2023 Louisiana Attorney General election

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2023 Louisiana Attorney General election
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Candidate Liz Murrill Lindsey Cheek John Stefanski
Party Republican Democratic Republican
First round463,103
45.2%		239,652
23.4%		172,300
16.8%
Runoff444,081
66.4%		225,011
33.6%		Eliminated
 
CandidatePerry Walker TerrebonneMarty Maley
Party Democratic Republican
First round74,479
7.3%		74,176
7.3%
RunoffEliminatedEliminated
2023 Louisiana attorney general election results map by parish.svg
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2023 Louisiana attorney general election results map by congressional district.svg
2023 Louisiana attorney general runoff election results map by parish.svg
Murrill:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Cheek:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Stefanski:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Terrebonne:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Maley:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     >90%
Tie:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50%
     No votes
Attorney General before election

Jeff Landry
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Liz Murrill
Republican

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.

Contents

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.

Candidates

Republican candidates

Advanced to runoff

Eliminated in Primary

Declined

Democratic candidates

Advanced to Runoff

  • Lindsey Cheek, personal injury attorney [8]

Eliminated in Primary

  • Perry Walker Terrebonne, attorney [8]

Independent candidates

Withdrew

Jungle primary

Endorsements

Lindsey Cheek (D)
Organizations
John Stefanski (R)
U.S. Representatives
Newspapers and other media

Polling

Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		John
Belton
(I)		Marty
Maley
(R)		Liz
Murill
(R)		John
Stefanski
(R)		Undecided
JMC Analytics March 6–8, 2023600 (LV)± 4.0%13%2%10%7%68%

Results

2023 Louisiana Attorney General election jungle primary [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Liz Murrill 463,103 45.24%
Democratic Lindsey Cheek 239,652 23.41%
Republican John Stefanski 172,30016.83%
Democratic Perry Walker Terrebonne74,4797.28%
Republican Marty Maley74,1767.25%
Total votes1,023,710 100.0%

Runoff

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [18] Safe RJune 21, 2023

Results

2023 Louisiana Attorney General runoff [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Liz Murrill 444,081 66.37% +0.16
Democratic Lindsey Cheek225,01133.63%−0.16
Total votes669,092 100.0%
Republican hold

By congressional district

Murrill won 5 of 6 congressional districts. [20]

DistrictMurrillCheekRepresentative
1st 77%23% Steve Scalise
2nd 30%70% Troy Carter
3rd 76%24% Clay Higgins
4th 65%35% Mike Johnson
5th 72%28% Julia Letlow
6th 71%29% Garret Graves

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