiana+Secretary+of+State&rft.atitle=Louisiana+Secretary+of+State+Multi-Parish+Elections+Inquiry&rft.date=2008-12-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww400.sos.louisiana.gov%3A8090%2Fcgibin%2F%3Frqstyp%3Delcms2%26rqsdta%3D120608&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoseph+Cao" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged June 2016">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> These results remained the same on becoming "official" after promulgation by the Jefferson Parish Board of Election Supervisors, the Orleans Parish Board of Election Supervisors, and the State Board of Election Supervisors.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-75">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/individual/#mapHLA/H/02">"Louisiana Election Results for the U.S. House"</a>. <i>CNN.com</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 20,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=CNN.com&rft.atitle=Louisiana+Election+Results+for+the+U.S.+House&rft.date=2008-12-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2FELECTION%2F2008%2Fresults%2Findividual%2F%23mapHLA%2FH%2F02&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoseph+Cao" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcmpct&rqsdta=1206081451906336">"Louisiana Secretary of State Election Results by Precinct U.S. Representative, 2nd Congressional District Orleans Parish"</a>. <i>Louisiana Secretary of State</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 20,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Louisiana+Secretary+of+State&rft.atitle=Louisiana+Secretary+of+State+Election+Results+by+Precinct+U.S.+Representative%2C+2nd+Congressional+District+Orleans+Parish&rft.date=2008-12-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww400.sos.louisiana.gov%3A8090%2Fcgibin%2F%3Frqstyp%3Delcmpct%26rqsdta%3D1206081451906336&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoseph+Cao" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged June 2016">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-77">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcmpct&rqsdta=1206081451906326">"Louisiana Secretary of State Election Results by Precinct U. S. Representative, 2nd Congressional District Jefferson Parish"</a>. <i>Louisiana Secretary of State</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 20,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Louisiana+Secretary+of+State&rft.atitle=Louisiana+Secretary+of+State+Election+Results+by+Precinct+U.+S.+Representative%2C+2nd+Congressional+District+Jefferson+Parish&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww400.sos.louisiana.gov%3A8090%2Fcgibin%2F%3Frqstyp%3Delcmpct%26rqsdta%3D1206081451906326&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoseph+Cao" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged June 2016">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-78">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090203071928/http://blog.nola.com/news_impact/2008/12/CAO120908.jpg">"How Cao Did It"</a>. <i>NOLA.com</i>. December 2008. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.nola.com/news_impact/2008/12/CAO120908.jpg">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(JPG)</span> on February 3, 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 20,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NOLA.com&rft.atitle=How+Cao+Did+It&rft.date=2008-12&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.nola.com%2Fnews_impact%2F2008%2F12%2FCAO120908.jpg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoseph+Cao" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-79">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McDonald and fellow Jefferson supporters, the Rev. Tom Watson and Jefferson's campaign manager and former chief of staff, Eugene Green, attended the December 31, 2008 meeting. With Cao at the meeting was former Appeals Court Judge David Williams. Jonathan Tilove, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1231136465190510.xml&coll=1">"Cao's Star Already Rising in D.C."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121016045057/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-1%2F1231136465190510.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2012-10-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (<i>Times-Picayune</i>, January 5, 2009, Metro Edition, pp. A1, A4; URL retrieved January 11, 2009).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Alexander Burns, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16879_Page2.html">"Top 10 Political Upsets of 2008"</a> posted December 29, 2008 retrieved January 7, 2009. Cao was supposed to be interviewed on Fox News' <i><a href="/wiki/Hannity_%26_Colmes" title="Hannity & Colmes">Hannity & Colmes</a></i> but was repeatedly bumped by news stories related to <a href="/wiki/Rod_Blagojevich" title="Rod Blagojevich">Rod Blagojevich</a> and <a href="/wiki/Caylee_Anthony" class="mw-redirect" title="Caylee Anthony">Caylee Anthony</a>. Cao was, however, interviewed on <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a>, broadcast January 11, 2009. See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1231659036147700.xml&coll=1">"Dance Cart a Little Too Full for Cao on Fox News Show"</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged May 2019">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> (retrieved January 12, 2008) in <i>Times-Picayune</i>, January 11, 2008, Metro Edition, p. A10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-81">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Before Cao, the last Republican to represent a majority African-American congressional district was white attorney <a href="/wiki/Webb_Franklin" title="Webb Franklin">Webb Franklin</a> for <a href="/wiki/Mississippi%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Mississippi's 2nd congressional district">Mississippi's 2nd