The Green Papers: Louisiana 2020 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ General Election - Open Primary / Presidential / Congressional: Tuesday 3 November 2020
✓ Runoff Election - Open General / Congressional - US House CD 5: Saturday 5 December 2020
Friday 24 July 2020 - Filing Deadline - Primary/Independent/Third/Minor .
Tuesday 25 August 2020 - Filing Deadline - President .
Tuesday 3 November 2020 - General Election - Open Primary / Presidential / Congressional . Polling hours 6:00a-8:00p CST (1200-0200 UTC).
Saturday 5 December 2020 - Runoff Election - Open General / Congressional - US House CD 5 . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p CST (1300-0200 UTC).
 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:4,553,962 (1.47% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:8(1.49% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:6(1.38% of 435)
Capital:Baton Rouge
 

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Louisiana State and Local Government

Louisiana 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


There are no party primaries in Louisiana. All candidates from all parties appear on the open primary ballot. If no candidate receives a majority (50% of the vote plus 1), a runoff is held between the top two vote getters.

  • Elections for Governor and statewide officers are held every 4 years. The primary is on the second to last Saturday in October and the runoff is on the fourth Saturday after the second to last Saturday in October.
  • Congressional elections are held every two years. The primary is on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November and the run-off (where necessary) is held 32 days thereafter (on the first Saturday after the first Wednesday in December).

Candidates can withdraw until poll closing time on election day. Should a candidate withdraw after the ballots are printed, votes cast for that candidate are not counted.

Louisiana does not permit write-ins.


2020 ELECTIONS from the Louisiana Department of State.

Candidate Inquiry from the Louisiana Department of State.

4 June 2020: Governor John Bel Edwards (Democratic) signed Act 28 HB 751 which moves the 2020 filing deadline from 17 July to 24 July.

§467.2. ... the qualifying period for candidates in the 2020 congressional primary election and those in any special primary election to be held at the same time, shall open on the fourth Wednesday in July.

3 November 2020 returns from the Louisiana Department of State.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 8 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2020
 Candidate list (13)
  Elected Republican 1,255,776 58.46% President Donald John Trump
for Vice President: Vice President Michael R. "Mike" Pence
(8 Electoral Votes)
FEC P80001571; 23 Nov 20; Tot $717,303,371; Dsb $718,174,436
  Candidate Democratic 856,034 39.85% former Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.
for Vice President: California Senator Kamala D. Harris
FEC P80000722; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,064,613,463; Dsb $1,063,053,521
  Candidate Libertarian 21,645 1.01% Jo Jorgensen
for Vice President: Jeremy "Spike" Cohen
FEC P00013524; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,405,357; Dsb $3,373,521
  Candidate The Birthday Party 4,897 0.23% Kanye "Deez Nutz" West
for Vice President: Michelle Tidball
FEC P00016741; 23 Nov 20; Tot $14,442,390; Dsb $12,135,513
  Candidate American Solidarity 2,497 0.12% Brian T. Carroll
for Vice President: Amar Patel
FEC P00013771
  Candidate Becoming One Nation 1,626 0.08% Jade Simmons
for Vice President: Claudeliah J. Roze
FEC P00015537; 23 Nov 20; Tot $125,500; Dsb $72,644
  Candidate C.U.P. 1,125 0.05% President R19 Boddie
for Vice President: Eric C. Stoneham
FEC P00017202
  Candidate Socialism and Liberation 987 0.05% Gloria Estela La Riva
for Vice President: Sunil Freeman
FEC P80005572; 23 Nov 20; Tot $43,674; Dsb $39,726
  Candidate Constitution 860 0.04% Don Blankenship
for Vice President: William Alan Mohr
FEC P00014209; 20 Dec 20; Tot $83,880; Dsb $83,880
  Candidate Freedom and Prosperity 749 0.03% Brock Jeffrey Pierce
for Vice President: Karla Marie Ballard
FEC P00016550; 23 Nov 20; Tot $6,347,587; Dsb $6,315,486
  Candidate Life, Liberty, Constitution 668 0.03% Thomas "Tom" Hoefling
for Vice President: Andy Prior
  Candidate Unity 662 0.03% Bill Hammons
for Vice President: Eric Bodenstab
  Candidate Socialist Workers Party 536 0.02% Alyson Kennedy
for Vice President: Malcolm M. Jarrett
Total 2,148,062 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 116th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2
Seat up for regular election
Republican Senator William M. "Bill" Cassidy
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (15)
  Elected Republican 1,228,908 59.32% Senator William M. "Bill" Cassidy
FEC S4LA00107; 23 Nov 20; Tot $7,434,375; Dsb $8,174,543
  Candidate Democratic 394,049 19.02% Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins
FEC S0LA00386; 23 Nov 20; Tot $2,804,454; Dsb $2,611,841
  Candidate Democratic 229,814 11.09% Derrick "Champ" Edwards
FEC S6LA00342
  Candidate Democratic 55,710 2.69% Antoine Pierce
FEC S0LA00311; 30 Sep 20; Tot $93,526; Dsb $34,003
  Candidate Republican 38,383 1.85% Dustin Murphy
FEC S0LA00352; 05 Nov 20; Tot $17,368; Dsb $13,297
  Candidate Democratic 36,962 1.78% David Drew "Drew" Knight
FEC S0LA00402
  Candidate No Party 17,362 0.84% Beryl Billiot
FEC S6LA00441; 31 Dec 20; Tot $6,375; Dsb $6,375
  Candidate No Party 16,518 0.80% John Paul Bourgeois
FEC S0LA00360; 30 Sep 20; Tot $3,500; Dsb $3,400
  Candidate Democratic 14,454 0.70% Peter Wenstrup
FEC S0LA00345; 23 Nov 20; Tot $159,781; Dsb $153,316
  Candidate Libertarian 11,321 0.55% Aaron Charles Sigler
FEC S0LA00394; 13 Oct 20; Tot $3,298; Dsb $2,647
  Candidate Independent 7,811 0.38% M. V. "Vinny" Mendoza
FEC S6LA00409
  Candidate Other 7,680 0.37% Melinda Mary Price
aka Melinda Price-Bedi

