Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2015

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Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2015
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Nominee Billy Nungesser Kip Holden
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote628,864 506,578
Percentage55.4% 44.6%

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Red denotes parishes won by Nungesser.
Blue denotes parishes won by Holden.
Lieutenant Governor before election

Jay Dardenne
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Billy Nungesser
Republican

The Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on October 24, 2015, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, with a runoff election held on November 21, 2015. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne did not for re-election to a second full term in office. He instead ran for Governor. Billy Nungesser won the election defeating Kip Holden, despite a Democratic victory in the gubernatorial election, in which John Bel Edwards defeated David Vitter by a similar margin.

Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana lieutenant governor

The Office of Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana is the second highest state office in Louisiana. The current lieutenant governor is Billy Nungesser, a Republican.

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Jay Dardenne Louisiana politician

John Leigh "Jay" Dardenne, Jr. is a lawyer and politician from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who is currently serving as commissioner of administration for Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards. A moderate Republican, Dardenne served as the 53rd lieutenant governor of his state from 2010 to 2016. Running as a Republican, he won a special election for lieutenant governor held in conjunction with the regular November 2, 2010 general election. At the time, Dardenne was Louisiana secretary of state. Formerly, Dardenne was a member of the Louisiana State Senate for the Baton Rouge suburbs, a position he filled from 1992 until his election as secretary of state on September 30, 2006.

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Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appeared 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 Holden and Nungesser. Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system (California and Washington have a similar "top two primary" system).

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Candidates

Republican Party

Filed

Elbert Lee Guillory is a former member of the Louisiana State Senate. An American Republican, he represented District 24, including his native Opelousas, and several rural precincts, from May 2, 2009, when he won a special election, until January 11, 2016, when his full term to which he was elected in 2011 ended.

William Harold Nungesser, is an American politician serving since January 11, 2016, as the 54th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana.

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Parish in the United States

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Declined

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Louisiana Public Service Commission

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Michael David Edmonson is the former superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, with service from January 2008 until March 24, 2017. Thus far, he is the longest serving of the Louisiana state police superintendents. Edmonson was appointed by Republican Governor Bobby Jindal. Jindal's successor, Democrat John Bel Edwards, accepted Edmonson's letter of resignation after a dispute about troopers mishandling their expense accounts while at a conference in San Diego, California.

Democratic Party

Filed

Kip Holden American politician

Melvin Lee Holden, known as Kip Holden, is an American politician who served from 2005 to 2016 as the Democratic Mayor-President of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA. The parish includes the state capital of Baton Rouge and smaller suburban cities such as Baker, Central City, and Zachary.

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East Baton Rouge Parish is the most populous parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 440,171. The parish seat is Baton Rouge, Louisiana's state capital.

Did not run

Jungle primary

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		Margin of
error		 Elbert
Guillory (R)		 Kip
Holden (D)		 Billy
Nungesser (R)		 John
Young (R)		 Undecided
Triumph March 5, 2015 1,655± 2.4% 2%33%23% 20% 22%
Multi-Quest October 22–24, 2014 606 ± 4% — 8.1%10.3%9.6%72%

Results

Primary results by parish Kip Holden (25) John Young (22) Billy Nungesser (17) LALG2015primary.png
Primary results by parish
  Kip Holden (25)
  John Young (22)
  Billy Nungesser (17)


Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election Jungle Primary, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kip Holden 360,67933.27
Republican Billy Nungesser 324,65429.95
Republican John Young 313,183 28.89
Republican Elbert Guillory 85,460 7.88
Majority 36,025 3.32
Total votes1,083,97637.4

Runoff

Results

Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election runoff, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Billy Nungesser 628,86455.4%+25.45%
Democratic Kip Holden 506,578 44.6% +11.66%
Majority 122,286 10.8% +7.48%
Turnout 1,135,442 100.0% +62.6%

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References

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  2. ↑ "Plaquemines Parish President Nungesser confirms 2nd run for lieutenant governor". The Times-Picayune. February 28, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Jefferson Parish President John Young announces candidacy for lieutenant governor". The Times-Picayune. August 12, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Lieutenant governor post drawing wide interest". St. Charles Herald Guide. March 20, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
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  6. ↑ "Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne 'intends' to run for governor in 2015". The Times-Picayune. March 20, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
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