2016 United States Senate election in Louisiana ← 2010 November 8, 2016 (first round) 2022 →
Turnout 67.8% Kennedy: 10–20% 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Campbell: 10–20% 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Boustany: 10–20% 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% >90%Fayard: 10–20% 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%Fleming: 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 80–90% >90%Maness: 20–30% 30–40%Duke: 20–30% 50–60%Edwards: 20–30% 30–40%Landrieu: 50–60%Crawford: >90%Cao: 30–40% 40–50%Billiot: 20–30% 30–40%Williams: 10–20% 30–40% 40–50%Mendoza: 20–30%Tie: <20% 30–40% 40–50% No votesFirst round parish results Kennedy: 10–20% 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Campbell: 10–20% 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Boustany: 10–20% 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% >90%Fayard: 10–20% 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%Fleming: 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 80–90% >90%Maness: 20–30% 30–40%Duke: 20–30% 50–60%Edwards: 20–30% 30–40%Landrieu: 50–60%Crawford: >90%Cao: 30–40% 40–50%Billiot: 20–30% 30–40%Williams: 10–20% 30–40% 40–50%Mendoza: 20–30%Tie: <20% 30–40% 40–50% No votesFirst round precinct results Kennedy: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Campbell: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Tie: 50% No votesRunoff parish results Kennedy: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Campbell: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Tie: 50% No votesRunoff congressional district results Kennedy: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Campbell: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Tie: 50% No votesRunoff precinct results
The2016 United States Senate election in Louisiana took place on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of theUnited States Senate to represent thestate of Louisiana , concurrently with the2016 U.S. presidential election , as well asother elections to the United States Senate in other states andelections to theUnited States House of Representatives , and variousstate andlocal elections .
Under Louisiana's "jungle primary " system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters could vote for any candidate. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote during the primary election, a runoff election was held on December 10[ 1] John Neely Kennedy and DemocratFoster Campbell , where Kennedy won with 60.65% of the vote, giving Senate Republicans 52 seats in the 115th Congress. Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system (California andWashington have a similar"top two primary" system). Kennedy had previously unsuccessfully ran for this seat in 2004 as a Democrat and the state's other U.S. Senate seat in 2008 as a Republican.
IncumbentRepublican SenatorDavid Vitter unsuccessfully ran forgovernor of Louisiana in2015 ,[ 2] [ 3]
In addition to Kennedy and Campbell, four other candidates — RepublicansCharles Boustany ,John Fleming , andDavid Duke , and Democrat Caroline Fayard — qualified to participate at a debate atDillard University , a historically black college, on November 2, 2016[ 4] [ 5]
