Rep. John Fleming tweets a warning to would-be opponents: I'm flush with cash
by Jonathan Tilove - Times-Picayune (excerpt)

WASHINGTON -- Tweeting has many uses in politics, among them scaring off a potential opponent. And so it is that Rep. John Fleming, R-Minden, tweeted Monday, "Big news today on first quarter funding. Best quarter yet. Stand by for details." And then a bit later, "1st Quarter ends with $750,000+ cash on hand for campaign. More than $398,000 raised during the quarter. Thank you to generous supporters!" So far, Fleming has no opponent for re-election to a third term, and three quarters of a million dollars in his campaign kitty would seem another reason for any candidate, starting from scratch, to think twice about mounting a challenge. But, while he is not a particularly ripe target, he is the ripest in the state for Democrats wanting to pick up a seat in a House delegation that is now 6-1 Republican but will be losing a seat in the next Congress. Fleming won his first term by only 356 votes over Paul Carmouche. While he easily won a second term, his district has been redrawn a bit as the state's congressional maps were redrawn.