congressional district</a> from 1983 to 1987. The last black Republican to represent a district with an African-American majority was <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Stanton_De_Priest" title="Oscar Stanton De Priest">Oscar Stanton De Priest</a>, whose career representing <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 1st congressional district">Illinois's 1st congressional district</a> ended in 1935. Besides numerous examples during the <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era" title="Reconstruction era">Reconstruction era</a> and its aftermath, in the 20th century black Republicans <a href="/wiki/Edward_Brooke" title="Edward Brooke">Edward Brooke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Franks" title="Gary Franks">Gary Franks</a>, and <a href="/wiki/J._C._Watts" title="J. C. Watts">J. C. Watts</a> represented largely non-black constituencies in Congress.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Holy Cao, Louisiana Makes History". <i>Daily Star</i>. <a href="/wiki/Hammond,_Louisiana" title="Hammond, Louisiana">Hammond, Louisiana</a>. December 16, 2008. p. 4A.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Daily+Star&rft.atitle=Holy+Cao%2C+Louisiana+Makes+History&rft.pages=4A&rft.date=2008-12-16&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoseph+Cao" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGrace2008" class="citation news cs1">Grace, Stephanie (December 14, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081217024435/http://blog.nola.com/stephaniegrace/2008/12/gleeful_gop_mobs_cao_bandwagon.html">"Gleeful GOP mobs Cao bandwagon"</a>. <i>Times-Picayune</i>. p. B5. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.nola.com/stephaniegrace/2008/12/gleeful_gop_mobs_cao_bandwagon.html">the original</a> on December 17, 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 20,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Times-Picayune&rft.atitle=Gleeful+GOP+mobs+Cao+bandwagon&rft.pages=B5&rft.date=2008-12-14&rft.aulast=Grace&rft.aufirst=Stephanie&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.nola.com%2Fstephaniegrace%2F2008%2F12%2Fgleeful_gop_mobs_cao_bandwagon.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoseph+Cao" class="Z3988"></span> On March 27, 2009, Boehner participated in a fund-raising effort for Cao in New Orleans (Jonathan Tilove, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1238217690247720.xml&coll=1">'Future is Cao' author visits</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121016081626/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-3%2F1238217690247720.xml&coll=1">Archived</a> 2012-10-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Times-Picayune</i>, March 28, 2009, Saint Tammany Edition, p. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-10-13</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Times-Picayune&rft.atitle=Assessor+hands+Cao+his+nod+from+afar&rft.pages=A7&rft.date=2010-10-13&rft.aulast=Donze&rft.aufirst=Frank&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nola.com%2Fnews%2Ft-p%2Fneworleans%2Findex.ssf%3F%2Fbase%2Fnews-15%2F1286951446184890.xml%26coll%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoseph+Cao" class="Z3988"></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDonze2010" class="citation news cs1">Donze, Frank (2010-10-15). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/neworleans/index.ssf?/base/news-15/1287037887204470.xml&coll=1">"Cao's vote on health care front and center at forum: Cao talks up Obama ties; another Democrat for Cao"</a>. <i>Times-Picayune</i>. 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Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Vitter" title="David Vitter">Vitter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jindal" title="Bobby Jindal">Jindal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Scalise" title="Steve Scalise">Scalise</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="10" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/200px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></span></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Louisiana.svg/100px-Flag_of_Louisiana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Louisiana.svg/150px-Flag_of_Louisiana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Louisiana.svg/200px-Flag_of_Louisiana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="7040" data-file-height="4556" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Louisiana02 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 2nd congressional district">2nd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_H._Gurley" title="Henry H. 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Hunt">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Taylor_(politician)" title="Miles Taylor (politician)">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Mann_(1822%E2%80%931868)" title="James Mann (1822–1868)">Mann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Allen_Sheldon" title="Lionel Allen Sheldon">Sheldon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._John_Ellis" title="E. John Ellis">Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hahn" title="Michael Hahn">Hahn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_D._Wallace" title="Nathaniel D. Wallace">Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_D._Lagan" title="Matthew D. Lagan">Lagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_D._Coleman" title="Hamilton D. Coleman">Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_D._Lagan" title="Matthew D. Lagan">Lagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Davey" title="Robert C. Davey">Davey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Buck" title="Charles F. Buck">Buck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Davey" title="Robert C. Davey">Davey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Gilmore" title="Samuel