Louisiana State Senate has first Republican majority since Reconstruction after special election

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'Louisiana State Senate has first Republican majority since Reconstruction.' Vladimir Amplification

2/20/11, "GOP Candidate Wins Lousiana Senate Special Election, Shifting Majority," AP

Abbeville, La. -- "Unofficial election returns show that Republican Jonathan Perry has narrowly defeated Democrat Nathan Granger in the race to fill a vacant state Senate seat,

• possibly giving the GOP control of the Senate.

The Louisiana Secretary of State reported on its website Saturday night that Perry received 52 percent of the vote to 48 percent for Granger, with all 106 precincts reporting. Election officials said the results still must be certified and they can be contested until Feb. 28.

• Granger told The Associated Press that he left phone and text messages with Perry offering his congratulations.

"The message I left was, 'Congratulations on a great win. Good luck to him and I wish him well."'

Granger said his staff will obviously review the results but that he didn't expect to contest them."...

via Vladimir at RedState