Charles Boustany , U.S. representative[ 6] [ 7] Joseph Cao , former U.S. representative and candidate for Louisiana attorney general in2011 [ 8] [ 9] Donald "Crawdaddy" Crawford, business appraiser[ 10] David Duke , formerstate representative , formerGrand Wizard of theKu Klux Klan andperennial candidate [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] John Fleming , U.S. representative[ 14] John Neely Kennedy , state treasurer, Democratic candidate for this seat in2004 [ 15] Class 2 in2008 Rob Maness, retired United States Air Force colonel, and candidate for the U.S. Senate in2014 [ 16] Charles Eugene Marsala, financial advisor and former mayor ofAtherton, California [ 10] Scott Angelle ,Public Service commissioner , formerlieutenant governor of Louisiana , and candidate for governor in2015 (running for LA-03 )[ 20] [ 21] [ 22] Jay Dardenne , Louisiana commissioner of Administration, formerlieutenant governor of Louisiana and candidate for governor in2015 [ 23] [ 24] Zach Dasher, pharmaceutical representative, cousin of theRobertson family and candidate forLA-05 in2014 [ 25] [ 26] Brett Geymann , former state representative (running for LA-03 )[ 25] [ 27] Clay Higgins , formerSt. Landry Parish sheriff's captain (running for LA-03 )[ 28] [ 29] Paul Hollis , state representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in2014 [ 17] [ 30] [ 31] Bobby Jindal , formergovernor of Louisiana [ 32] Vance McAllister , former U.S. representative and candidate for the state senate in 2015[ 33] Tony Perkins , president of theFamily Research Council , former state representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in2002 [ 34] [ 35] Melinda Schwegmann , former lieutenant governor of Louisiana, former state representative, and candidate for governor in1995 [ 17] [ 30] Eric Skrmetta , Public Service Commissioner[ 25] [ 36] [ 37] David Vitter , incumbent U.S. senator and nominee for governor in2015 [ 3] John Young, former president ofJefferson Parish and candidate for lieutenant governor in2015 [ 31] [ 38] Foster Campbell ,Public Service commissioner , formerstate senator , candidate for governor in2007 and forLA-04 in1980 ,1988 and1990 [ 39] Derrick Edwards, attorney and disability rights activist[ 17] Caroline Fayard, attorney and candidate for lieutenant governor in2010 [ 40] Gary Landrieu, building contractor, candidate for theNew Orleans City Council in 2012, candidate forLA-02 in2012 and2014 and cousin of former U.S. SenatorMary Landrieu andNew Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu [ 41] Vinny Mendoza, USAF Ret. Veteran, organic farmer and 1st CD candidate in 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014,[ 42] Josh Pellerin, businessman[ 43] [ 44] [ 45] Peter Williams, tree farmer, candidate forLA-06 in2014 and Independent candidate forLA-05 in2013 [ 10] Jim Bernhard, president of Bernhard Capital Partners, founder and former CEO ofThe Shaw Group and former chairman of theLouisiana Democratic Party [ 46] [ 47] [ 48] Don Cazayoux , former U.S. representative and formerUnited States attorney for theMiddle District of Louisiana [ 49] [ 50] John Georges , businessman, candidate for governor in2007 and candidate for mayor of New Orleans in2010 [ 47] Kip Holden , mayor-president ofEast Baton Rouge Parish and candidate for lieutenant governor in2015 (running for LA-02 )[ 51] [ 52] [ 53] Robert Johnson , state representative and candidate forLA-05 in2013 [ 54] [ 55] Eric LaFleur , state senator[ 21] [ 56] [ 57] Mary Landrieu , former U.S. senator[ 58] Mitch Landrieu ,mayor ofNew Orleans and formerlieutenant governor of Louisiana [ 59] [ 60] Charlie Melancon , former U.S. representative and nominee in2010 [ 61] [ 62] Jacques Roy , mayor ofAlexandria [ 46] [ 54] [ 55] [ 56] Gary Smith, Jr. , state senator[ 17] [ 25] [ 49] Dates Location Kennedy Campbell Boustany Fayard Fleming Duke Link October 18, 2016 Ruston ,Louisiana Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Not invited [ 67] November 2, 2016 New Orleans ,Louisiana Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant [ 68]
