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<div style="float:right; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0.4em; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; ; max-width:250px;" class="toclimit-3"> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Current_officeholder"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Current officeholder</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Authority"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Authority</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Qualifications"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Qualifications</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Elections"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Elections</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Results"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Results</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#2023"><span class="tocnumber">4.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">2023</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="#2019"><span class="tocnumber">4.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">2019</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#2015"><span class="tocnumber">4.1.3</span> <span class="toctext">2015</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-9"><a href="#General_election"><span class="tocnumber">4.1.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">General election</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-10"><a href="#Primary_election"><span class="tocnumber">4.1.3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Primary election</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#2011"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">2011</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#2007"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">2007</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#2003"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">2003</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Term_limits"><span class="tocnumber">4.5</span> <span class="toctext">Term limits</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Partisan_composition"><span class="tocnumber">4.6</span> <span class="toctext">Partisan composition</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#Vacancies"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Vacancies</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#Duties"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Duties</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#Divisions"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Divisions</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19"><a href="#State_budget"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">State budget</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#Role_in_state_budget"><span class="tocnumber">8.1</span> <span class="toctext">Role in state budget</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Governor's_office_budget"><span class="tocnumber">8.2</span> <span class="toctext">Governor's office budget</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-22"><a href="#Compensation"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Compensation</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#2022"><span class="tocnumber">9.1</span> <span class="toctext">2022</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#2021"><span class="tocnumber">9.2</span> <span class="toctext">2021</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#2020"><span class="tocnumber">9.3</span> <span class="toctext">2020</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-26"><a href="#2019_2"><span class="tocnumber">9.4</span> <span class="toctext">2019</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27"><a href="#2018"><span class="tocnumber">9.5</span> <span class="toctext">2018</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28"><a href="#2017"><span class="tocnumber">9.6</span> <span class="toctext">2017</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-29"><a href="#2016"><span class="tocnumber">9.7</span> <span class="toctext">2016</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-30"><a href="#2015_2"><span class="tocnumber">9.8</span> <span class="toctext">2015</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-31"><a href="#2014"><span class="tocnumber">9.9</span> <span class="toctext">2014</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-32"><a href="#2013"><span class="tocnumber">9.10</span> <span class="toctext">2013</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-33"><a href="#2012"><span class="tocnumber">9.11</span> <span class="toctext">2012</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-34"><a href="#2010"><span class="tocnumber">9.12</span> <span class="toctext">2010</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-35"><a href="#Historical_officeholders"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Historical officeholders</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-36"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-37"><a href="#Partisan_balance_1992-2013"><span class="tocnumber">11.1</span> <span class="toctext">Partisan balance 1992-2013</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-38"><a href="#SQLI_and_partisanship"><span class="tocnumber">11.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">SQLI and partisanship</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#State_profile"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">State profile</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Presidential_voting_pattern"><span class="tocnumber">12.1</span> <span class="toctext">Presidential voting pattern</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-39"><a href="#Contact_information"><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">Contact information</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-40"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">14</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-41"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">15</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-42"><a href="#Footnotes"><span class="tocnumber">16</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </td> <td> <table class="infobox" width="300px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; padding:4px; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color: red; padding-top: 0.5em; color:white; font-size:120%;"><big><b>Louisiana Governor</b></big></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0.5em;"><br /><a href="/File:Seal_of_Louisiana.png" class="image"><img alt="Seal of Louisiana.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/a/a4/Seal_of_Louisiana.png/150px-Seal_of_Louisiana.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/a/a4/Seal_of_Louisiana.png/225px-Seal_of_Louisiana.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/a/a4/Seal_of_Louisiana.png/300px-Seal_of_Louisiana.png 2x" data-file-width="530" data-file-height="530" /></a><br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color: red; padding-top: 0.5em; color:white; font-size:120%;"><big><b>General information</b></big></td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>Office Type:</b>  </td><td align="left">Partisan</td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>Office website:</b>  </td><td align="left"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.gov.state.la.us/">Official Link</a></td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>Compensation:</b>  </td><td align="left"><a href="/Compensation_of_state_executive_officers" title="Compensation of state executive officers">$130,000</a></td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>2024 FY Budget:</b>  </td><td align="left"><a href="#State_budget">$21,092,984</a></td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>Term limits:</b>  </td><td align="left"><a href="/State_executives_with_term_limits" title="State executives with term limits">2 consecutive terms</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color: red; padding-top: 0.5em; color:white; font-size:120%;"><big><b>Structure</b></big></td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>Length of term:</b>  </td><td align="left"> 4 years</td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>Authority:</b>  </td><td align="left"><a href="/Article_IV,_Louisiana_Constitution" title="Article IV, Louisiana Constitution">Article IV, the Executive Department</a></td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>Selection Method:</b>  </td><td align="left">Elected</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color: red; padding-top: 0.5em; color:white; font-size:120%;"><big><b>Current Officeholder</b></big></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px"><div style="text-align:center;"> <p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/200/200/Jeff_Landry.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" width="150px" /> </p> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Jeff_Landry">Governor of Louisiana Jeff Landry</a><br /> Republican Party<br /> <b>Assumed office:</b> January 8, 2024 </p> </div> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color: red; padding-top: 0.5em; color:white; font-size:120%;"><big><b>Elections</b></big></td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>Next election:</b>  </td><td align="left">November 20, 2027</td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>Last election:</b>  </td><td align="left"><a href="/Louisiana_gubernatorial_election,_2023" title="Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2023">November 18, 2023</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color: red; padding-top: 0.5em; color:white; font-size:120%;"><big><b>Other Louisiana Executive Offices</b></big></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size:90%;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Governor</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana">Lieutenant Governor</a> • <a href="/Louisiana_Secretary_of_State" title="Louisiana Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a> • <a href="/Louisiana_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana Attorney General">Attorney General</a> • <a href="/Louisiana_Treasurer" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana Treasurer">Treasurer</a> • <a href="/Louisiana_Superintendent_of_Education" title="Louisiana Superintendent of Education">Superintendent of Education</a> • <a href="/Louisiana_Commissioner_of_Agriculture_and_Forestry" title="Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry">Agriculture Commissioner</a> • <a href="/Louisiana_Commissioner_of_Insurance" title="Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance">Insurance Commissioner</a> • <a href="/Louisiana_Secretary_of_Natural_Resources" title="Louisiana Secretary of Natural Resources">Natural Resources Commissioner</a> • <a href="/Louisiana_Executive_Director_of_the_Workforce_Commission" title="Louisiana Executive Director of the Workforce Commission">Labor Commissioner</a> • <a href="/Louisiana_Public_Service_Commission" title="Louisiana Public Service Commission">Public Service Commission</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="infobox" width="300px" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"><big><a href="/State_Executive_Officials" class="mw-redirect" title="State Executive Officials">State Executives</a></big> </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a href="/State_Executive_Officials" title="State Executive Officials"><img alt="StateExecLogo.