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Peter Williams

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Peter Williams (Democratic Party) ran for election to theU.S. House to representLouisiana's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the primary onNovember 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Louisiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2024

Louisiana elections use themajority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 6

Cleo Fields won election outright againstElbert Guillory,Quentin Anthony Anderson,Peter Williams, andWilken Jones Jr. in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 6 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cleo Fields (D)	50.8	150,323
		Elbert Guillory (R)	37.7	111,737
		Quentin Anthony Anderson (D)	8.0	23,811
		Peter Williams (D)	2.1	6,252
	Submit photo	Wilken Jones Jr. (D)	1.3	3,910

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 296,033
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Garret Graves (R)
• Scott Sonnier (R)

Endorsements

2023

See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2023

Louisiana elections use themajority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled.Caleb Kleinpeter (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Peter Williams (D)

Endorsements

2019

See also: Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner election, 2019

Louisiana elections use themajority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry

IncumbentMichael Strain won election outright againstMarguerite Green,Charlie Greer,Bradley Zaunbrecher, andPeter Williams in the primary for Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry on October 12, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Strain (R)	56.8	724,706
		Marguerite Green (D)	20.3	259,718
	Submit photo	Charlie Greer (D)	8.4	106,891
	Submit photo	Bradley Zaunbrecher (R)	8.3	105,721
		Peter Williams (D)	6.2	79,632

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,276,668
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2016

See also:United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2016

Heading into the election, BallotpediaratedLouisiana's U.S. Senate race as safely Republican. The seat was open following incumbentDavid Vitter's decision to retire. A total of 24 candidates filed to run and competed in the primary election on November 8, 2016.John Kennedy (R) andFoster Campbell (D) took the top two spots in the election, advancing to the general election on December 10, 2016. Kennedy subsequently defeated Campbell in the general election.^[1]

U.S. Senate, Louisiana General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Kennedy	60.7%	536,191
	Democratic	Foster Campbell	39.3%	347,816
Total Votes				884,007
Source:Louisiana Secretary of State

U.S. Senate, Louisiana Primary Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Kennedy	25%	482,591
	Democratic	Foster Campbell	17.5%	337,833
	Republican	Charles Boustany	15.4%	298,008
	Democratic	Caroline Fayard	12.5%	240,917
	Republican	John Fleming	10.6%	204,026
	Republican	Rob Maness	4.7%	90,856
	Republican	David Duke	3%	58,606
	Democratic	Derrick Edwards	2.7%	51,774
	Democratic	Gary Landrieu	2.4%	45,587
	Republican	Donald Crawford	1.3%	25,523
	Republican	Joseph Cao	1.1%	21,019
	Independent	Beryl Billiot	1%	19,352
	Libertarian	Thomas Clements	0.6%	11,370
	Independent	Troy Hebert	0.5%	9,503
	Democratic	Josh Pellerin	0.4%	7,395
	Democratic	Peter Williams	0.4%	6,855
	Democratic	Vinny Mendoza	0.3%	4,927
	Independent	Kaitlin Marone	0.2%	4,108
	Libertarian	Le Roy Gillam	0.2%	4,067
	Republican	Charles Marsala	0.2%	3,684
	Independent	Arden Wells	0.1%	1,483
	Independent	Bob Lang	0.1%	1,424
	Independent	Gregory Taylor	0.1%	1,151
Total Votes				1,932,059
Source:Louisiana Secretary of State

2014

See also:United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2014

Williams ran forelection to theU.S. House, representing the6th Congressional District ofLouisiana.

U.S. House, Louisiana District 6 Primary Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bob Bell	2.0%	5,182
	Republican	Dan Claitor	10.26%	26,524
	Republican	Norm Clark	0.71%	1,848
	Republican	Paul Dietzel	13.55%	35,024
	Republican	Garret Graves	27.36%	70,715
	Republican	Craig McCulloch	2.25%	5,815
	Republican	Trey Thomas	0.56%	1,447
	Republican	Lenar Whitney	7.41%	19,151
	Democratic	Edwin Edwards	30.12%	77,866
	Democratic	Richard Lieberman	2.83%	7,309
	Democratic	Peter Williams	1.56%	4,037
	Libertarian	Rufus Holt Craig Jr.	1.38%	3,561
Total Votes				258,479
Source:Louisiana Secretary of State

2013

See also:Louisiana's 5th Congressional District special election, 2013

Williams ran for theU.S. House representingthe 5th Congressional District ofLouisiana.^[2] The election was held to replaceRodney Alexander, who announced his resignation in order to take a position as the next Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs at the end of September 2013.^[3] He was defeated in the open primary on October 19, 2013.^[4]

U.S. House, Louisiana District 5 Special Election Open Primary, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Neil Riser	32%	33,045
	Republican	Vance McAllister	17.8%	18,386
	Republican	Clyde Holloway	10.9%	11,250
	Republican	Phillip "Blake" Weatherly	0.5%	517
	Republican	Jay Morris	6.9%	7,083
	Democratic	Marcus Hunter	3%	3,088
	Democratic	Robert Johnson	9.6%	9,971
	Democratic	Jamie Mayo	14.8%	15,317
	Democratic	Weldon Russell	2.5%	2,554
	Libertarian	Henry Herford, Jr.	0.9%	886
	Libertarian	S.B.A. Zaitoon	0.1%	129
	Green	Eliot Barron	0.5%	492
	Independent	Tom Gibbs	0.3%	324
	Independent	Peter Williams	0.3%	335
Total Votes				103,377
Source: Official results viaLouisiana Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2024

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2023

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2019

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