Charles Boustany
Individuals
Mark Abraham , state representative[ 69] Bret Allain , state senator[ 69] Stuart Bishop , state representative[ 69] Chris Broadwater , state representative[ 69] Steve Carter , state representative[ 69] Page Cortez , state senator[ 69] Jean-Paul Coussan , state representative[ 69] Mike Danahay , state representative (Democrat )[ 69] Paula Davis , state representative[ 69] Stephen Dwight, state representative[ 69] Cameron Henry , state representative[ 69] [ 70] Ronnie Johns , state senator[ 69] Nancy Landry , state representative[ 69] Tanner Magee , state representative[ 69] Dan Morrish , state senator[ 69] Newell Normand ,Jefferson Parish sheriff[ 71] Abhay Patel , businessman and former candidate for the United States Senate[ 72] Barrow Peacock , state senator[ 69] Julie Stokes , state representative[ 69] Michael Strain ,Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry [ 73] Jerome Zeringue, state representative[ 69] Newspapers
Foster Campbell
Individuals
Sidney Barthelemy , formermayor ofNew Orleans [ 79] Wesley T. Bishop , state senator[ 79] Lambert Boissiere III, Public Service commissioner[ 79] Lambert Boissiere Jr., 1st City Court constable, former New Orleans city councilman and former state senator[ 79] Larry Carter, United Teachers of New Orleans[ 79] John Bel Edwards ,governor of Louisiana [ 80] Nick Felton, New Orleans Firefighter Association IAFF Local 632[ 79] James Gray, New Orleans city councilman[ 79] Tiger Hammonds, Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO[ 79] Cynthia Hedge-Morrell , former New Orleans councilwoman[ 79] Juan LaFonta , former state representative[ 79] Arthur Morrell , Orleans Parish Criminal Court clerk and former state representative[ 79] Irma Muse Dixon , former Public Service commissioner and former state representative[ 79] Organizations
John Fleming
Individuals
Gary Bauer , founder and chairman of Campaign for Working Families, former president of theFamily Research Council and candidate for President in 2000[ 99] William G. Boykin , retired Army lieutenant general and executive vice president of theFamily Research Council [ 100] Ted Cruz , U.S. senator from Texas and candidate for president in2016 [ 101] Jim Jordan , U.S. representative (OH-04) and chairman of theHouse Freedom Caucus [ 102] Mike Lee , U.S. senator from Utah[ 103] Penny Nance, CEO and president ofConcerned Women for America [ 104] Tony Perkins , president of theFamily Research Council , former state representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in2002 [ 35] Willie Robertson , TV personality[ 105] Rick Santorum , former U.S. senator fromPennsylvania and candidate for president in2012 and2016 [ 106] Organizations
John Neely Kennedy
Individuals
Pat Brister ,St. Tammany Parish president[ 114] Timothy Burns , former state representative[ 114] Lane Carson , former secretary of theLouisiana Department of Veterans Affairs [ 114] Billy Chandler , former state representative[ 115] Patrick Connick , state representative[ 116] Jack Donahue , state senator[ 114] Reid Falconer , state representative[ 114] Robert Faucheux , former state representative (Democratic )[ 115] Jimmy Fitzmorris , formerlieutenant governor of Louisiana (Democratic)[ 115] Franklin Foil , state representative[ 115] Murphy J. Foster, Jr. , formergovernor of Louisiana and state senator[ 117] James Garvey ,BESE member[ 116] Paul Hollis , state representative[ 114] Gary Jones , BESE member[ 115] Rick Nowlin ,Natchitoches Parish president[ 118] Kevin Pearson , state representative[ 114] Henry "Tank" Powell , former state representative[ 115] Dee Richard , state representative[ 119] Buddy Roemer , former governor of Louisiana and U.S. representative (LA-04)[ 120] Chas Roemer , former BESE member[ 115] John Schroder , state representative[ 114] Kirk Talbot , state representative[ 116] Ned Thomas,Washington Parish president[ 121] Jim Tucker , formerLouisiana House Speaker [ 116] Organizations