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/e/e7/StateExecLogo.png/150px-StateExecLogo.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="153" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/e/e7/StateExecLogo.png/225px-StateExecLogo.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/e/e7/StateExecLogo.png/300px-StateExecLogo.png 2x" data-file-width="1189" data-file-height="1216" /></a></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #ECEBED"><a href="/Governor#Current_governors_by_party_affiliation" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor">Current Governors</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #ECEBED"><a href="/State_executive_official_elections_by_year" title="State executive official elections by year">Gubernatorial Elections</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2024" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2024">2024</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2023" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2023">2023</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2022" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2022">2022</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2021" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2021">2021</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2020" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2020">2020</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2019" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2019">2019</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2018" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2018">2018</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2017" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2017">2017</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2016" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2016">2016</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2015" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2015">2015</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2014" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2014">2014</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #ECEBED"><a href="/Lieutenant_Governor#Current_Lieutenant_Governors" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor">Current Lt. Governors</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #ECEBED"><a href="/State_executive_official_elections_by_year" title="State executive official elections by year">Lt. Governor Elections</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2024" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2024">2024</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2023" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2023">2023</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2022" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2022">2022</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2021" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2021">2021</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2020" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2020">2020</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2019" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2019">2019</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2018" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2018">2018</a> • <a href="/State_executive_official_elections,_2017" title="State executive official elections, 2017">2017</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2016" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2016">2016</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2015" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2015">2015</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2014" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2014">2014</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <b>Governor of the State of Louisiana</b> is an elected constitutional officer, the head of the executive branch and the highest state office in <a href="/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>. The governor is popularly elected every four years by a majority and is limited to two consecutive terms.<sup id="cite_ref-con_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-con-1">[1]</a></sup> <br /> </p> <p>Louisiana has a Republican <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/State_government_trifectas">trifecta</a>. The Republican Party controls the office of governor and both chambers of the state legislature.</p> <p><br /> </p> <p>Louisiana has a Republican <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/State_government_triplexes">triplex</a>. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general.</p> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Louisiana_State_Legislature" title="Louisiana State Legislature">Louisiana State Legislature</a>, <a href="/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a>, <a href="/Louisiana_State_Senate" title="Louisiana State Senate">Louisiana State Senate</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Current_officeholder">Current officeholder</span></h2> <p>The current Governor of Louisiana is <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Jeff_Landry">Jeff Landry</a> (R). Landry assumed office in 2024. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Authority">Authority</span></h2> <p>The <a href="/Louisiana_Constitution" title="Louisiana Constitution">state Constitution</a> addresses the office of the governor in <a href="/Article_IV,_Louisiana_Constitution" title="Article IV, Louisiana Constitution">Article IV, the Executive Department</a>. </p><p>Under Article IV, Section 5(A): </p> <table style="width:35%; background:#e5e4e2; margin-top:.1em; border:.5px solid #cccccc; solid;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> <p><i>The governor shall be the chief executive officer of the state.</i><sup id="cite_ref-con_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-con-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Qualifications">Qualifications</span></h2> <p>Under <a href="/Article_IV,_Louisiana_Constitution#Section_2" title="Article IV, Louisiana Constitution">Article IV, Section 2</a>, a candidate for governor is required to: </p> <ul><li>have attained the age of 25 years</li> <li>be an elector</li> <li>have been a citizen of the United States, and,</li> <li>have been a citizen of Louisiana for at least the preceding five years.</li></ul> <p>The term of office of the Governor of Louisiana is four years. During her or his tenure in office, a statewide elected official shall hold no other public office.<sup id="cite_ref-con_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-con-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a href="/File:Louisiana_exec_org_chart.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/f/fd/Louisiana_exec_org_chart.png/200px-Louisiana_exec_org_chart.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="266" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/f/fd/Louisiana_exec_org_chart.png/300px-Louisiana_exec_org_chart.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/f/fd/Louisiana_exec_org_chart.png/400px-Louisiana_exec_org_chart.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="639" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Louisiana_exec_org_chart.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Louisiana state government organizational chart</div></div></div> <p><a href="/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> is one of the handful of states that hold off-year elections, that is, elections in off-numbered years that are neither presidential nor midterm years. In Louisiana's case, elections are held in the year after a midterm and before a presidential; thus, <a href="/Louisiana_gubernatorial_election,_2015" title="Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2015">2015</a>, 2019, 2023, and 2027 are all gubernatorial election years. Legally, the inauguration is always held the second Monday in January after an election. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Results">Results</span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2023">2023</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Louisiana_gubernatorial_election,_2023" title="Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2023">Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2023</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p><style> .votebox { color: #888; display: table; max-width: 600px; } .electionsectionheading { font-size: 1.25em; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 10px; margin-bottom: .75em; margin-top: 1em; } .results_text { font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: 200; border-bottom: 1px solid grey; padding-bottom: 7px; } .election_results_text { display: inline; } .race_header { background: #4c4c4c; color: #fff; padding:7px 8px 8px; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 4px; } .race_header.democratic { background-color: #003388; } .race_header.republican { background-color: #db0000; } .race_header.libertarian { background-color: #dac113; } .race_header.green { background-color: #6db24f; } .mw-body #mw-content-text .votebox .race_header h3.votebox-header-office-name { font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: .03em; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0; } .mw-body #mw-content-text .votebox .race_header h5.votebox-header-election-type { font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: .04em; padding-left: 0; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; } .results_table { width: 100%; } .votebox_legend { width: 100% !important; } .votebox_legend .non_result_row { vertical-align: top; } .results_row td { padding-bottom: 3px; padding-top: 3px; } .results_row td:first-child { padding-left: 8px; } .results_row { height: 56px; } .votebox-results-cell--check { color: #6db24f; font-size: 2em; } .mw-content-ltr td.votebox-results-cell--text, .mw-body #mw-content-text th.votebox-results-cell--text { font-weight: 300; } .mw-body #mw-content-text th.votebox-results-cell--text { font-weight: 100; text-align: left; } .votebox-results-cell--number { text-align: center; } .image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper { border: 1px solid #999; border-radius: 50%; display: block; height: 50px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 50px; margin-right: 10px; } .image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper .image-candidate-thumbnail { width: 100% } .results_row.winner { background-color: #f4f4f4; } .non_result_row { color: #888; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.03em; } .non_result_row th { text-align: left !important; } .non_result_row div { display: inline-block; } .race_footer { display: block; margin: 8px auto; width: 50%; } .votebox-results-metadata { padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 16px; padding-top: 8px; } .votebox-results-metadata-p { font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.03em; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: -2px !important; } .outer_percentage { margin: 0px 10px; width: 90%; background-color: #ccc; float: left; height: 22px; overflow-y: hidden; position: relative; top: -1px; max-width: 75px; } .inner_percentage { display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; height: 100%; } .inner_percentage.Democratic { background-color: #003388; } .inner_percentage.Republican { background-color: #db0000; } .inner_percentage.Libertarian { background-color: #f9d334; } .inner_percentage.Green { background-color: #6db24f; } .inner_percentage.CrossFiled { background-color: grey; } .inner_percentage, .inner_percentage.Nonpartisan, .inner_percentage.Independent, .inner_percentage.Constitution, .inner_percentage.unknown { background-color: green; } .percentage_number { display: inline-block; width: 100%; color:white; position: absolute; top: 2px; left: 0; text-align: center; z-index:1; } .votebox_bp_logo { width: 35px !important; vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 12px; position: relative; top: -5px; } .votebox-covid-disclaimer { font-style: italic; margin-bottom:16px; margin-top: 16px; } .indicate_scroll { font-size: 12px; margin: 0; padding-bottom: 5px; font-style: italic; color: #0645ad; } @media screen and (max-width: 350px) { .race_header, .results_text, .results_table_container, .votebox_legend { width: 350px; } .votebox { overflow-x: scroll; width: 100%; display: block; } } .votebox-scroll-container { overflow-x: auto; } </style><style> .votebox-scroll-container { overflow-y: hidden; } .results_table_container { max-height: 580px; overflow-y: auto; } </p> </style><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Louisiana elections use the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Louisiana_majority-vote_system">majority-vote system.</a> All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.</p><h4>Nonpartisan primary election</h4><div class="votebox-scroll-container"><div class="votebox"><div class="race_header nonpartisan"><h5 class="votebox-header-election-type">Nonpartisan primary for Governor of Louisiana</h5></div><p class="results_text">The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of Louisiana on October 14, 2023. </p><p class="indicate_scroll" style="text-align: right"></p><div class="results_table_container"><table class="results_table"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row" style="margin-top: 6px;"><td colspan="2"></td><td><div>Candidate</div></td><td style="text-align: center;min-width: 100px;"><div style="width: 75px;text-align: center;float:left;margin-left: 10px;">%</div></td><td style="text-align: center;"><div>Votes</div></td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">✔</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Jeff_Landry.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Jeff Landry" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Jeff_Landry">Jeff Landry</a> (R) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">51.6</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 51.6%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">547,827</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Shawn_Wilson_LAjpg.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Shawn Wilson" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Shawn_Wilson_(Louisiana)">Shawn Wilson</a> (D) <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Shawn_Wilson_(Louisiana)#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">25.9</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 25.9%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">275,525</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/stephenwaguespack.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Stephen Waguespack" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Stephen_Waguespack">Stephen Waguespack</a> (R) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">5.9</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 5.9%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">62,287</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/John_Schroder.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of John Schroder" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/John_Schroder_(Louisiana)">John Schroder</a> (R) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">5.3</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 5.3%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">56,654</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Independent"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/HunterLundy2023.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Hunter Lundy" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Hunter_Lundy">Hunter Lundy</a> (Independent) <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Hunter_Lundy#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">4.9</div><div class="inner_percentage Independent" style="width: 4.9%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">52,165</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img alt="Silhouette Placeholder Image.png" id="placeholder_image" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png/150px-Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png 2x" data-file-width="199" data-file-height="199" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Daniel_Cole">Daniel Cole</a> (D) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">2.6</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 2.6%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">27,662</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/SharonHewitt2.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Sharon Hewitt" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Sharon_Hewitt">Sharon Hewitt</a> (R) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">1.7</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 1.7%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">18,468</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Independent"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/CandidateBBarnes.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Benjamin Barnes" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Benjamin_Barnes_(Louisiana)">Benjamin Barnes</a> (Independent) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.5</div><div class="inner_percentage Independent" style="width: 0.5%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">5,190</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img alt="Silhouette Placeholder Image.png" id="placeholder_image" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png/150px-Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png 2x" data-file-width="199" data-file-height="199" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Patrick_Henry_Barthel">Patrick Henry Barthel</a> (R) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.4</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 0.4%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">4,426</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Richard_Nelson_Headshot.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Richard Nelson" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Richard_Nelson_(Louisiana)">Richard Nelson</a> (R) <i>(Unofficially withdrew)</i></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.3</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 0.3%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">3,605</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Independent"><img alt="Silhouette Placeholder Image.png" id="placeholder_image" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png/150px-Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png 2x" data-file-width="199" data-file-height="199" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Jeffery_Istre">Jeffery Istre</a> (Independent) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.3</div><div class="inner_percentage Independent" style="width: 0.3%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">3,400</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/XavierEllis.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Xavier Ellis" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Xavier_Ellis">Xavier Ellis</a> (R) <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Xavier_Ellis#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.2</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 0.2%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">1,734</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Independent"><img alt="Silhouette Placeholder Image.png" id="placeholder_image" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png/150px-Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png 2x" data-file-width="199" data-file-height="199" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Keitron_Gagnon">Keitron Gagnon</a> (Independent) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.1</div><div class="inner_percentage Independent" style="width: 0.1%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">1,260</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/XanJohn2.