L. Gilmore">Gilmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._Garland_Dupr%C3%A9" title="H. Garland Dupré">Dupré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Z._Spearing" title="James Z. Spearing">Spearing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_H._Maloney" title="Paul H. Maloney">Maloney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hale_Boggs" title="Hale Boggs">H. Boggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_H._Maloney" title="Paul H. Maloney">Maloney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hale_Boggs" title="Hale Boggs">H. Boggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindy_Boggs" title="Lindy Boggs">L. Boggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Jefferson_(politician)" title="William Jefferson (politician)">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedric_Richmond" title="Cedric Richmond">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Carter_(politician)" title="Troy Carter (politician)">Carter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Louisiana03 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 3rd congressional district">3rd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_L._Brent" title="William L. Brent">Brent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Hampden_Overton" title="Walter Hampden Overton">Overton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Bullard" title="Henry A. Bullard">Bullard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rice_Garland" title="Rice Garland">Garland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Moore_(Louisiana_politician)" title="John Moore (Louisiana politician)">J. Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bennett_Dawson" title="John Bennett Dawson">Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Harmanson" title="John H. Harmanson">Harmanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_G._Penn" title="Alexander G. Penn">Penn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Perkins_Jr." title="John Perkins Jr.">Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_G._Davidson" title="Thomas G. Davidson">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Newsham" title="Joseph P. Newsham">Newsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Bidwell_Darrall" title="Chester Bidwell Darrall">Darrall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_H._Acklen" title="Joseph H. Acklen">Acklen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Bidwell_Darrall" title="Chester Bidwell Darrall">Darrall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Pitt_Kellogg" title="William Pitt Kellogg">Kellogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_J._Gay_(politician,_born_1816)" title="Edward J. Gay (politician, born 1816)">Gay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Price_(politician)" title="Andrew Price (politician)">Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Broussard" title="Robert F. Broussard">Broussard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitmell_P._Martin" title="Whitmell P. Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Numa_F._Montet" title="Numa F. Montet">Montet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Mouton" title="Robert L. Mouton">Mouton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_R._Domengeaux" title="James R. Domengeaux">Domengeaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_E._Willis" title="Edwin E. Willis">Willis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_T._Caffery" title="Patrick T. Caffery">Caffery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Treen" title="Dave Treen">Treen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Tauzin" title="Billy Tauzin">Tauzin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Melan%C3%A7on" title="Charlie Melançon">Melançon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Landry" title="Jeff Landry">J. M. Landry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Boustany" title="Charles Boustany">Boustany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_Higgins" title="Clay Higgins">Higgins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Louisiana04 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 4th congressional district">4th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Bossier" title="Pierre Bossier">Bossier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_E._Morse" title="Isaac E. Morse">Morse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Moore_(Louisiana_politician)" title="John Moore (Louisiana politician)">J. Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roland_Jones" title="Roland Jones">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Sandidge" title="John M. Sandidge">Sandidge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Landrum" title="John M. Landrum">Landrum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Vidal" title="Michel Vidal">Vidal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Newsham" title="Joseph P. Newsham">Newsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_McCleery" title="James McCleery">McCleery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Boarman" title="Alexander Boarman">Boarman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Luke_Smith" title="George Luke Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_M._Levy" title="William M. Levy">Levy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Barton_Elam" title="Joseph Barton Elam">Elam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_C._Blanchard" title="Newton C. Blanchard">Blanchard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Warren_Ogden" title="Henry Warren Ogden">Ogden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phanor_Breazeale" title="Phanor Breazeale">Breazeale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_T._Watkins" title="John T. Watkins">Watkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_N._Sandlin" title="John