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The 2015 Louisiana Attorney General election took place on October 24, 2015 to elect the Attorney General of the U.S. state of Louisiana, with a runoff election, held on November 21, 2015. Incumbent Buddy Caldwell, a former Democrat who joined the Republican Party in February 2011, sought re-election to a third term in office, but was defeated by fellow Republican Jeff Landry.
Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates will appear on the same ballot, regardless of party affiliation; voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their own party affiliation. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote during the primary election, a runoff election was held on November 21, 2015 between Caldwell and Landry. Louisiana is the sole state that has a jungle primary system (California and Washington have a similar "top two primary" system).
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Buddy Caldwell (R) | John Kennedy (R) | Jeff Landry (R) | Jacques Roy (D) | Undecided |
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Triumph | March 5, 2015 | 1,655 | ± 2.4% | 30% | — | 20% | 30% | 21% |
NSO Research* | January 10–13, 2015 | 600 | ± 4% | 17% | 23% | 10% | 18% | 32% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Buddy Caldwell (R) | Jeff Landry (R) | Generic Democrat (D) | Other | Undecided |
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V/C Research | February 20–25, 2014 | 600 | ± 4% | 23% | 15% | 33% | 1% | 27% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Buddy Caldwell (incumbent) | 376,407 | 35.4 | |
Republican | Jeff Landry | 347,605 | 32.7 | |
Democratic | Geri Broussard Baloney | 187,575 | 17.6 | |
Democratic | Isaac Jackson | 115,188 | 10.8 | |
Republican | Marty Maley | 37,830 | 3.6 | |
Total votes | 1,064,605 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Jeff Landry | 610,459 | 56.3% | N/A | |
Republican | Buddy Caldwell (incumbent) | 473,915 | 43.7% | N/A | |
Total votes | 1,084,374 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
Republican hold |
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