Mary Landrieu in State of Florida Archives


On Principles & Values: 1996-97: ten-month investigation over voting irregularities

In that 1996-97 period, a U.S. Senate election contest [took place], a real doozy in Louisiana between Democrat Mary Landrieu and Republican Woody Jenkins. The U.S. Senate itself--even more than state courts--is one of the places where decisions can be made about who becomes a U.S. Senator. Right there in the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section IV, it says, "Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members." In the Landrieu case, she won by nearly 6,000 votes.

Jenkins claimed widespread irregularities in the election. For ten months, the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate investigated Landrieu's alleged involvement in alleged shenanigans. Landrieu kept her Senate seat.

Source: This Is Not Florida, by Jay Weiner, p. 35-36 Sep 16, 2010

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