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Xan John" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Xan_John">Xan John</a> (R) <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Xan_John#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.1</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 0.1%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">1,164</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Independent"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Frank_Scurlock.png" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Frank Scurlock" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Frank_Scurlock">Frank Scurlock</a> (Independent) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.1</div><div class="inner_percentage Independent" style="width: 0.1%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">1,131</td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr /><table class="votebox_legend"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row"><td style="width: 40px;"><p style="margin-bottom: -12px;"><img class="votebox_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics" /></p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom: -12px; margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p"> There were no <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Incumbent">incumbents</a> in this race. The results have been certified. <a href="https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/2023-10-14/resultsRace/Statewide" target="_blank">Source</a></p></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 170px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: right;" class="votebox-results-cell--number">Total votes: 1,062,498 </td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;"><span><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /> = candidate completed the <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia Candidate Connection</a> survey.</span></td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;">If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, <a href="/Survey?source=votebox">complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background:#DDD; position:relative;"><p style="margin:0; font-size:0.75em; color:#666;">Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? <a href="mailto:data@ballotpedia.org">Contact our sales team.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><h4>Withdrawn or disqualified candidates</h4><ul><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Oscar_Dantzler">Oscar Dantzler</a> (D)</li></ul><script>function defer(){window.jQuery?indicateScroll():setTimeout(function(){defer()},500)}function indicateScroll(){jQuery(".votebox").each(function(e){if(jQuery(".results_table_container").get(e).scrollHeight>580){let o=jQuery(".votebox .indicate_scroll").get(e);jQuery(o).html("Scroll for more <i class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-down'></i> ")}})}defer();</script> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2019">2019</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Louisiana_gubernatorial_election,_2019" title="Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2019">Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2019</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p><style> .votebox { color: #888; 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} .percentage_number { display: inline-block; width: 100%; color:white; position: absolute; top: 2px; left: 0; text-align: center; z-index:1; } .votebox_bp_logo { width: 35px !important; vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 12px; position: relative; top: -5px; } .votebox-covid-disclaimer { font-style: italic; margin-bottom:16px; margin-top: 16px; } .indicate_scroll { font-size: 12px; margin: 0; padding-bottom: 5px; font-style: italic; color: #0645ad; } @media screen and (max-width: 350px) { .race_header, .results_text, .results_table_container, .votebox_legend { width: 350px; } .votebox { overflow-x: scroll; width: 100%; display: block; } } .votebox-scroll-container { overflow-x: auto; } </style><style> .votebox-scroll-container { overflow-y: hidden; } .results_table_container { max-height: 580px; overflow-y: auto; } </p> </style><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Louisiana elections use the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Louisiana_majority-vote_system">majority-vote system.</a> All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.</p><h4>General election</h4><div class="votebox-scroll-container"><div class="votebox"><div class="race_header nonpartisan"><h5 class="votebox-header-election-type">General election for Governor of Louisiana</h5></div><p class="results_text">Incumbent <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/John_Bel_Edwards_(Louisiana)">John Bel Edwards</a> defeated <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Eddie_Rispone">Eddie Rispone</a> in the general election for Governor of Louisiana on November 16, 2019. </p><p class="indicate_scroll" style="text-align: right"></p><div class="results_table_container"><table class="results_table"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row" style="margin-top: 6px;"><td colspan="2"></td><td><div>Candidate</div></td><td style="text-align: center;min-width: 100px;"><div style="width: 75px;text-align: center;float:left;margin-left: 10px;">%</div></td><td style="text-align: center;"><div>Votes</div></td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">✔</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/JohnBelEdwards.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of John Bel Edwards" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><b><u><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/John_Bel_Edwards_(Louisiana)">John Bel Edwards</a></u></b> (D) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">51.3</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 51.3%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">774,498</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Rispone-045-1.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Eddie Rispone" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Eddie_Rispone">Eddie Rispone</a> (R) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">48.7</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 48.7%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">734,286</td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr /><table class="votebox_legend"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row"><td style="width: 40px;"><p style="margin-bottom: -12px;"><img class="votebox_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics" /></p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom: -12px; margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Incumbent">Incumbents</a> are <b><u>bolded and underlined</u></b>. The results have been certified. <a href="https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical" target="_blank">Source</a></p></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 170px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: right;" class="votebox-results-cell--number">Total votes: 1,508,784<br />(100.00% precincts reporting) </td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;"><span><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /> = candidate completed the <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia Candidate Connection</a> survey.</span></td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;">If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, <a href="/Survey?source=votebox">complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background:#DDD; position:relative;"><p style="margin:0; font-size:0.75em; color:#666;">Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? <a href="mailto:data@ballotpedia.org">Contact our sales team.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><h4>Nonpartisan primary election</h4><div class="votebox-scroll-container"><div class="votebox"><div class="race_header nonpartisan"><h5 class="votebox-header-election-type">Nonpartisan primary for Governor of Louisiana</h5></div><p class="results_text">The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of Louisiana on October 12, 2019. </p><p class="indicate_scroll" style="text-align: right"></p><div class="results_table_container"><table class="results_table"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row" style="margin-top: 6px;"><td colspan="2"></td><td><div>Candidate</div></td><td style="text-align: center;min-width: 100px;"><div style="width: 75px;text-align: center;float:left;margin-left: 10px;">%</div></td><td style="text-align: center;"><div>Votes</div></td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">✔</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/JohnBelEdwards.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of John Bel Edwards" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><b><u><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/John_Bel_Edwards_(Louisiana)">John Bel Edwards</a></u></b> (D) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">46.6</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 46.6%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">625,970</td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">✔</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Rispone-045-1.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Eddie Rispone" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Eddie_Rispone">Eddie Rispone</a> (R) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">27.4</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 27.4%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">368,319</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Ralph_Abraham_official_congressional_photo.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Ralph Abraham" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Ralph_Abraham">Ralph Abraham</a> (R) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">23.6</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 23.6%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">317,149</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Oscar_Dantzler.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Oscar Dantzler" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Oscar_Dantzler">Oscar Dantzler</a> (D) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.8</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 0.8%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">10,993</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img alt="Silhouette Placeholder Image.png" id="placeholder_image" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png/150px-Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png 2x" data-file-width="199" data-file-height="199" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Patrick_Landry">Patrick Landry</a> (R) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.8</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 0.8%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">10,966</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Independent"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/JMGL_0038web__2__fixed.