Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2015
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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.
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 Holden and Nungesser. Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system (California and Washington have a similar "top two primary" system).
Contents
Candidates
Republican Party
Filed
- Elbert Guillory, State Senator[1]
- Billy Nungesser, President of Plaquemines Parish and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2011[2]
- John Young, President of Jefferson Parish[3]
Declined
- Scott Angelle, Louisiana Public Service Commissioner and former Lieutenant Governor (ran for Governor)[4][5]
- Jay Dardenne, incumbent Lieutenant Governor (ran for Governor)[6]
- Mike Edmonson, Superintendent of the Louisiana State Police[7]
Democratic Party
Filed
- Kip Holden, Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish[8][9]
Did not run
- Rick Gallot, State Senator[10]
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% |
| Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election Jungle Primary, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Kip Holden | 360,679 | 33.27 | |
| Republican | Billy Nungesser | 324,654 | 29.95 | |
| Republican | John Young | 313,183 | 28.89 | |
| Republican | Elbert Guillory | 85,460 | 7.88 | |
| Majority | 36,025 | 3.32 | ||
| Total votes | 1,083,976 | 37.4 | ||
Runoff
Polling
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Billy Nungesser | 628,864 | 55.4% | +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% | ||
See also
References
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