Poll source Date(s) Sample Margin of Charles Foster David Caroline John John Rob Other Undecided SurveyMonkey [ 132] November 1–7, 2016 982 ± 4.6% 14% 13% 3% 21% 12% 21% 6% 4%[ a] 6% SurveyMonkey [ 133] October 31 – November 6, 2016 840 ± 4.6% 15% 14% 3% 20% 11% 21% 6% 5%[ b] 5% SurveyMonkey [ 134] October 28 – November 3, 2016 646 ± 4.6% 15% 14% 3% 19% 11% 21% 5% 4%[ c] 8% SurveyMonkey [ 135] October 27 – November 2, 2016 546 ± 4.6% 13% 13% 3% 21% 12% 21% 5% 4%[ d] 8% SurveyMonkey [ 136] October 26 – November 1, 2016 470 ± 4.6% 13% 13% 2% 21% 12% 23% 4% 3%[ e] 9% Southern Media and Opinion Research [ 137] October 19–21, 2016 500 ± 4.4% 14% 16% — 12% 9% 22% — — 27% The Times-Picayune /Lucid [ 138] October 15–21, 2016 614 ± 3.0% 12% 17% 4% 12% 10% 18% 4% 7%[ f] 17% University of New Orleans [ 139] October 15–21, 2016 603 ± 4.0% 15% 15% 2% 10% 11% 22% 4% 9%[ g] 12% FOX 8 /Mason-Dixon [ 140] October 20, 2016 625 ± 4.0% 11% 19% 5% 12% 10% 24% 3% 3%[ h] 13% Market Research Insight [ 141] October 17–19, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 16% 14% — 12% 7% 17% — — 34% JMC Analytics (R) [ 142] October 11–15, 2016 800 ± 3.5% 16% 25% 3% 10% 16% 16% 3% 2% 10% JMC Analytics (R) [ 143] September 22–24, 2016 905 ± 3.3% 15% 15% 3% 12% 14% 11% 4% 1% 25% Market Research Insight [ 141] September 17–19, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 12% 10% — 11% 10% 18% — — 39% Southern Media and Opinion Research [ 144] September 15–17, 2016 500 ± 4.4% 15% 9% 3% 11% 8% 17% 3% 7%[ i] 26% Anzalone Liszt Grove Research (D) [ 145] August 29 – September 1, 2016 605 ± 4.0% 13% 7% 3% 13% 6% 18% 4% 5%[ j] 31% The Hayride /Remington Research [ 146] August 29–30, 2016 1,017 ± 3.2% 13% 16% 6% 12% 6% 27% 4% — 15% GBA Strategies [ 147] June 6–9, 2016 500 ± 4.4% 11% 15% — 14% 9% 30% 6% 12%[ k] 2% Anzalone Liszt Grove Research [ 148] May 31 – June 2, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 11% 14% — 9% 7% 24% 3% – 33% Southern Media and Opinion Research [ 149] May 19–23, 2016 500 ± 4.4% 10% 9% — 4% 5% 32% 4% 3%[ l] 32% SurveyUSA [ 150] March 4–8, 2016 600 ± 4.1% 10% 12% — 10% 7% 21% 6% 12%[ m] 15% Southern Media and Opinion Research [ 151] February 2–4, 2016 500 ± 4.4% 10% 7% — 4% 6% 22% 7% — 30% SurveyUSA [ 152] December 4–7, 2015 600 ± 4.1% 10% 23% — – 6% 21% 9% — 19%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s) Sample Margin of ScottAngelle (R) CharlesBoustany (R) JohnFleming (R) JohnKennedy (R) MitchLandrieu (D) Undecided MRI [ 153] December 2–4, 2015 600 ± 4.1% 24% 15% 5% 15% 30% 11% NSO Research (R-Kennedy)[ 154] January 10–13, 2014 600 ± 4% – 13% 7% 18% 39% 23%
United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2016[ 155] Party Candidate Votes % Republican John Kennedy 482,591 24.96 Democratic Foster Campbell 337,833 17.47 Republican Charles Boustany 298,008 15.41 Democratic Caroline Fayard 240,917 12.46 Republican John Fleming 204,026 10.55 Republican Rob Maness 90,856 4.7 Republican David Duke 58,606 3.03 Democratic Derrick Edwards 51,774 2.68 Democratic Gary Landrieu 45,587 2.36 Republican Donald "Crawdaddy" Crawford 25,523 1.32 Republican Joseph Cao 21,019 1.09 Independent Beryl Billiot 19,352 1 Libertarian Thomas Clements 11,370 0.59 Independent Troy Hebert 9,503 0.49 Democratic Josh Pellerin 7,395 0.38 Democratic Peter Williams 6,855 0.35 Democratic Vinny Mendoza 4,927 0.25 Independent Kaitlin Marone 4,108 0.21 Libertarian Le Roy Gillam 4,067 0.21 Republican Charles Eugene Marsala 3,684 0.19 Republican Abhay Patel 1,576 0.08 Independent Arden Wells 1,483 0.08 Independent Bob Lang 1,424 0.07 Independent Gregory Taylor 1,151 0.06 Total votes 1,933,635 100