FEC S0LA00428
  Candidate No Party 5,804 0.28% Jamar "Doc" Myers-Montgomery
FEC S0LA00303
  Candidate No Party 3,954 0.19% Reno Jean Daret, III
FEC S0LA00410
  Candidate Other 2,813 0.14% Alexander "Xan" John
FEC S0LA00378
Total 2,071,543 100.00%  

Class 3 Republican Senator John Neely Kennedy
First elected to the office of state Treasurer as a Democrat: 1999; re-elected: 2003; switched affiliation to Republican 27 August 2007; re-elected: 2007, 2011, 2015. First elected to the U.S. Senate: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards
First elected: 2015; re-elected: 2019
Chair up for regular election: Saturday 14 October 2023
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At Term Limit

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023. Elected separately from Governor.

  Republican Lieutenant Governor William "Billy" Nungesser
First elected: 2015, re-elected: 2019
Seat up for regular election: Saturday 14 October 2023

116th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
5 Republican (4 Renominated, 1 Open);
1 Democratic (1 Open)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Stephen J. "Steve" Scalise
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected in a special election 3 May 2008 to fill the vacancy re: Congresman Piyush "Bobby" Jindal election as Governor
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 270,330 72.21% Member of Congress Stephen J. "Steve" Scalise
FEC H0LA01087; 23 Nov 20; Tot $35,566,102; Dsb $33,528,333
  Candidate Democratic 94,730 25.30% Lee Ann Dugas
FEC H8LA01148
  Candidate Libertarian 9,309 2.49% Howard Kearney
FEC H6LA01225
Total 374,369 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Open
Democratic Member of Congress Cedric L. Richmond
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Open Seat - 17 November 2020: Announced his resignation to become Senior Adviser to the President and White House Public Engagement Director in the Biden Administration.
A special election will be called to fill this seat once it becomes empty. All candidates from all parties appear on the open primary ballot. If no candidate receives a majority (50% of the vote plus 1), a runoff is held between the top two vote getters.
 Candidate list (6) - 117th Congress
  Elected Democratic 201,636 63.61% Member of Congress Cedric L. Richmond
FEC H8LA02054; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,630,814; Dsb $1,223,242
  Candidate Republican 47,575 15.01% David M. Schilling
FEC H0LA02259
  Candidate Democratic 33,684 10.63% Glenn Adrian Harris
FEC H0LA02242
  Candidate Republican 15,565 4.91% Sheldon C. Vincent, Sr.
FEC H0LA02267
  Candidate Independent 12,268 3.87% Belden "Noonie Man" Batiste
FEC H8LA02161
  Candidate Independent 6,254 1.97% Colby C. James
FEC H0LA02234
Total 316,982 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 3
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Clay Higgins
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (4) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 230,480 67.76% Member of Congress Clay Higgins
FEC H6LA03148; 23 Nov 20; Tot $764,336; Dsb $677,639
  Candidate Democratic 60,852 17.89% Braylon Harris
FEC H0LA03190; 23 Nov 20; Tot $22,891; Dsb $15,130
  Candidate Democratic 39,423 11.59% Robert Jon "Rob" Anderson
FEC H8LA03060; 31 Mar 20; Tot $63,617; Dsb $48,015
  Candidate Libertarian 9,365 2.75% Brandon LeLeux
FEC H0LA03182
Total 340,120 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 4
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress James Michael "Mike" Johnson
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (4) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 185,265 60.43% Member of Congress James Michael "Mike" Johnson
FEC H6LA04138; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,322,818; Dsb $1,041,337
  Candidate Democratic 78,157 25.49% Kenny Houston
FEC H0LA04099; 15 Dec 20; Tot $34,227; Dsb $33,957
  Candidate Democratic 23,813 7.77% Ryan Trundle
FEC H8LA04282; 23 Nov 20; Tot $18,008; Dsb $14,902
  Candidate Republican 19,343 6.31% Ben Gibson
FEC H0LA04107
Total 306,578 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 5
Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Member of Congress Ralph Lee Abraham, Jr.
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Open Seat - 6 December 2018: Ran for Governor in 2019 but did not receive his party's nomination.
26 February 2020: "I am officially announcing my retirement from Congress following the completion of my current third term, and I will not seek re-election in 2020."
Since no candidate received a majority (50% of the vote plus 1) in the 3 November General Election, a runoff is held between the top two vote getters on 5 December 2020.
5 December 2020 returns from the Louisiana Department of State.
5 December 2020 returns from a media source.
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 49,183 62.02% Luke Joshua Letlow
3 November 2020: Received 33.12% in the General Election. Advances to 5 December 2020 runoff.
29 December 2020: Member of Congress-elect Luke Joshua Letlow died from complications of COVID-19.

