Embattled Democrat William Jefferson of Louisiana lost his seat to a Republican Saturday in the delayed state general elections. Taking the indicted congressman's place in the 2nd District is Joseph Cao, who becomes the first Vietnamese American ever to serve in Congress. Cao defeated Jefferson by a 49.6%-46.8% margin.

"Joseph Cao represents a new era in Louisiana - one in which voters continue to reject the politics of corruption," said NRCC Chairman Tom Cole.

While the GOP took a second seat in Louisiana from the Democrats (it also won back LA-6 after losing it in a special election earlier this year), the Dems grabbed Ohio's 15th District. Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy, thanks to provisional ballots being counted since Nov. 4, defeated Republican Steve Stivers to win the open Republican seat.

In Louisiana's 4th District, Republican John Fleming and Democrat Paul Carmouche are currently separated by just 356 votes, with Fleming clinging to a 48.07%-47.69% lead. Carmouche has yet to concede the race and is likely to call for a recount.

Other than LA-4, the lone remaining undecided seat is Virginia's 5th District, where Rep. Virgil Goode has requested a recount after Democrat Tom Perriello initially appeared to defeat him. Should LA-4 remain Republican and VA-5 flip to the Democrats, the Dems would come out of the 2008 elections with 21 more House seats than they had in the 110th Congress.