2011 Louisiana gubernatorial election

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2011 Louisiana gubernatorial election
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Turnout32.8%
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Nominee Bobby Jindal Tara Hollis
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote673,239182,925
Percentage65.80%17.88%
2011 Louisiana gubernatorial election results map by parish.svg
Parish results
Jindal:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Governor before election

Bobby Jindal
Republican

Elected Governor

Bobby Jindal
Republican

The 2011 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on October 22 with 10 candidates competing in a nonpartisan blanket primary. [1] Incumbent Republican Bobby Jindal won a second term. Since he won an outright majority of the vote in the blanket primary, a runoff election that would have otherwise occurred on November 19 was unnecessary. This was the last time until 2023 that a Republican was elected governor of Louisiana, or that a Louisiana governor election was decided without a runoff.

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Background

Elections in Louisiana, with the exception of U.S. presidential elections (and congressional races in 2008 and 2010), follow a variation of the open primary system called the jungle primary. Candidates of any and all parties are listed on one ballot; voters need not limit themselves to the candidates of one party. Unless one candidate takes more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a run-off election is then held between the top two candidates, who may in fact be members of the same party. This scenario occurred in the 7th District congressional race in 1996, when Democrats Chris John and Hunter Lundy made the runoff for the open seat, and in 1999, when Republicans Suzanne Haik Terrell and Woody Jenkins made the runoff for Commissioner of Elections.

Candidates

On December 10, 2008, Jindal indicated that he would not run for president in 2012, saying he would focus on his reelection and that this would make transitioning to a national campaign difficult, though he later attempted to leave himself the opportunity to change his mind in the future. [2]

Minister Dan Northcutt (I) was the only declared challenger to Jindal, but he eventually dropped out of the race. [3] On October 22, Caroline Fayard's name surfaced on talk-radio program Think Tank with Garland Robinette , as a potential competitor for Jindal in his reelection campaign. The discussants cited Jindal's high approval ratings and already in-the-bank $7 million campaign fund as unapproachable assets for Democrats other than Fayard, who at the time of the program was seeking the office of lieutenant governor in a special election runoff against Republican secretary of state Jay Dardenne. [4]

Republicans

Democrats

Announced

  • Cary Deaton, attorney [5]
  • Tara Hollis, special education teacher [5]
  • Androniki "Niki Bird" Papazoglakis, director for Baton Rouge-based victim advocacy group [5]
  • Ivo "Trey" Roberts, high school teacher [5]

Declined

Ineligible

  • Edwin Edwards, former four-term governor. Wanted to contest election following 10-year prison term for racketeering and illegally selling casino licenses, but was not pardoned [11]

Libertarian

Independents

Dropped out

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Rothenberg Political Report [12] Safe RNovember 4, 2011
Governing [13] Safe RNovember 4, 2011
Cook Political Report [14] Safe RNovember 4, 2011
Sabato's Crystal Ball [15] Safe RNovember 4, 2011

Results

Louisiana gubernatorial election results, 2011 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bobby Jindal (incumbent) 673,239 65.80
Democratic Tara Hollis182,92517.88
Democratic Cary Deaton50,0714.89
Democratic Trey Roberts33,2803.25
Independent David Blanchard26,7052.61
Democratic Niki Bird Papazoglakis21,8852.14
Libertarian Scott Lewis12,5281.22
Independent Bob Lang9,1090.89
Independent Ron Ceasar8,1790.8
Independent Lenny Bollingham5,2420.51
Total votes1,023,163 100
Turnout 35.9% [17]
Republican hold

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  2. ↑ Smith, Ben (December 10, 2008). "Jindal says no". Politico . Retrieved December 28, 2010.
  3. 1 2 Archived May 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Think Tank" with Garland Robinette. Archived 2010-10-28 at the Wayback Machine The statements about Fayard occurred at 11:00 AM CDT ; the program originated from New Orleans WWL Radio 870 AM and its simulcast FM equivalent WWL Radio 105.3 FM. A more likely challenger for Jindal is State Representative John Bel Edwards. See also Louisiana state elections, 2010#Lieutenant Governor.
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  14. ↑ "2011/2012 GOVERNORS RACE RATINGS". The Cook Political Report. September 15, 2011. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011.
  15. ↑ "2012 Governor". Sabato's Crystal Ball.
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