FEC H0LA05120; 25 Dec 20; Tot $1,392,118; Dsb $1,298,566
  Candidate Republican 30,124 37.98% state Representative John Lance "Lance" Harris
3 November 2020: Received 16.55% in the General Election. Advances to 5 December 2020 runoff.

FEC H0LA05112; 25 Dec 20; Tot $694,055; Dsb $684,572
Total 79,307 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 6
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Garret Graves
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (4) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 265,706 71.05% Member of Congress Garret Graves
FEC H4LA06153; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,775,829; Dsb $1,090,557
  Candidate Democratic 95,541 25.55% Dartanyon A. "DAW" Williams
FEC H0LA06052; 23 Nov 20; Tot $111,136; Dsb $97,869
  Candidate Libertarian 9,732 2.60% Shannon Sloan
FEC H0LA06060
  Candidate No Party 3,017 0.81% Richard "RPT" Torregano
FEC H4LA02038
Total 373,996 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023

  Republican Secretary of State R. Kyle Ardoin
Assumed office 8 May 2018 [re: resignation of Secretary of State J. Thomas "Tom" Schedler (Republican)]; First elected in a special election: 8 December 2018; re-elected: 2019
Seat up for regular election: Saturday 14 October 2023
 

Secretary of State J. Thomas "Tom" Schedler (Republican) announced his resignation, amid accusations of sexual misconduct, effective 8 May 2018 on 2 May. He had earlier announced that he would retire at the end of his term. He was appointed on 22 November 2010 [re: election of Secretary of State "Jay" Dardenne as Lieutenant Governor]; first elected in 2011; and re-elected in 2015.
A special election will be called to fill the remainder of his term.
Reference: Louisiana elections chief quits amid sexual misconduct claim from AP.

When an unexpired terms of a statewide elected official exceeds one year, the First Assistant Secretary of State (Kyle Ardoin) fills the unexpired term of office [Louisiana Constitution, Article IV, Section 16]. The governor calls a special election to fill the vacancy at the next regularly scheduled congressional or statewide election, 6 November 2018. If no candidate receives a majority (50% of the vote plus 1), a runoff is held between the top two vote getters on 8 December 2018.

Since no candidate received a majority of the vote in the 6 November 2018 election, there will be a Saturday 8 December 2018 runoff between Secretary of State R. Kyle Ardoin (Republican) and "Gwen" Collins-Greenup (Democratic).

Secretary of State R. Kyle Ardoin (Republican) won the Saturday 8 December 2018 runoff. He was re-elected in the 16 November 2019 runoff.


Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023

  Republican Attorney General "Jeff" Landry
First elected: 2015; re-elected: 2019
Seat up for regular election: Saturday 14 October 2023

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023

  Republican Treasurer John M. Schroder, Sr.
First elected in a Special Election: 18 November 2017 (re: resignation of John Neely Kennedy (Republican) who was elected to the U.S. Senate Class 3 seat in 2016); re-elected: 2019
Seat up for regular election: Saturday 14 October 2023
 Treasurer John Neely Kennedy (Republican) who was first elected as Treasurer as a Democrat in 1999; re-elected in 2003; switched affiliation to Republican on 27 August 2007; re-elected in 2007, 2011, and 2015; ran for and won the Senate Class 3 seat in 2016; resigned effective 3 January 2017.
Treasurer Ron J. Henson (Republican) was appointed to the office to serve until the special election.
18 November 2017: former state Representative John M. Schroder, Sr. (Republican) is first elected in a special election. He was re-elected on 12 October 2019.

Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023

  Republican Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Michael G. "Mike" Strain
First elected: 2007; re-elected: 2011, 2015, 2019
Seat up for regular election: Saturday 14 October 2023

Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023

  Republican Insurance Commissioner James J. "Jim" Donelon
Appointed: 16 February 2006; first elected in Special Election 30 September 2006; re-elected: 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
Seat up for regular election: Saturday 14 October 2023
 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 2 incumbents, 14 candidates
  Republican: 13 incumbents, 12 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Libertarian: 5 candidates
Other Third Parties
  American Solidarity: 1 candidate
  Becoming One Nation: 1 candidate
  C.U.P.: 1 candidate
  Freedom and Prosperity: 1 candidate
  Life, Liberty, Constitution: 1 candidate
  Socialism and Liberation: 1 candidate
  Socialist Workers Party: 1 candidate
  The Birthday Party: 1 candidate
  Unity: 1 candidate
Independents
  Independent: 3 candidates
  No Party: 5 candidates
  Other: 2 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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