Orleans Parish Republican Executive Committee Endorses Cedric Richmond

Congressman Cedric Richmond (D) Louisiana

UPDATE: The Orleans Republican Executive Committee has issued a press release that states they have made no endorsement in the CD2 race. When I originally wrote this story I was going off of the statements of three eyewitnesses who attended the meeting. Those eyewitnesses are welcome to comment in the comment section of this blog. The press release from Orleans RPEC is visible below this story.

In Louisiana political parties are organized into parish executive committees (PECs) which all send a representative to a state central committee.   Orleans Parish is no exception, and they held there monthly meeting last Thursday night on September 4th.

At this meeting one of the most politically bizarre events occurred! The midterm federal elections are coming up and Cedric Richmond (D) will be running as an incumbent to maintain his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives as the…