2015 Louisiana Attorney General election

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2015 Louisiana Attorney General election

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Nominee Jeff Landry Buddy Caldwell Party Republican Republican First round 347,605 32.65% 376,407 35.36% Runoff 610,459 56.3% 505,940 43.7%   Nominee Geri Broussard Baloney Isaac Jackson Party Democratic Democratic First round 187,575 17.62% 115,188 10.82% Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

Landry:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Caldwell:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Baloney:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Jackson:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     >90% Maley:     30–40%     40–50%     >90% Tie:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50%     No votesFirst round parish results Landry:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Caldwell:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Baloney:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Jackson:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     >90% Maley:     30–40%     40–50%     >90% Tie:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50%     No votesFirst round precinct results Landry:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Caldwell:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Tie:     50%     No votesRunoff parish results Landry:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Caldwell:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Tie:     50%     No votesRunoff precinct results

Attorney General before election Buddy Caldwell Republican Elected Attorney General Jeff Landry Republican

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).

Candidates

Republican party

Filed

• Buddy Caldwell, incumbent attorney general ^[1]
• Jeff Landry, former U.S. Representative ^[2]
• Martin Maley, 18th Judicial District assistant attorney ^[3]

Declined

• John Neely Kennedy, state treasurer and Democratic candidate for Attorney General in 1991 (running for re-election) ^{[4] [5] [6]}
• Burton Guidry, former assistant attorney general ^[7]

Democratic party

Filed

• Geraldine Broussard Baloney
• Isaac Jackson

Declined

• Rick Gallot, state senator ^[3]
• Walt Leger III, Speaker pro tempore of the Louisiana House of Representatives ^[3]
• Jacques Roy, mayor of Alexandria ^[3]

Jungle primary

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Buddy Caldwell (R)	John Kennedy (R)	Jeff Landry (R)	Jacques Roy (D)	Undecided
Triumph [8]	March 5, 2015	1,655	± 2.4%	30%	—	20%	30%	21%
NSO Research* [9]	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
V/C Research [10]	February 20–25, 2014	600	± 4%	23%	15%	33%	1%	27%

• * Internal poll for the John Kennedy campaign

Results

Louisiana attorney general election Jungle Primary, 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Runoff

Results

Louisiana attorney general election runoff, 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

References

1. "Contenders emerge in race for top attorney". St. Charles Herald Guide. July 24, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
2. Marsha Shuler (February 25, 2014). "Former congressman running for state attorney general". The Advocate. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
3. "How Vulnerable is Buddy Caldwell?". LA Politics. October 7, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
4. "Race for attorney general has many facets". Houma Today. February 25, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
5. Michelle Southern (December 11, 2014). "Kennedy reportedly eyeing the AG seat in 2015". WWL. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
6. O'Donoghue, Julia (April 9, 2015). "State Treasurer John Kennedy will seek reelection, not run for governor or attorney general". The Times-Picayune . Archived from the original on April 9, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
7. "Contenders emerge in race for top attorney". St. Charles Herald-Guide. July 24, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
8. "Triumph". Archived from the original on March 11, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
9. NSO Research*
10. "V/C Research" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2014.

External links

• Buddy Caldwell for Attorney General
• Jeff Landry for Attorney General
• Marty Maley for Attorney General