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The 2023 Louisiana Attorney General election was held on November 18, 2023 to elect the next attorney general of Louisiana, with the first round occurring on October 14. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry retired to successfully run for governor, leading to an open race. [1] In the runoff, Louisiana Solicitor General Liz Murrill defeated attorney Lindsey Cheek by a margin of 33 percent.
Under Louisiana's two round system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters were allowed to vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation.
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | John Belton (I) | Marty Maley (R) | Liz Murill (R) | John Stefanski (R) | Undecided |
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JMC Analytics | March 6–8, 2023 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 13% | 2% | 10% | 7% | 68% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Liz Murrill | 463,103 | 45.24% | |
Democratic | Lindsey Cheek | 239,652 | 23.41% | |
Republican | John Stefanski | 172,300 | 16.83% | |
Democratic | Perry Walker Terrebonne | 74,479 | 7.28% | |
Republican | Marty Maley | 74,176 | 7.25% | |
Total votes | 1,023,710 | 100.0% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Sabato's Crystal Ball [18] | Safe R | June 21, 2023 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Liz Murrill | 444,081 | 66.37% | +0.16 | |
Democratic | Lindsey Cheek | 225,011 | 33.63% | -0.16 | |
Total votes | 669,092 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold | |||||
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