Louisiana Attorney General election, 2015

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Louisiana Attorney General election, 2015
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Nominee Jeff Landry Buddy Caldwell
Party Republican Republican
Popular vote610,459473,915
Percentage56.30%43.70%

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Parish results
Landry:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Caldwell:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

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 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 Republican Jeff Landry.

Contents

Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates will appear on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their 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 only 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

Results by parish:
Caldwell
60-70%
50-60%
40-50%
30-40%
Landry
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Baloney
<30%
30-40%
40-50% LAAGprimary2015.svg
Results by parish:
Louisiana attorney general election Jungle Primary, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Buddy Caldwell 376,40735.4
Republican Jeff Landry 347,60532.7
Democratic Geri Broussard Baloney187,57517.6
Democratic Isaac Jackson115,18810.8
Republican Marty Maley37,8303.6
Total votes1,064,605100.0

Runoff

Results

Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election runoff, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeff Landry 610,45956.3
Republican Buddy Caldwell 473,91543.7
Majority136,54412.6
Total votes1,084,374100.0
Republican hold

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