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The 1964 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on March 3, 1964. Democrat John McKeithen won a highly-competitive primary and dispatched Republican Charlton Lyons in the general election, though Lyons made a historically good showing for a Louisiana Republican up to this point.
In June 2006, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco signed Senate Bill No. 18 (later Act No. 560) into law, which took effect in 2008 and returned Congressional races to the closed primary system. In 2010, the legislature voted to revert federal elections to the nonpartisan blanket primary system with the passage of House Bill 292, which was ...
Beginning in February 2007, speculation grew among Louisiana political commentators that former U.S. Senator and current Washington, D.C. lobbyist John Breaux would announce his candidacy. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] However, controversy emerged as to whether Breaux would meet the residency requirements to run for governor as he had listed his primary ...
The 1928 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on April 17, 1928. Like in most Southern states between the Reconstruction era and the civil rights movement , Louisiana 's Republican Party was virtually nonexistent in terms of electoral support.
Incumbent Governor Edwin Edwards was ineligible to run for a third term, making it the only gubernatorial election in Louisiana between 1972 and 1991 to not feature Edwards as a candidate. In the race to succeed him, Dave Treen narrowly defeated Louis Lambert to become the first Republican governor of Louisiana since the Reconstruction Era.
The 1972 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on February 1, 1972. Edwin Edwards defeated Republican candidate David Treen to become Governor of Louisiana . Party primaries were held on November 6, 1971, and a run-off was held for the Democratic nomination on December 18, 1971.
Republicans will reclaim the Louisiana governor’s office, CNN projects, with state Attorney General Jeff Landry winning a majority of the vote Saturday in the state’s “jungle primary” and ...
2023 Louisiana gubernatorial election ← 2019 October 14, 2023 2027 → Turnout 36.3% Candidate Jeff Landry Shawn Wilson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 547,827 275,525 Percentage 51.56% 25.93% Candidate Stephen Waguespack John Schroder Party Republican Republican Popular vote 62,287 56,654 Percentage 5.86% 5.33% Parish results Congressional district results Precinct results Landry ...