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Gary Landrieu" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Gary_Landrieu">Gary Landrieu</a> (Independent) <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Gary_Landrieu#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.8</div><div class="inner_percentage Independent" style="width: 0.8%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">10,084</td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr /><table class="votebox_legend"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row"><td style="width: 40px;"><p style="margin-bottom: -12px;"><img class="votebox_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics" /></p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom: -12px; margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Incumbent">Incumbents</a> are <b><u>bolded and underlined</u></b>. The results have been certified. <a href="https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/2019-10-12/resultsRace/Statewide" target="_blank">Source</a></p></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 170px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: right;" class="votebox-results-cell--number">Total votes: 1,343,481 </td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;"><span><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /> = candidate completed the <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia Candidate Connection</a> survey.</span></td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;">If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, <a href="/Survey?source=votebox">complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background:#DDD; position:relative;"><p style="margin:0; font-size:0.75em; color:#666;">Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? <a href="mailto:data@ballotpedia.org">Contact our sales team.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><h4>Withdrawn or disqualified candidates</h4><ul><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Manuel_Leach">Manuel Leach</a> (R)</li><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Patrick_Doguet">Patrick Doguet</a> (R)</li><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/M.V._Mendoza">M.V. Mendoza</a> (D)</li></ul><script>function defer(){window.jQuery?indicateScroll():setTimeout(function(){defer()},500)}function indicateScroll(){jQuery(".votebox").each(function(e){if(jQuery(".results_table_container").get(e).scrollHeight>580){let o=jQuery(".votebox .indicate_scroll").get(e);jQuery(o).html("Scroll for more <i class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-down'></i> ")}})}defer();</script> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2015">2015</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Louisiana_gubernatorial_election,_2015" title="Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2015">Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2015</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>There was a regularly scheduled election for governor in 2015. <a href="/Bobby_Jindal" title="Bobby Jindal">Bobby Jindal</a> (R) was ineligible for re-election due to term limits. The primary election took place on <a href="/State_executive_official_elections,_2015" title="State executive official elections, 2015">October 24, 2015</a>, and a runoff election occurred on November 21, 2015. </p><p>No candidate received an outright majority in the <a href="/Blanket_primary" title="Blanket primary">blanket primary</a> election. The two candidates with the most votes, who qualified for the November runoff election, were <a href="/John_Bel_Edwards_(Louisiana)" title="John Bel Edwards (Louisiana)">John Bel Edwards</a> (D) and <a href="/David_Vitter" title="David Vitter">David Vitter</a> (R). </p><p>Edwards defeated Vitter and succeeded Governor Jindal in January 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> </p> <h5><span class="mw-headline" id="General_election">General election</span></h5> <p>The general election for <a href="/Louisiana_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana Governor">Louisiana governor</a> between <a href="/David_Vitter" title="David Vitter">David Vitter</a> (R) and <a href="/John_Bel_Edwards" class="mw-redirect" title="John Bel Edwards">John Bel Edwards</a> (D) was held on November 21, 2015. Edwards defeated his <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> opponent. </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="600px" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>Governor of Louisiana, Run-off election, 2015</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b><a href="/John_Bel_Edwards" class="mw-redirect" title="John Bel Edwards">John Bel Edwards</a></b> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">56.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">646,860</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#cc0000;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/David_Vitter" title="David Vitter">David Vitter</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">43.9%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">505,929</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>1,152,789</b></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="5"><i>Election Results <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11212015/11212015_Statewide.html">via the Louisiana Secretary of State</a>. </i></td> </tr></tbody></table> <h5><span class="mw-headline" id="Primary_election">Primary election</span></h5> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="600px" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>Governor of Louisiana, Blanket Primary, 2015</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b><a href="/John_Bel_Edwards_(Louisiana)" title="John Bel Edwards (Louisiana)">John Bel Edwards</a></b> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">39.9%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">444,061</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#cc0000;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b><a href="/David_Vitter" title="David Vitter">David Vitter</a></b> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">23%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">256,105</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#cc0000;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/Scott_Angelle" title="Scott Angelle">Scott Angelle</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">19.3%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">214,907</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#cc0000;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/Jay_Dardenne" title="Jay Dardenne">Jay Dardenne</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">15%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">166,553</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/Cary_Deaton" title="Cary Deaton">Cary Deaton</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">1.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">11,750</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/S_L_Simpson" title="S L Simpson">S L Simpson</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.7%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">7,411</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#bbb;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Independent </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/Beryl_Billiot" title="Beryl Billiot">Beryl Billiot</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.5%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">5,690</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#bbb;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Independent </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/Jeremy_Odom" title="Jeremy Odom">Jeremy "JW" Odom</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.4%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">4,755</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#bbb;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Independent </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/Eric_Paul_Orgeron" title="Eric Paul Orgeron">Eric Paul Orgeron</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.2%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">2,244</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>1,113,476</b></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="5"><i>Election Results <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10242015/10242015_Statewide.html">Louisiana Secretary of State</a>. </i></td> </tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2011">2011</span></h3> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="60%" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>Governor of Louisiana, 2011</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b><a href="/Bobby_Jindal" title="Bobby Jindal">Bobby Jindal</a></b> <small><i><b>Incumbent</b></i></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">65.8%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">673,239</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/Tara_Hollis" title="Tara Hollis">Tara Hollis</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">17.9%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">182,925</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/Cary_Deaton" title="Cary Deaton">Cary Deaton</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">4.9%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">50,071</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/Trey_Roberts" title="Trey Roberts">Trey Roberts</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">3.3%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">33,280</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#bbb;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Independent </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/David_Blanchard" title="David Blanchard">David Blanchard</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">2.6%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">26,705</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/Niki_Bird_Papazoglakis" title="Niki Bird Papazoglakis">Niki Bird Papazoglakis</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">2.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">21,885</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fd0;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Libertarian </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/Scott_Lewis" title="Scott Lewis">Scott Lewis</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">1.2%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">12,528</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#bbb;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Independent </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/Robert_Lang,_Jr." title="Robert Lang, Jr.">Robert Lang, Jr.