2019 Louisiana gubernatorial election
The 2019 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held to elect the governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican businessman Eddie Rispone. Edwards became the first Democratic Governor of Louisiana to win re-election to a second consecutive term in 44 years since Edwin Edwards (no relation) in 1975. It was the closest Louisiana gubernatorial election since 1979.
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| Turnout | 45.9% (first round) 51.0% (runoff) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Edwards: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Rispone: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Abraham: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Landrieu: 50–60% Tie: 30–40% 40–50% 50% No votes | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters may vote for any candidate regardless of their party affiliation. Because no candidate received an absolute majority of the vote during the primary election on October 12, 2019, a runoff election was held on November 16, 2019, between the top two candidates in the primary, Edwards and Rispone. Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system (California and Washington have a similar top two primary system). As of 2024, this is the last time Democrats won a statewide election in Louisiana. This is also the last time that a gubernatorial candidate and a lieutenant gubernatorial candidate of different political parties were elected in Louisiana.