1999 Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election

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1999 Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election
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  1998 May 1, 1999 (1999-05-01) (jungle primary)
May 29, 1999 (1999-05-29) (runoff)
2000  
  Congressman David Vitter.png Dave Treen.jpg David Duke & The KKK in the 1970s (cropped).jpg
Nominee David Vitter Dave Treen David Duke
Party Republican Republican Republican
First round31,741
21.67%
36,719
25.06%
28,059
19.15%
Runoff61,661
50.75%
59,849
49.25%
Eliminated

 
NomineeMonica MonicaR.H. "Bill" StrainRob Couhig
Party Republican Democratic Republican
First round22,928
15.65%
16,446
11.23%
9,295
6.34%
RunoffEliminatedEliminatedEliminated

1999 Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election jungle primary results by parish.svg
1999 Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election runoff results by parish.svg

U.S. Representative before election

Bob Livingston
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

David Vitter
Republican

The 1999 United States House of Representatives special election in Louisiana's 1st congressional district was held on May 29, 1999, to select the successor to Bob Livingston (R) who resigned due to the discovery of an extramarital affair.

On May 1, nine candidates, mostly Republicans, competed on the same ballot. However, since no candidate was able to achieve a majority, a runoff was held at the end of the month.

Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election jungle primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Treen 36,719 25.06%
Republican David Vitter 31,741 21.67%
Republican David Duke 28,05919.15%
Republican Monica Monica22,92815.65%
Democratic R.H. "Bill" Strain16,44611.23%
Republican Rob Couhig9,2956.34%
Democratic Darryl Ward7200.49%
Republican Patrick Landry3440.23%
Republican S. J. LoCoco2460.17%
Total votes146,498 100%

Runoff

Former State Representative David Vitter narrowly won in the runoff over former Louisiana governor Dave Treen and would later become a United States Senator.

1999 Louisiana's 1st special run-off [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Vitter 61,661 50.75%
Republican Dave Treen 59,84949.25%
Total votes121,510 100%
Republican hold

References

  1. "Official Election Results for Election Date: 05/01/1999". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  2. "Official Election Results for Election Date: 05/29/1999". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved April 25, 2018.