共和国の／共和党の 挑戦者 勝利，勝つs Louisiana U.S. 上院 race
By Jonathan Kaminsky
NEW ORLEANS, Dec 6 (Reuters) - 共和国の／共和党の 下院議員 法案 Cassidy handily won a Louisiana U.S. 上院 runoff 選挙 on Saturday, capping big 勝利，勝つs for his party in the Nov. 4 midterms at the expense of one of the 議会's last remaining southern 民主党員s.
Cassidy, whose victory swells the 階級s of 共和国の／共和党のs in the 上院 to 54, 敗北・負かすd Mary Landrieu, a three-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 現職の who last month 押し進めるd hard for a 上院 投票（する） on 認可するing the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada's oil sands to the U.S. 湾 Coast that （機の）カム up just short.
Cassidy, 57, ran a disciplined （選挙などの）運動をする 焦点（を合わせる）d on linking Landrieu to 大統領 Barack Obama, who is 深く，強烈に 人気がない の中で whites in Louisiana. With all 管区s 報告（する）／憶測ing, he 敗北・負かすd Landrieu by just under 12 百分率 points, uncertified results showed.
"This victory happened because people in Louisiana 投票（する）d for a 政府 which serves us but does not tell us what to do," Cassidy told a jubilant （人が）群がる in Baton 紅.
Cassidy becomes the ninth 共和国の／共和党の to 逮捕（する） a 以前 Democratic seat this year in a runoff held because no 候補者 安全な・保証するd a 大多数 in the Nov. 4 open 最初の／主要な.
Landrieu, 59, had been fighting to remain one of only two Democratic 上院議員s from the southeastern U.S. - a party 要塞／本拠地 a 世代 ago - after losses last month by Democratic 現職のs in Arkansas and North Carolina.
"It has been nothing but a joy to serve this 明言する／公表する for over 34 years," Landrieu said before 支持者s in New Orleans, referring to a political career that began in the Louisiana 明言する／公表する 立法機関 in 1980.
The 最高の，を越す 民主党員 on the 上院 Energy and Natural 資源s 委員会, Landrieu （選挙などの）運動をするd on her clout, a message 複雑にするd by her party's loss of 上院 支配（する）／統制する in last month's midterms and her failed pipeline 成果／努力s.
Days before the runoff she 掴むd on 主張s that Cassidy, a 医療の doctor, falsified some time sheets and failed to とじ込み／提出する others for a part-time Louisiana 明言する／公表する University hospital 職業. Cassidy has 否定するd the 主張s, which the school says it is reviewing.
Landrieu's difficulties were 構内／化合物d by the scant 財政上の support she received from the Democratic Senatorial （選挙などの）運動をする 委員会 and outside groups ahead of the runoff.
Cassidy had no 類似の problems. 広告s supporting him and 批判的な of Landrieu saturated the airwaves, 含むing one 30-second anti-Landrieu ビデオ 解放（する）d by Ending Spending 活動／戦闘 基金 in late November featuring nine separate images of Obama. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Jonathan Kaminsky; Editing by Tom Heneghan, Robert Birsel & Kim Coghill)