Support for Boustany by parish:
>50%
40–50%
30–40%
20–30%
10–20%
<10%
Support for Campbell by parish:
35–40%
30–35%
25–30%
20–25%
15–20%
10–15%
5–10%
<5%
Support for Duke by parish:
>8%
7–8%
6–7%
5–6%
4–5%
3–4%
2–3%
1–2%
<1%
Support for Edwards by parish:
>7%
6–7%
4–5%
3–4%
2–3%
1–2%
<1%
Support for Fayard by parish:
>30%
25–30%
20–25%
15–20%
10–15%
5–10%
<5%
Support for Fleming by parish:
>40%
35–40%
30–35%
25–30%
20–25%
15–20%
10–15%
5–10%
<5%
Support for Kennedy by parish:
>40%
35–40%
30–35%
25–30%
20–25%
15–20%
10–15%
5–10%
Support for Maness by parish:
>9%
8–9%
7–8%
6–7%
5–6%
4–5%
3–4%
2–3%
1–2%
<1%
Poll source Date(s) Sample Margin of John Foster Undecided University of New Orleans [ 156] December 6, 2016 776 ± 4.9% 62% 33% 5% Trafalgar Group (R) [ 157] December 5–6, 2016 2,500 ± 2.0% 56% 40% 4% Emerson College [ 158] November 29–30, 2016 400 ± 4.9% 51% 33% 16% Southern Media and Opinion Research [ 159] November 28–30, 2016 500 ± 4.4% 52% 38% 10% Tulane University [ 160] November 8–18, 2016 820 ± 3.0% 60% 40% 0% Trafalgar Group (R) [ 161] November 14–17, 2016 2,200 ± 2.1% 58% 35% 6% The Hayride /Remington Research [ 146] August 29–30, 2016 1,017 ± 3.2% 51% 27% 22% SurveyUSA [ 162] March 4–8, 2016 600 ± 4.1% 54% 34% 12%
Hypothetical polling
Poll Date(s) Sample Margin of David Caroline Undecided Anzalone Liszt Grove Research [ 163] August 29–September 1, 2016 605 ± 4.0% 15% 64% 21%
Poll Date(s) Sample Margin of Charles John Undecided SurveyUSA [ 150] March 4–8, 2016 600 ± 4.1% 22% 50% 27%
Poll Date(s) Sample Margin of Charles Caroline Undecided Anzalone Liszt Grove Research [ 163] August 29–September 1, 2016 605 ± 4.0% 40% 43% 17%
United States Senate election runoff in Louisiana, 2016[ 169] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Republican John Neely Kennedy 536,191 60.65% +4.09% Democratic Foster Campbell 347,816 39.35% +1.68% Total votes 884,007 100% N/A Republican hold
Parishes that flipped from Republican to Democratic [ edit ] Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ edit ] By congressional district [ edit ] Kennedy won five of six congressional districts.[ 170]
Additional candidates
^ Joshua Pellerin (D) with 4% ^ Joshua Pellerin (D) with 5% ^ Joshua Pellerin (D) with 4% ^ Joshua Pellerin (D) with 4% ^ Joshua Pellerin (D) with 3% ^ "Others" with 5% and Joseph Cao (R) with 2% ^ "Others" with 7%, Joseph Cao (R) with 1% and Abhay Patel (R) with 1% ^ "Others" with 2%, Derrick Edwards (D) with 1%, Gary Landrieu (D), Vinny Mendoza (D), Joshua Pellerin (D), and Peter Williams (D) all with 0% ^ "Others", Joseph Cao (R), and Peter Williams (D) each with 2% and Troy Hebert (I) with 1% ^ Troy Hebert (I) with 3%, Peter Williams (D) and "Others" each with 1% ^ Troy Hebert (I) with 7%, Joseph Cao (R) with 3%, and Peter Williams (D) 2% ^ Troy Hebert (I) with 2% and Eric Skrmetta (R) with 1% ^ Troy Hebert (I) with 5%, Joseph Cao (R) with 4%, and Peter Williams (D) with 3% ^ "Get Election Information" . Louisiana Secretary of State. RetrievedNovember 12, 2016 .^ "John Bel Edwards beats David Vitter to become Louisiana's next governor" .The Times-Picayune . November 21, 2015. 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