Democrat William Jefferson, eight-term Congressman from New Orleans was reelected last week in a runoff. Jefferson is best known nationally for being videotaped while accepting $100,000 cash from an FBI informant and stashing $90,000 cash in his congressional office freezer.

Just goes to show that no amount of corruption will deter a good Louisiana politician – or it’s citizens - and how hard it is to get an incumbent, no matter how incompetent or corrupt, out of office.

Jefferson, who is black, beat State Representative Karen Carter, who is also black. Jefferson captured 79% of the black vote and Carter captured 76% of the white vote.