</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.9%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">9,109</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#bbb;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Independent </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/Ron_Caesar" title="Ron Caesar">Ron Caesar</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.8%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">8,179</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#bbb;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Independent </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/Leonard_Bollingham" title="Leonard Bollingham">Leonard Bollingham</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.5%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">5,242</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>1,023,163</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="5"><i>Election results via <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/2011-10-22/resultsRace/Statewide">Louisiana Secretary of State</a></i></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2007">2007</span></h3> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="60%" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>Governor of Louisiana, Blanket Primary, 2007</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b><a href="/Bobby_Jindal" title="Bobby Jindal">Bobby Jindal</a></b> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">53.9%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">699,275</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Walter J Boasso </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">17.5%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">226,476</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Nonpartisan </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> John Georges </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">14.4%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">186,682</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/Foster_Campbell" title="Foster Campbell">Foster Campbell</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">12.5%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">161,665</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Mary Volentine Smith </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.5%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">5,868</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#bbb;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Independent </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> B. Alexandrenko </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.4%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">4,791</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#bbb;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Independent </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Anthony "Tony G" Gentile </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.3%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">3,372</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fd0;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Libertarian </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> T. Lee Horne III </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.2%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">2,648</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Nonpartisan </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Sheldon Forest </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.2%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">2,323</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> M.V. "Vinny" Mendoza </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.2%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">2,080</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Hardy Parkerson </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,666</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Nonpartisan </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Arthur D. "Jim" Nichols </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">994</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>1,297,840</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="5"><i>Election results via <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11172007/11172007_Statewide.html">Louisiana Secretary of State</a></i></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2003">2003</span></h3> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="60%" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>Governor of Louisiana, Runoff Election, 2003</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>Kathleen Blanco</b> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">51.9%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">731,358</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/Bobby_Jindal" title="Bobby Jindal">Bobby Jindal</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">48.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">676,484</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>1,407,842</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="5"><i>Election results via <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11152003/11152003_Statewide.html">Louisiana Secretary of State</a></i></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Term_limits">Term limits</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/States_with_gubernatorial_term_limits" title="States with gubernatorial term limits">States with gubernatorial term limits</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Louisiana governors are restricted to two consecutive terms in office, after which they must wait one term before being eligible to run again. </p><p><a href="/Article_IV,_Louisiana_Constitution#Section_3" title="Article IV, Louisiana Constitution"><b>Louisiana Constitution, Section IV, Section 3b</b></a> </p> <table style="width:35%; background:#e5e4e2; margin-top:.1em; border:.5px solid #cccccc; solid;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>A person who has served as governor for more than one and one-half terms in two consecutive terms shall not be elected governor for the succeeding term.</i><sup id="cite_ref-con_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-con-1">[1]</a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Partisan_composition">Partisan composition</span></h3> <p>The chart below shows the partisan breakdown of Louisiana governors from 1992 to 2013.<br /> <a href="/File:Governor_of_Louisiana_Partisanship.PNG" class="image"><img alt="Governor of Louisiana Partisanship.PNG" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/d/d0/Governor_of_Louisiana_Partisanship.PNG/600px-Governor_of_Louisiana_Partisanship.PNG" decoding="async" width="600" height="41" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/d/d0/Governor_of_Louisiana_Partisanship.PNG 1.5x" data-file-width="769" data-file-height="53" /></a> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Vacancies">Vacancies</span></h2> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/How_gubernatorial_vacancies_are_filled" title="How gubernatorial vacancies are filled">How gubernatorial vacancies are filled</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Details of vacancies are addressed under <a href="/Article_IV,_Louisiana_Constitution#Section_14" title="Article IV, Louisiana Constitution">Article IV, Section 14</a>. </p><p>When a vacancy occurs in the office of governor, the order of succession shall be: </p><p>(1) the elected <a href="/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana">lieutenant governor</a>,<br /> (2) the elected <a href="/Louisiana_Secretary_of_State" title="Louisiana Secretary of State">secretary of state</a>,<br /> (3) the elected <a href="/Attorney_General_of_Louisiana" title="Attorney General of Louisiana">attorney general</a>,<br /> (4) the elected <a href="/Treasurer_of_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Louisiana">treasurer</a>,<br /> (5) the presiding officer of the <a href="/Louisiana_State_Senate" title="Louisiana State Senate">Senate</a>,<br /> (6) the presiding officer of the <a href="/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a>, and then<br /> (7) as provided by law.<br /> </p><p>The successor shall serve the remainder of the term for which the governor was elected. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Duties">Duties</span></h2> <div class="floatright"><a href="/Louisiana" title="Louisiana"><img alt="Louisiana" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/a/a4/Seal_of_Louisiana.png/150px-Seal_of_Louisiana.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/a/a4/Seal_of_Louisiana.png/225px-Seal_of_Louisiana.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/a/a4/Seal_of_Louisiana.png/300px-Seal_of_Louisiana.png 2x" data-file-width="530" data-file-height="530" /></a></div> <p>The governor has the right to grant reprieves, issue pardons, commute sentences, and return fines and forfeitures for crimes against the state. In this role, the governor serves as the court of last resort. </p><p>Additionally the governor serves as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the state, except when they are called into service of the federal government. He or she may call these forces to preserve law and order, to suppress insurrection, to repel invasion, or in other times of emergency. </p><p>At the outset of each regular legislative session, the governor must give an address to the General Assembly, including the condition of the state and its finances. The governor may also include recommendations in his or her address and make such addresses at other times, such as the commencement of an extraordinary session. </p><p>The governor also submits a budget to the legislature and may compel reports from department heads on any matter, save investigations into the governor's office.<sup id="cite_ref-con_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-con-1">[1]</a></sup> </p><p>Other duties and privileges of the office include: </p> <ul><li>A line-item veto</li></ul> <ul><li>The power to make appointments, including recess appointments, with Senate confirmation</li></ul> <ul><li>Removing, at pleasure, any appointees who are currently serving</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Divisions">Divisions</span></h2> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>Updated January 17, 2021</i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li>Chief of Staff's Office</li> <li>Deputy Chiefs of Staff</li> <li>Special Assistants to the Governor</li> <li>Communications and Press</li> <li>Constituent Services</li> <li>Legal</li> <li>Legislative Affairs</li> <li>Policy</li> <li>Programs and Planning</li> <li>Governor's Office of Coastal Activities</li> <li>Boards and Commissions</li> <li>Finance and Administration<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="State_budget">State budget</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Role_in_state_budget">Role in state budget</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Louisiana_state_budget_and_finances" title="Louisiana state budget and finances">Louisiana state budget and finances</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The state operates on an annual budget cycle. The sequence of key events in the budget process is:<sup id="cite_ref-process_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-process-4">[4]</a></sup> </p> <ol><li>Budget instructions are sent to state agencies by <b>September 20</b>.</li> <li>State agencies submit their budget requests by <b>November 15</b>.