I guess we could've predicted it ourselves, but Dr. Gilda Reed has officially lost 75-22.  I'm extremely disappointed in LA-01, they've now managed to elect exactly the type of Bush-clone Republican that got us into the mess we're in as a country.  I hope they realize that they just elected someone from the minority in Congress, severely limiting their chances to get any help at a federal level.  I  don't know why I'm surprised, the blatant gerrymandering of this district to keep it majority white/conservative is pretty powerful.  When you add in the scare tactics the Republicans use (yes, Scalise only a week ago said on the radio "we have to fight em over there so they don't come here") it was probably un-winnable for a Dem, even a moderate Dem like Gilda.   I'm pretty sure if you overlaid a map of working class or democratic families by location you would find all of them left out of 01.  I am, by six blocks, myself. 

On the bright side, Dems took the sixth, and we'll have another shot at the 1st in the general. 

Thanks to all who followed this story.