N. Sandlin">Sandlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overton_Brooks" title="Overton Brooks">Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Waggonner" title="Joe Waggonner">Waggonner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Leach" title="Buddy Leach">Leach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Roemer" title="Buddy Roemer">Roemer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McCrery" title="Jim McCrery">McCrery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleo_Fields" title="Cleo Fields">Fields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McCrery" title="Jim McCrery">McCrery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Fleming_(American_politician)" title="John Fleming (American politician)">Fleming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Johnson" title="Mike Johnson">M. Johnson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Louisiana05 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 5th congressional district">5th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W._Jasper_Blackburn" title="W. Jasper Blackburn">Blackburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Morey" title="Frank Morey">Morey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Spencer" title="William B. Spencer">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_E._Leonard" title="John E. Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Smith_Young" title="J. Smith Young">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Floyd_King" title="J. Floyd King">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherubusco_Newton" title="Cherubusco Newton">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_J._Boatner" title="Charles J. Boatner">Boatner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_T._Baird" title="Samuel T. Baird">Baird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_E._Ransdell" title="Joseph E. Ransdell">Ransdell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Walter_Elder" title="James Walter Elder">Elder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riley_J._Wilson" title="Riley J. Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newt_V._Mills" title="Newt V. Mills">Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._McKenzie" title="Charles E. McKenzie">McKenzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otto_Passman" title="Otto Passman">Passman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Huckaby" title="Jerry Huckaby">Huckaby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McCrery" title="Jim McCrery">McCrery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cooksey" title="John Cooksey">Cooksey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Alexander" title="Rodney Alexander">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vance_McAllister" title="Vance McAllister">McAllister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Abraham_(politician)" title="Ralph Abraham (politician)">Abraham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Letlow" title="Julia Letlow">Letlow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Louisiana06 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 6th congressional district">6th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Nash" title="Charles E. Nash">Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_White_Robertson" title="Edward White Robertson">E. Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_T._Lewis_(politician)" title="Edward T. Lewis (politician)">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Briggs_Irion" title="Alfred Briggs Irion">Irion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_White_Robertson" title="Edward White Robertson">E. Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_M._Robertson" title="Samuel M. Robertson">S. Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_K._Favrot" title="George K. Favrot">Favrot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Charles_Wickliffe" title="Robert Charles Wickliffe">Wickliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_L._Morgan" title="Lewis L. Morgan">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Y._Sanders_Sr." title="Jared Y. Sanders Sr.">Sanders Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_K._Favrot" title="George K. Favrot">Favrot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivar_E._Kemp" title="Bolivar E. Kemp">Kemp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Y._Sanders_Jr." title="Jared Y. Sanders Jr.">Sanders Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_K._Griffith" title="John K. Griffith">Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Y._Sanders_Jr." title="Jared Y. Sanders Jr.">Sanders Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_H._Morrison" title="James H. Morrison">Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rarick" title="John Rarick">Rarick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henson_Moore" title="Henson Moore">H. 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Overton">Overton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Dear" title="Cleveland Dear">Dear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Leonard_Allen" title="A. Leonard Allen">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_S._Long" title="George S. Long">G. S. "Doc" Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_B._McSween" title="Harold B. McSween">McSween</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillis_William_Long" title="Gillis William Long">G. W. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speedy_Long" title="Speedy Long">S. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillis_William_Long" title="Gillis William Long">G. W. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Small_Long" title="Catherine Small Long">C. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_C._Holloway" title="Clyde C. 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