2022 United States Senate election in Louisiana

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2022 United States Senate election in Louisiana
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Candidate John Kennedy Gary Chambers Luke Mixon
Party Republican Democratic Democratic
Popular vote851,568246,933182,887
Percentage61.56%17.85%13.22%
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Kennedy:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Chambers:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Mixon:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     >90%
Steib:     40–50%     50–60%
Billiot:     >90%
Tie:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     No votes
U.S. senator before election

John Kennedy
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

John Kennedy
Republican

The 2022 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican U.S. senator John Kennedy was first elected in 2016. He ran for re-election to a second term, and was re-elected after receiving a majority of votes in the first round. [1] [2]

Contents

Kennedy won White voters (79% to 9%), while Chambers and Mixon both won a split majority of African Americans (48% to 24% to 16%). [3]

Candidates

Republican Party

Declared

  • Devin Lance Graham, business owner and real estate broker
  • John Kennedy, incumbent U.S. Senator [1]

Democratic Party

Declared

Declined

Libertarian Party

Nonpartisans and independents

Declared

  • Beryl A. Billiot, businessman and perennial candidate
  • Alexander "Xan" John, businessman, law student and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020 [10]
  • Bradley McMorris, realtor
  • W. Thomas La Fontaine Olson, author, advocate and 2020 U.S. House candidate in Illinois [11]
  • Thomas Wenn

Endorsements

Gary Chambers (D)

U.S. Representatives

State legislators

Local officials

Newspapers

Organizations

John Kennedy (R)

U.S. Executive Branch officials

U.S. Representatives

Organizations

Luke Mixon (D)

State officials

State legislators

Organizations

Syrita Steib (D)

Organizations

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [35] Solid RNovember 19, 2021
Inside Elections [36] Solid RJanuary 7, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball [37] Safe RNovember 3, 2021
Politico [38] Solid RApril 1, 2022
RCP [39] Safe RJanuary 10, 2022
Fox News [40] Solid RMay 12, 2022
DDHQ [41] Solid RJuly 20, 2022
538 [42] Solid R
(Kennedy)		June 30, 2022
The Economist [43] Safe RSeptember 7, 2022

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Gary
Chambers
(D)		John
Kennedy
(R)		Luke
Mixon
(D)		Syrita
Steib
(D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling (D) [44] October 10–11, 2022633 (RV)–8%53%16%6%2% [b] 14%
Echelon Insights [45] August 31 – September 7, 2022506 (RV)± 6.5%16%51%8%6%–19%
JMC Analytics (R) [46] March 21–23, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%14%53%7%3%–23%
Hypothetical polling

Runoff election
Generic Republican vs. generic Democrat

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Generic
Republican		Generic
Democrat		Undecided
JMC Analytics (R) [46] March 21–23, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%51%33%16%

Results

2022 United States Senate election in Louisiana [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Kennedy (incumbent) 851,568 61.56%
Democratic Gary Chambers 246,93317.85%
Democratic Luke Mixon182,88713.22%
Democratic Syrita Steib31,5682.28%
Republican Devin Lance Graham25,2751.83%
Democratic MV "Vinny" Mendoza11,9100.86%
Independent Beryl Billiot9,3780.68%
Democratic Salvador P. Rodriguez7,7670.56%
Independent Bradley McMorris5,3880.39%
Libertarian Aaron C. Sigler4,8650.35%
Independent Alexander "Xan" John2,7530.20%
Independent W. Thomas La Fontaine Olson1,6760.12%
Independent Thomas Wenn1,3220.10%
Total votes1,383,290 100.00%
Republican hold

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Someone else" with 2%

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  46. 1 2 JMC Analytics (R)
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