The 2015 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on October 24, 2015, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, with a runoff election held on November 21, 2015. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne did not run for re-election to a second full term in office. He instead ran for Governor.

Billy Nungesser William Harold Nungesser (born January 10, 1959) is an American politician serving as the 54th lieutenant governor of Louisiana. A Republican, Nungesser is also the former president of the Plaquemines Parish Commission, having been re-elected to ...

won the election defeating

Kip Holden Melvin Lee "Kip" Holden (born August 12, 1952), is an American politician who served from 2005 to 2016 as the Democratic Mayor-President of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. The parish includes the state capital of Baton Rouge a ...

, despite a Democratic victory in the

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, in which John Bel Edwards defeated David Vitter by a similar margin. Under Louisiana's

jungle primary A nonpartisan blanket primary is a primary election in which all candidates for the same elected office run against each other at once, regardless of the political party. Partisan elections are, on the other hand, segregated by political party. ...

system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party and voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote during the primary election, a runoff election was held on November 21, 2015 between Holden and Nungesser. Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system (

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and

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have a similar "top two primary" system).

Candidates

Republican Party

Filed

Elbert Guillory Elbert Lee Guillory (born June 24, 1944) is a former member of the Louisiana State Senate. An American Republican, he represented District 24, including his native Opelousas, and several rural precincts, from May 2, 2009, when he won a special ...

, state senator *

, President of

Plaquemines Parish Plaquemines Parish (; French: ''Paroisse de Plaquemine'', Louisiana French: ''Paroisse des Plaquemines'', es, Parroquia de Caquis) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 23,515 at the 2020 census, the parish ...

and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2011 * John Young, President of

Jefferson Parish Jefferson may refer to: Names * Jefferson (surname) * Jefferson (given name) People * Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third president of the United States * Jefferson (footballer, born 1970), full name Jefferson Tomaz de Souza, Brazilian foot ...

Declined

Scott Angelle Scott Anthony Angelle (born November 20, 1961) is an American politician who is the former director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement in Washington, D.C. From 2013 to 2017, he was the District 2 member of the Louisiana Publi ...

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er and former Lieutenant Governor (ran for Governor) * Jay Dardenne, incumbent Lieutenant Governor (ran for Governor) *

Mike Edmonson Michael David Edmonson (born September 19, 1958) is the former superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, with service from January 2008 until March 24, 2017. Thus far, he is the longest serving of the Louisiana state police superintendents. E ...

, Superintendent of the Louisiana State Police

Democratic Party

Filed

, Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish

Did not run

Rick Gallot Richard Joseph Gallot, Jr., known as Rick Gallot (born April 1966), is the current president of Grambling State University and was a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 29 In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on Oct ...

, state senator

Jungle primary

Polling

Results

Runoff

Results

References

External links

Elbert Guillory for Lieutenant GovernorKip Holden for Lieutenant GovernorBilly Nungesser for Lieutenant GovernorJohn Young for Lieutenant Governor
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November 2015 events in the United States

Candidates

Republican Party

Filed

Declined

Democratic Party

Filed

Did not run

Jungle primary

Polling

Results

Runoff

Results

See also

References

External links