I have been following Louisiana’s gubernatorial race and have been pulling for pro-life Bobby Jindal. Today, election day, I haven’t heard anything new, but I just discovered the site for the official results. If it works as promised, you can click on it and see actual results as each of the 4,143 precincts officially reports.



I love the internet! No need to wait for “old media” to make announcements when they feel like it. Instead, we can know the actual results as soon as they do.



Update: Literally within seconds of my creating this post, the precincts started to report.



Update: With 3,991 precincts reporting (96.3%), Jindal is losing 48% to 52%. Unless absentee ballots are not counted in this, it looks like Louisianans have elected their first female governor. Democrats around the nation will breathe a sigh of relief that the Republicans did not sweep all four of the 2003 gubernatorial elections.



Final Update: Jindal did indeed lose to his conservative democratic opponent 48% to 52%. At least Governor Elect Kathleen Blanco seems both competent and pro-life. Hopefully she will do well for Louisiana.