2015 Louisiana Attorney General election

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2015 Louisiana Attorney General election
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  2011 October 24, 2015 (first round)
November 21, 2015 (runoff)
2019  
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Nominee Jeff Landry Buddy Caldwell
Party Republican Republican
First round347,605
32.65%
376,407
35.36%
Runoff610,459
56.3%
505,940
43.7%

 
NomineeGeri Broussard BaloneyIsaac Jackson
Party Democratic Democratic
First round187,575
17.62%
115,188
10.82%
RunoffEliminatedEliminated

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2015 Louisiana Attorney General election by precinct.svg
Landry:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Caldwell:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Baloney:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%
     Tie     No Data

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.

Contents

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

Declined

Democratic party

Filed

  • Geraldine Broussard Baloney
  • Isaac Jackson

Declined

Jungle primary

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Buddy
Caldwell (R)
John
Kennedy (R)
Jeff
Landry (R)
Jacques
Roy (D)
Undecided
Triumph March 5, 20151,655± 2.4%30%20%30%21%
NSO Research* January 10–13, 2015600± 4%17%23%10%18%32%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Buddy
Caldwell (R)
Jeff
Landry (R)
Generic
Democrat (D)
OtherUndecided
V/C Research February 20–25, 2014600± 4%23%15%33%1%27%

Results

Louisiana attorney general election Jungle Primary, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Buddy Caldwell (incumbent) 376,407 35.4
Republican Jeff Landry 347,605 32.7
Democratic Geri Broussard Baloney187,57517.6
Democratic Isaac Jackson115,18810.8
Republican Marty Maley37,8303.6
Total votes1,064,605 100.0

Runoff

Results

Louisiana attorney general election runoff, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Jeff Landry 610,459 56.3% N/A
Republican Buddy Caldwell (incumbent)473,91543.7%N/A
Total votes1,084,374 100.0% N/A
Republican hold

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