</li> <li>The <a class="mw-selflink selflink">governor</a> submits his or her proposed budget to the <a href="/Louisiana_State_Legislature" title="Louisiana State Legislature">state legislature</a> <b>45 days before the legislature convenes</b>. (Newly elected governors have until 30 days before the legislature convenes.)</li> <li>The legislature typically adopts a budget in <b>June</b>. A simple majority is required to pass a budget.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> The fiscal year begins <b>July 1</b>.</li></ol> <p>Louisiana is one of 44 states in which the governor has <a href="/Line_item_veto_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Line item veto authority">line item veto authority</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-process_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-process-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> </p><p>The governor is constitutionally required to submit a balanced budget proposal. Likewise, the legislature must pass a balanced budget.<sup id="cite_ref-process_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-process-4">[4]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span id="Governor.27s_office_budget"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Governor's_office_budget">Governor's office budget</span></h3> <p>The Executive Office's budget for fiscal year 2024 was $21,092,984.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Compensation">Compensation</span></h2> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Comparison_of_gubernatorial_salaries" title="Comparison of gubernatorial salaries">Comparison of gubernatorial salaries</a> and <a href="/Compensation_of_state_executive_officers" title="Compensation of state executive officers">Compensation of state executive officers</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The salary of the governor, along with the rest of Louisiana's elected executives, is determined by the <a href="/Louisiana_State_Legislature" title="Louisiana State Legislature">Louisiana State Legislature</a>. <a href="/Louisiana_Constitution" title="Louisiana Constitution">Article IV, Section 4</a> requires that changes in compensation take effect in the term after they were passed.<sup id="cite_ref-con_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-con-1">[1]</a></sup> </p><p><b><a href="/Article_IV,_Louisiana_Constitution#Section_4" title="Article IV, Louisiana Constitution">Louisiana Constitution, Article IV, Section 4</a></b> </p> <table style="width:40%; background:#e5e4e2; margin-top:.1em; border:.5px solid #cccccc; solid;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Compensation Section 4. Except as otherwise provided by this constitution, the compensation of each statewide elected official shall be provided by law. An increase in the salary of a statewide elected official shall not become effective until the commencement of the subsequent term for that office following the adoption or enactment of the increase.</i><sup id="cite_ref-con_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-con-1">[1]</a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2022">2022</span></h3> <p>In 2022, the officer's salary was $130,000, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BotS2022_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BotS2022-8">[8]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2021">2021</span></h3> <p>In 2021, the governor received a salary of $130,000, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2021salary_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021salary-9">[9]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2020">2020</span></h3> <p>In 2020, the governor received a salary of $130,000, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2019_2">2019</span></h3> <p>In 2019, the governor received a salary of $130,000, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2018">2018</span></h3> <p>In 2018, the governor received a salary of $130,000, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2017">2017</span></h3> <p>In 2017, the governor received a salary of $130,000, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2016">2016</span></h3> <p>In 2016, the governor received a salary of $130,000, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2015_2">2015</span></h3> <p>In 2015, the governor received a salary was $130,000, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2014">2014</span></h3> <p>In 2014, the governor earned a salary of $130,000, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2013">2013</span></h3> <p>In 2013, the governor's salary remained at $130,000, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2012">2012</span></h3> <p>In 2012, the governor was paid an estimated <a href="/Compensation_of_state_executive_officers" title="Compensation of state executive officers">$130,000</a>, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2010">2010</span></h3> <p>In 2010, the governor was paid $130,000 a year, the 24th highest gubernatorial salary in America at the time. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Historical_officeholders">Historical officeholders</span></h2> <p>There are eight governing periods in Louisiana history:<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> </p> <ul><li>French Period - 1699-1766</li> <li>Spanish Period - 1766-1803</li> <li>French Interim Period - 11/30 - 12/20/1803</li> <li>Statehood/Antebellum Period - 1812-1861</li> <li>Confederate Governors - 1861-1865</li> <li>United States Wartime Military Governors - 1862-1865</li> <li>Military Occupation Period - 1865-1877</li> <li>Governors Since 1877</li></ul> <p>The following chart details the last period. From 1877 to 2019, there have been 29 governors. Of those, four were Republicans and 25 were Democrats. </p><p>Click <b>"show"</b> for former officeholders. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Number </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>28 </td> <td>Francis T. Nicholls </td> <td>1877 </td> <td>1880 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>29 </td> <td>Louis Alfred Wiltz </td> <td>1880 </td> <td>1881 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>30 </td> <td>Samuel Douglas McEnery </td> <td>1881 </td> <td>1888 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>28 </td> <td>Francis T. Nicholls </td> <td>1888 </td> <td>1892 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>31 </td> <td>Murphy James Foster </td> <td>1892 </td> <td>1900 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>32 </td> <td>William Wright Heard </td> <td>1900 </td> <td>1904 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>33 </td> <td>Newton C. Blanchard </td> <td>1904 </td> <td>1908 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>34 </td> <td>Jared Y. Sanders </td> <td>1908 </td> <td>1912 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>35 </td> <td>Luther E. Hall </td> <td>1912 </td> <td>1916 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>36 </td> <td>Ruffin G. Pleasant </td> <td>1916 </td> <td>1920 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>37 </td> <td>John M. Parker </td> <td>1920 </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>38 </td> <td>Henry L. Fuqua </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>1926 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>39 </td> <td>Oramel H. Simpson </td> <td>1926 </td> <td>1928 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>40 </td> <td>Huey P. Long </td> <td>1928 </td> <td>1932 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>41 </td> <td>Alvin O. King </td> <td>1932 </td> <td>1932 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>42 </td> <td>Oscar K. Allen </td> <td>1932 </td> <td>1936 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>43 </td> <td>James A. Noe </td> <td>1936 </td> <td>1936 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>44 </td> <td>Richard W. Leche </td> <td>1936 </td> <td>1939 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>45 </td> <td>Earl K. Long </td> <td>1939 </td> <td>1940 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>46 </td> <td>Sam H. Jones </td> <td>1940 </td> <td>1944 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>47 </td> <td>Jimmie H. Davis </td> <td>1944 </td> <td>1948 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>45 </td> <td>Earl K. Long </td> <td>1948 </td> <td>1952 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>48 </td> <td>Robert F. Kennon </td> <td>1952 </td> <td>1956 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>45 </td> <td>Earl K. Long </td> <td>1956 </td> <td>1960 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>47 </td> <td>Jimmie H. Davis </td> <td>1960 </td> <td>1964 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>49 </td> <td>John J. McKeithen </td> <td>1964 </td> <td>1972 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>50 </td> <td>Edwin W. Edwards </td> <td>1972 </td> <td>1980 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#FF0000; color: white;"> <td>51 </td> <td>David C. Treen </td> <td>1980 </td> <td>1984 </td> <td>Republican </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>50 </td> <td>Edwin W. Edwards </td> <td>1984 </td> <td>1988 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#FF0000; color: white;"> <td>52 </td> <td>Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer, III </td> <td>1988 </td> <td>1992 </td> <td>Republican </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>50 </td> <td>Edwin W. Edwards </td> <td>1992 </td> <td>1996 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#FF0000; color: white;"> <td>53 </td> <td>Murphy J. "Mike" Foster </td> <td>1996 </td> <td>2004 </td> <td>Republican </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>54 </td> <td>Kathleen Babineaux Blanco </td> <td>2004 </td> <td>2008 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#FF0000; color: white;"> <td>55 </td> <td>Bobby Jindal </td> <td>2008 </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>Republican </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"> <td>56 </td> <td>John Bel Edwards </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>2024 </td> <td>Democrat </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background-color:#FF0000; color: white;"> <td>57 </td> <td>Jeff Landry </td> <td>2024 </td> <td><i>Present</i> </td> <td>Republican </td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Partisan_balance_1992-2013">Partisan balance 1992-2013</span></h3> <div class="floatleft"><a href="/Ballotpedia:Who_Runs_the_States_Project" title="Ballotpedia:Who Runs the States Project"><img alt="Who Runs the States Project" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/6/61/WhoRunsTheStates_Badge.jpg/125px-WhoRunsTheStates_Badge.