NO LACK OF CANDIDATES TO RUN AGAINST REP. WILLIAM (90 GRAND IN THE FREEZER) JEFFERSON

By DOUG SIMPSON

Associated Press Writer

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A string of challengers jumped into the race Wednesday against Rep. William Jefferson, whose Washington office was raided by the FBI amid a federal bribery investigation.

The three-day filing period for entering the November elections started Wednesday. In Louisiana, there are no earlier party primaries; if no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote on Election Day, the top two go to a December runoff.

State Sen. Derrick Shepherd filed his election paperwork Wednesday morning, saying the corruption allegations against Jefferson have weakened the congressman's ability to represent his New Orleans-area constituents as they recover from Hurricane Katrina.

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