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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Louisiana on October 14, 2023, with second rounds held on November 18 where needed. [1] Louisiana uses a two round system, where all candidates from all parties share the same ballot in the first round, and if no candidate wins an absolute majority, a runoff between the top two is held.
Incumbent governor John Bel Edwards was ineligible to seek a third consecutive term due to Louisiana's term limits. [2]
Incumbent lieutenant governor Billy Nungesser ran for re-election. He had previously expressed interest in running for governor, but decided against it. [3]
Incumbent attorney general Jeff Landry ran for governor. [4] Louisiana Solicitor General Liz Murrill defeated attorney Lindsey Cheek in the runoff.
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Incumbent secretary of state Kyle Ardoin retired. [5] Former state representative Nancy Landry defeated attorney Gwen Collins-Greenup in the runoff.
No. | Date | Host | Link | Democratic | Republican | Independent | Republican | Republican | Democratic | Democratic | Republican |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | |||||||||||
Gwen Collins-Greenup | Mike Francis | Amanda Jennings | Thomas Kennedy III | Nancy Landry | Arthur Morrell | Clay Schexnayder | Brandon Trosclair | ||||
1 [14] | Sep. 21, 2023 | Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana | YouTube | P | P | N | N | P | P | A | P |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) | Mike Francis (R) | Amanda Jennings (I) | Thomas Kennedy III (R) | Nancy Landry (R) | Clay Schexnayder (R) | Brandon Trosclair (R) | Arthur Morrell (D) | Undecided |
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The Trafalgar Group (R) [upper-alpha 1] | September 11–15, 2023 | 1,062 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 14% | 8% | 1% | 5% | 11% | 11% | 3% | 6% | 41% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Nancy Landry | 197,514 | 19.34% | |
Democratic | Gwen Collins-Greenup | 196,534 | 19.25% | |
Republican | Mike Francis | 182,842 | 17.91% | |
Republican | Clay Schexnayder | 149,987 | 14.69% | |
Democratic | Arthur Morrell | 113,703 | 11.13% | |
Republican | Thomas Kennedy III | 102,628 | 10.05% | |
Republican | Brandon Trosclair | 64,686 | 6.33% | |
Independent | Amanda Jennings | 13,275 | 1.30% | |
Total votes | 1,021,169 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Nancy Landry | 446,038 | 66.80% | +7.73 | |
Democratic | Gwen Collins-Greenup | 221,698 | 33.20% | -7.73 | |
Total votes | 667,736 | 100.0% |
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Incumbent treasurer John Schroder retired to run for governor. [17] Former U.S. Representative John Fleming defeated Dustin Granger in the runoff.
No. | Date | Host | Link | Republican | Democratic | Republican |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
John Fleming | Dustin Granger | Scott McKnight | ||||
1 | Aug. 16, 2023 | Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana | YouTube | P | P | P |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Fleming | 442,668 | 44.04% | |
Democratic | Dustin Granger | 321,423 | 31.98% | |
Republican | Scott McKnight | 241,125 | 23.99% | |
Total votes | 1,005,221 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John Fleming | 437,303 | 65.44% | +5.43 | |
Democratic | Dustin Granger | 230,961 | 34.56% | +0.03 | |
Total votes | 668,264 | 100.0% |
Incumbent Agriculture commissioner Mike Strain ran for re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Mike Strain (incumbent) | ||||
Total votes |
Incumbent Insurance commissioner Jim Donelon retired. [25]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Tim Temple | ||||
Total votes |
All eight members of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education were up for re-election.
All 39 seats in the Louisiana State Senate were up for re-election.
Party | Leader | Before | After | Change | |
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Republican | Page Cortez (term-limited) | 27 | 28 | 1 | |
Democratic | Gerald Boudreaux | 12 | 11 | 1 | |
Total | 39 | 39 |
All 105 seats in the Louisiana House of Representatives were up for re-election.
Party | Leader | Before | After | Change | |
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Republican | Clay Schexnayder (term-limited) | 71 | 73 | 2 | |
Democratic | Samuel Jenkins Jr. (retired) | 33 | 32 | 1 | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 105 | 105 |
The local race for Sheriff in Caddo Parish received national attention when Democrat Henry Whitehorn appeared to win the race by one vote against Republican John Nickelson. [27] After more than 43,000 votes had been cast in the race, a recount still yielded a one-vote victory for Whitehorn. [28] After the recount, Nickelson filed a lawsuit against Whitehorn and local election officials challenging the validity of the results and demanding that either he be declared the victor or a new election be held. A specially appointed judge, Joe Bleich, found that there had been 11 illegally cast votes and ordered a new election to take place no earlier than March 23, 2024. [29] On appeal by Whitehorn, the Second Circuit Court of Appeal upheld the lower court's decision by a 3–2 margin. [30] Whitehorn would go on to win the do-over election, this time expanding his lead to 4,000 against Nickelson, with Nickelson calling Whitehorn to concede the night of the election. Whitehorn is set to be sworn in July 1, 2024, taking over from interim Sheriff Jay Long, who had temporarily taken over after outgoing Sheriff Steve Prator's term expired. [31]
Candidates
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Nickelson | 20,554 | 44.6% | |
Democratic | Henry Whitehorn | 15,890 | 34.5% | |
Republican | Eric Hatfield | 2,912 | 6.3% | |
Democratic | Hersey Jones Jr. | 2,473 | 5.4% | |
Republican | Shayne Gibson | 2,224 | 4.8% | |
Democratic | Patricia "Pat" Gilley | 2,001 | 4.4% | |
Total votes | 46,054 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Henry Whitehorn | 21,624 | 50.0012% | +15.5 | |
Republican | John Nickelson | 21,623 | 49.9988% | +5.5 | |
Total votes | 43,247 | 100% | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Henry Whitehorn | 34,752 | 53.3% | +3.3 | |
Republican | John Nickelson | 30,487 | 46.7% | -3.3 | |
Total votes | 65,239 | 100% | N/A |
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