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="124" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/6/61/WhoRunsTheStates_Badge.jpg/188px-WhoRunsTheStates_Badge.jpg 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/6/61/WhoRunsTheStates_Badge.jpg/250px-WhoRunsTheStates_Badge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1304" data-file-height="1292" /></a></div> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Ballotpedia:Who_Runs_the_States" title="Ballotpedia:Who Runs the States">Ballotpedia:Who Runs the States</a> and <a href="/Ballotpedia:Who_Runs_the_States,_Louisiana" title="Ballotpedia:Who Runs the States, Louisiana">Ballotpedia:Who Runs the States, Louisiana</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="/File:Louisiana_gubernatorial_pie_chart_1992-2013.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/e/ef/Louisiana_gubernatorial_pie_chart_1992-2013.png/300px-Louisiana_gubernatorial_pie_chart_1992-2013.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="229" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/e/ef/Louisiana_gubernatorial_pie_chart_1992-2013.png 1.5x" data-file-width="321" data-file-height="245" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Louisiana_gubernatorial_pie_chart_1992-2013.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Partisan breakdown of the Louisiana governorship from 1992 to 2013</div></div></div> <p>From 1992 to 2013, in Louisiana there were Democratic governors in office for eight years while there were Republican governors in office for 14 years, including the last six. Louisiana was under Republican <a href="/Trifectas" class="mw-redirect" title="Trifectas">trifectas</a> for the last three years of the study period. </p><p>Across the country, there were 493 years of Democratic governors (44.82 percent) and 586 years of Republican governors (53.27 percent) from 1992 to 2013. </p><p>Over the course of the 22-year study, state governments became increasingly more partisan. At the outset of the study period (1992), 18 of the 49 states with partisan legislatures had single-party trifectas and 31 states had divided governments. In 2013, only 13 states had divided governments, while single-party trifectas held sway in 36 states, the most in the 22 years studied. </p><p>The chart below shows the partisan composition of the <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Office of the Governor of Louisiana</a>, the <a href="/Louisiana_State_Senate" title="Louisiana State Senate">Louisiana State Senate</a> and the <a href="/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a> from 1992 to 2013. </p> <div class="center"><div class="thumb tnone"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:902px;"><a href="/File:Partisan_composition_of_Louisiana_state_government(1992-2013).PNG" class="image"><img alt="Partisan composition of Louisiana state government(1992-2013).PNG" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/4/4a/Partisan_composition_of_Louisiana_state_government%281992-2013%29.PNG/900px-Partisan_composition_of_Louisiana_state_government%281992-2013%29.PNG" decoding="async" width="900" height="68" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/4/4a/Partisan_composition_of_Louisiana_state_government%281992-2013%29.PNG 1.5x" data-file-width="1105" data-file-height="83" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Partisan_composition_of_Louisiana_state_government(1992-2013).PNG" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div></div></div></div></div> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="SQLI_and_partisanship">SQLI and partisanship</span></h4> <p>The chart below depicts the partisanship of the Kentucky state government and the state's SQLI ranking for the years studied. For the SQLI, the states were ranked from 1-50, with 1 being the best and 50 the worst. Louisiana has had three periods of trifectas, two Democratic trifectas (1992 to 1995 and 2004 to 2007) and one Republican trifecta (2011 to 2013). Louisiana had its longest period of divided government between 1996 and 2003. For all but two years of the study, Louisiana has ranked in the bottom-10 in the SQLI ranking and only left the bottom-10 in the last two years of the study, 2011 and 2012. The state’s lowest ranking came in 1993 and 1994 under a Democratic trifecta. Its highest ranking (36th) came in 2012 under a Republican trifecta. </p> <ul><li>SQLI average with Democratic trifecta: 46.25</li> <li>SQLI average with Republican trifecta: 38.00</li> <li>SQLI average with divided government: 45.73</li></ul> <div class="center"><div class="thumb tnone"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:902px;"><a href="/File:Louisiana_SQLI_visualization.PNG" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/e/e4/Louisiana_SQLI_visualization.PNG/900px-Louisiana_SQLI_visualization.PNG" decoding="async" width="900" height="97" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/e/e4/Louisiana_SQLI_visualization.PNG 1.5x" data-file-width="1119" data-file-height="120" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Louisiana_SQLI_visualization.PNG" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Chart displaying the partisanship of Louisiana government from 1992 to 2013 and the State Quality of Life Index (SQLI).</div></div></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="State_profile">State profile</span></h2> <table width="500px" align="right" style="cellpadding:0.5em;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;margin:5px;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color:#333333;color:white"><th colspan="3">Demographic data for Louisiana</th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#333333;color:white"><th width="50%"> </th><th width="25%">Louisiana</th><th width="25%">U.S.</th></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Total population:</td><td><b>4,668,960</b></td><td><i>316,515,021</i></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Land area (sq mi):</td><td><b>43,204</b></td><td><i>3,531,905</i></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#f0a236"><th colspan="3"><i><a href="/Race_and_Ethnicity_on_the_United_States_Census" title="Race and Ethnicity on the United States Census">Race and ethnicity</a>**</i></th></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">White:</td><td><b>62.8%</b></td><td><i>73.6%</i></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Black/African American:</td><td><b>32.1%</b></td><td><i>12.6%</i></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Asian:</td><td><b>1.7%</b></td><td><i>5.1%</i></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Native American:</td><td><b>0.6%</b></td><td><i>0.8%</i></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Pacific Islander:</td><td><b>0%</b></td><td><i>0.2%</i></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Two or more:</td><td><b>1.8%</b></td><td><i>3%</i></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Hispanic/Latino:</td><td><b>4.7%</b></td><td><i>17.1%</i></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#f0a236"><th colspan="3"><i>Education</i></th></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">High school graduation rate:</td><td><b>83.4%</b></td><td><i>86.7%</i></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">College graduation rate:</td><td><b>22.5%</b></td><td><i>29.8%</i></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#f0a236"><th colspan="3"><i>Income</i></th></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Median household income:</td><td><b>$45,047</b></td><td><i>$53,889</i></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Persons below poverty level:</td><td><b>23.3%</b></td><td><i>11.3%</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="font-size:80%">Source: <i>U.S. Census Bureau</i>, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)<br />Click <a href="/United_States_census,_2020" title="United States census, 2020">here</a> for more information on the 2020 census and <a href="/Redistricting_in_Louisiana" title="Redistricting in Louisiana">here</a> for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Louisiana. <hr /> <small>**<i>Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census <a href="/Race_and_Ethnicity_on_the_United_States_Census" title="Race and Ethnicity on the United States Census">here</a>.</i></small></td></tr> </tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Presidential_voting_pattern">Presidential voting pattern</span></h3> <dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Presidential_voting_trends_in_Louisiana" title="Presidential voting trends in Louisiana">Presidential voting trends in Louisiana</a></i></dd></dl> <p>Louisiana <a href="/Presidential_voting_trends_in_Louisiana" title="Presidential voting trends in Louisiana">voted Republican</a> in all six presidential elections between 2000 and 2020. </p><p><br /> </p><p><i>More Louisiana coverage on Ballotpedia</i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/Louisiana_elections,_2024" title="Louisiana elections, 2024">Elections in Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Louisiana" title="United States congressional delegations from Louisiana">United States congressional delegations from Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/Public_policy_in_Louisiana" title="Public policy in Louisiana">Public policy in Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/Endorsers_in_Louisiana" title="Endorsers in Louisiana">Endorsers in Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/Louisiana_fact_checks" title="Louisiana fact checks">Louisiana fact checks</a></li> <li><a href="/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">More...</a><div style="clear:both;"></div></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Contact_information">Contact information</span></h2> <p>Office of the Governor<br /> PO Box 94004<br /> Baton Rouge, LA 70804<br /> Phone (front desk):<br /> </p> <ul><li>225-342-7015</li> <li>866-366-1121</li></ul> <p>Phone (constituent help line):<br /> </p> <ul><li>225-342-0991</li> <li>844-860-1413</li></ul> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"); });</script></div><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/Louisiana_state_executive_offices" title="Louisiana state executive offices">Louisiana state executive offices</a></li> <li><a href="/Louisiana_state_executive_officials" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana state executive officials">Louisiana state executive officials</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span></h2> <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=Governor+of+Louisiana">Search Google News for this topic</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://gov.louisiana.gov/"><i>Office of the Louisiana Governor</i></a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Footnotes">Footnotes</span></h2> <p> <script type="text/javascript"> if(document.getElementsByClassName("reference").length==0) if(document.getElementById('Footnotes')!==null) 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