Charles Elson "Buddy" Roemer III was an American politician,investor,and banker who served as the 52nd governor of Louisiana from 1988 to 1992,and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988. In March 1991,while serving as governor,Roemer switched affiliation from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.
David Conner Treen Sr. was an American politician and attorney from Louisiana. A member of the Republican Party,Treen served as U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 1973 to 1980 and the 51st governor of Louisiana from 1980 to 1984. Treen was the first Republican elected to either office since Reconstruction.
John Leigh "Jay" Dardenne,Jr. is an American lawyer and politician from Baton Rouge,Louisiana,who served as commissioner of administration for Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards. A Republican,Dardenne previously served as the 53rd lieutenant governor of his state from 2010 to 2016. Dardenne was Louisiana secretary of state. He was previously 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.
The 1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election resulted in the election of Democrat Edwin Edwards to his fourth non-consecutive term as governor of Louisiana. The election received national and international attention due to the unexpectedly strong showing of David Duke,a former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,who had ties to other white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups. Incumbent Republican Governor Buddy Roemer,who had switched from the Democratic to Republican Party during his term,ran for re-election to a second term but was eliminated in the first round of voting.
Karen Carter Peterson is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a member of the Louisiana State House from 1999 to 2010,then as the state senator from the 5th district until her resignation in 2022. She also served as the chair of the Louisiana Democratic Party from 2012 to 2020,becoming the first female chair of the state party. In 2008,Peterson became as Democratic National Committeewoman for Louisiana. In 2017,Peterson was elected vice chair of civic engagement and voter participation for the Democratic National Committee.
Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock,an American conservative Democrat from Franklin in St. Mary Parish,was the only three-term lieutenant governor in 20th century Louisiana history. He served from 1960 to 1972. Aycock failed in his only bid for governor in the 1971 Democratic primary. Few lieutenant governors in Louisiana have been elected directly to the governorship;former Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of Lafayette,is a prominent exception.
John Bel Edwards is an American politician and attorney who served as the 56th governor of Louisiana from 2016 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the Democratic leader of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2012 to 2015.
The 2011 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on October 22 with 10 candidates competing in a nonpartisan blanket primary. Incumbent Republican Bobby Jindal won a second term. Since he won an outright majority of the vote in the blanket primary,a runoff election that would have otherwise occurred on November 19 was unnecessary. This was the last time until 2023 that a Republican was elected governor of Louisiana,or that a Louisiana governor election was decided without a runoff.
Scott Anthony Angelle is an American politician who is the former director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement in Washington,D.C. From 2013 to 2017,he was the District 2 member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission,an elected five-person utility regulatory body.
Jeffrey Martin Landry is an American politician and attorney who has served since 2024 as the 57th governor of Louisiana. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 45th attorney general of Louisiana from 2016 to 2024 and as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2013.
John Michael Schroder Sr. is an American businessman from Covington,Louisiana who served as state treasurer from 2017 to 2024. He was formerly a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 77 in St. Tammany Parish in suburban New Orleans.
The 2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on November 21,2015,to elect the governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican Governor Bobby Jindal was not eligible to run for re-election to a third term because of term limits established by the Louisiana Constitution.
Clay John Schexnayder is an American businessman and politician from Ascension Parish,Louisiana. A Republican,he has served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2012 to 2024,and as speaker of the House from 2020 to 2024.
United States gubernatorial elections were held in three states in 2015 as part of the 2015 United States elections. In Kentucky and Mississippi,the elections were held on November 3,and in Louisiana,as no candidate received a majority of votes at the primary election on October 24,2015,a runoff election was held on November 21. The last regular gubernatorial elections for all three states were in 2011. Democrats picked up the open seat of term-limited Republican Bobby Jindal in Louisiana,while Republicans re-elected incumbent Phil Bryant in Mississippi and picked up the seat of term-limited Democrat Steve Beshear in Kentucky.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Louisiana took place on November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Louisiana,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Garret Neal Graves is an American politician serving as the United States representative from Louisiana's 6th congressional district since 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. After redistricting dismantled his district,he declined to run for re-election in 2024.
The 2019 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held to elect the governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards won re-election to a second term,defeating Republican businessman Eddie Rispone. Edwards became the first Democratic Governor of Louisiana to win re-election to a second consecutive term in 44 years since Edwin Edwards in 1975. It was the closest Louisiana gubernatorial election since 1979.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican U.S. senator John Kennedy was first elected in 2016. He ran for re-election to a second term,and was re-elected after receiving a majority of votes in the first round.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7,2023,in the states of Kentucky and Mississippi,with an election having occurred in Louisiana on October 14. These elections form part of the 2023 United States elections. The last regular gubernatorial elections for all three states were in 2019.
The 2023 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on October 14,2023 to elect the governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Governor John Bel Edwards was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term in office. This race was one of two Democratic-held governorships up for election in 2023 in a state that voted for Donald Trump in 2020.
