The 2016 United States Senate election in Louisiana took place on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the

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to represent the State of Louisiana, concurrently with the

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, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and

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to the

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and various state and

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. Under Louisiana's "

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" system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters could vote for any candidate. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote during the primary election, a runoff election was held December 10 between the top two candidates in the primary, Republican

John Neely Kennedy John Neely Kennedy (born November 21, 1951) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Louisiana since 2017. He served as the Louisiana State Treasurer from 2000 to 2017. Kennedy has been a memb ...

and Democrat Foster Campbell. 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). Incumbent Republican Senator David Vitter unsuccessfully ran for

Governor of Louisiana A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

in the 2015 election, losing to

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John Bel Edwards. In his concession speech, Vitter announced that he would not seek re-election. In addition to Kennedy and Campbell, four other candidates — Republicans Charles Boustany, John Fleming, and David Duke, and Democrat Caroline Fayard — qualified to participate at a debate at

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, a historically black college, on November 2, 2016. On November 8, Kennedy and Campbell finished in first and second respectively and thus advanced to the runoff, which was held December 10. In the runoff, Kennedy won the election with over 60% of the vote.

Candidates

Republican Party

Declared

* Charles Boustany, U.S. Representative * Donald "Crawdaddy" Crawford, business appraiser * Joseph Cao, former U.S. Representative and candidate for Louisiana Attorney General in

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* David Duke, former

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, former

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of the

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and perennial candidate * John Fleming, U.S. Representative *

, state treasurer, nominee for the U.S. Senate in

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and Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

* Rob Maness, retired United States Air Force Colonel, and candidate for the U.S. Senate in

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* Charles Eugene Marsala, financial advisor and former mayor of

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Withdrew

* Abhay Patel, businessman

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 ...

, Public Service Commissioner, former Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, and candidate for governor in

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( running for LA-03) * Jay Dardenne, Louisiana Commissioner of Administration, former Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana and candidate for governor in

* Melinda Schwegmann, former lieutenant governor of Louisiana, former state representative, and candidate for governor in

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* Zach Dasher, pharmaceutical representative, cousin of the Robertson family and candidate for LA-05 in

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, former state representative ( running for LA-03) *

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, former St. Landry Parish Sheriff's captain ( running for LA-03) *

Paul Hollis Paul Bryan Hollis (born September 1, 1972) was a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for the revised 104th District in St. Tammany Parish in southeastern Louisiana. A son of the late State Senator Ken Hollis, Paul Ho ...

, state representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in

Bobby Jindal Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (born June 10, 1971) is an American politician who served as the 55th Governor of Louisiana from 2008 to 2016. The only living former Louisiana governor, Jindal also served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives a ...

, former

Vance McAllister Vance Michael McAllister Sr. (born January 7, 1974), is an American businessman and Republican former member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 5th congressional district. He won a special runoff election held on Nov ...

, former U.S. representative and candidate for the state senate in 2015 * Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, former state representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in

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, Public Service Commissioner * David Vitter, incumbent U.S. Senator and nominee for governor in

* John Young, former president of

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and candidate for lieutenant governor in

Democratic Party

Declared

* Foster Campbell, Public Service Commissioner, former

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, candidate for governor in

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and for LA-04 in

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and

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* Derrick Edwards, attorney and disability rights activist * Caroline Fayard, attorney and candidate for lieutenant governor in

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* Gary Landrieu, building contractor, candidate for the

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in 2012, candidate for LA-02 in

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and

and cousin of former U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu * Vinny Mendoza, USAF Ret. Veteran, organic farmer and 1st CD candidate in 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014, * Josh Pellerin, businessman * Peter Williams, tree farmer, candidate for LA-06 in

and Independent candidate for LA-05 in

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Declined

* Jim Bernhard, president of Bernhard Capital Partners, founder and former CEO of

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and former chairman of the

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* Don Cazayoux, former U.S. Representative and former

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for the Middle District of Louisiana *

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, businessman, candidate for governor in

and candidate for Mayor of New Orleans in

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, Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish and candidate for lieutenant governor in

( running for LA-02) * Robert Johnson, state representative and candidate for LA-05 in

Eric LaFleur Eric LaFleur (born March 28, 1964, in Ville Platte, Louisiana, Ville Platte, Louisiana) is an American attorney and politician. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, LaFleur is a former member of the Louisiana State Senate for the Lou ...

, state senator * Mary Landrieu, former U.S. Senator * Mitch Landrieu,

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and former Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana *

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, former U.S. Representative and nominee in

* Jacques Roy, Mayor of

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, state senator

Libertarian Party

Declared

* Thomas Clements, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in

(also

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for

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) * Le Roy Gillam, minister

Independents

Declared

* Beryl Billiot,

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and candidate for governor in

Troy Hebert Troy Michael Hebert (born April 19, 1966) is a politician from Jeanerette, Louisiana, who is the former commissioner of the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control (ATC). Hebert was appointed commissioner by Republican Governor Bobby ...

, former commissioner of the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control and former state senator * Bob Lang, candidate for the U.S. Senate in

and candidate for governor in

* Kaitlin Marone,

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* Gregory Taylor, unemployed janitor * Arden Wells, perennial candidate

Jungle primary

Debates

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Maps

File:2016 LA US Senate primary (Boustany).svg, Support for Boustany by parish:
File:2016 LA US Senate primary (Campbell).svg, Support for Campbell by parish:
File:2016 LA US Senate primary (Duke).svg, Support for Duke by parish:
File:2016 LA US Senate primary (Edwards).svg, Support for Edwards by parish:
File:2016 LA US Senate primary (Fayard).svg, Support for Fayard by parish:
File:2016 LA US Senate primary (Fleming).svg, Support for Fleming by parish:
File:2016 LA US Senate primary (Kennedy).svg, Support for Kennedy by parish:
File:2016 LA US Senate primary (Maness).svg, Support for Maness by parish:

Runoff

Polling

Predictions

Results

References

;Additional candidates

External links

John Kennedy (R) for Senate

Foster Campbell (D) for Senate
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