Republican outsider Vance McAllister wins House seat in Louisiana

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4. Louisiana Republican Who Backs Obamacare’s Medicaid Provision Wins Seat Over Party Favorite

Louisiana Republican Who Backs Obamacare’s Medicaid Provision Wins Seat Over Party Favorite

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McAllister received the endorsement of some Democrats who believed him more willing to work across party lines.

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/11/17/2956311/louisiana-republican-medicaid/

Mayor Mayo endorses McAllister

WASHINGTON — Democratic Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo said Tuesday that he is “strongly supporting” Republican businessman Vance McAllister in the all-GOP runoff for the vacant congressional 5th District seat.

Mayo, who finished third in the Oct. 12 primary election, said he is endorsing McAllister because he is the candidate willing to work across party lines and fight to improve the district, which is “one of the poorest” in the nation.

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http://theadvocate.com/home/7444654-125/mayor-mayo-endorses-mcallister

Mr. McAllister goes to Washington

Republican Vance McAllister, who nobody other than family and friends had heard of three months ago, is headed to Washington, D.C., to represent Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District.

McAllister, 39, of Swartz, a political comet, beat fellow Republican and state Sen. Neil Riser of Columbia, and it wasn’t close. He won 60 percent to 40 percent in the runoff election Saturday night.

McAllister, a college dropout, former roughneck and astute businessman, stunned the established political landscape with his landslide victory.

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Riser had the backing of former U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Ruston, who resigned at the height of his popularity to take a job in Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal’s Cabinet...He also had the endorsements of each of the state’s sitting Republican congressmen, as well as powerful lobbyists like the National Rifle Association.

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