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Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2023
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| Louisiana Lieutenant Governor |
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| Primary election General election |
| Election details |
| Filing deadline: August 10, 2023 |
| Primary: October 14, 2023 General: November 18, 2023 Pre-election incumbent(s): Billy Nungesser (Republican) |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Saturday elections) Voting in Louisiana |
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| Louisiana executive elections |
| Governor Lieutenant Governor |
Louisiana held an election for lieutenant governor on November 18, 2023. The primary was October 14, 2023. The filing deadline was August 10, 2023.
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. 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.
For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:
Candidates and election results
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. 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.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
The following candidates ran in the primary for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana on October 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Billy Nungesser (R) | 65.5 | 678,531 |
 | Willie Jones (D) | 20.5 | 211,988 | |
 | Elbert Guillory (R)  | 6.2 | 64,058 | |
 | Tami Hotard (R) | 4.9 | 50,711 | |
 | Bruce Payton (Independent) | 1.7 | 17,195 | |
 | Gary Rispone (Independent) | 1.3 | 13,111 | |
| Total votes: 1,035,594 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Clay Schexnayder (R)
- Chester Pritchett (Independent)
Candidate profiles
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Louisiana
Election history
2019
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. 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.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
Incumbent Billy Nungesser won election outright against Willie Jones in the primary for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana on October 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Billy Nungesser (R) | 68.1 | 884,309 |
| Willie Jones (D) | 31.9 | 413,556 | |
| Total votes: 1,297,865 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rao Uppu (D)
2015
There was a regularly scheduled election for lieutenant governor in 2015. Jay Dardenne (R) was eligible for re-election but ran for governor instead. The primary election took place on October 24, 2015, and a runoff election was held on November 21, 2015, because no candidate received 50 percent of the primary vote. Republican Billy Nungesser was elected to succeed Lt. Gov. Dardenne.
General election
Incumbent Jay Dardenne (R) decided to run for governor of Louisiana instead of seeking re-election. Republican Billy Nungesser defeated his Democratic opponent, Kip Holden. In the same cycle, John Edwards (D) won the 2015 gubernatorial election.[1]
| Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, Run-off election, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Kip Holden | 44.6% | 506,578 | |
| Republican |  Billy Nungesser |
55.4% | 628,864 | |
| Total Votes | 1,135,442 | |||
| Election Results Louisiana Secretary of State. | ||||
Primary election
No candidate received an outright majority in the blanket primary election on October 24, 2015. The two candidates with the most votes, who qualified for the November 21st runoff election were Kip Holden (D) and Billy Nungesser (R).[2]
| Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, Blanket Primary, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Kip Holden |
33.3% | 360,679 | |
| Republican | Billy Nungesser |
30% | 324,654 | |
| Republican | John Young | 28.9% | 313,183 | |
| Republican | Elbert Guillory | 7.9% | 85,460 | |
| Total Votes | 1,083,976 | |||
| Election Results Louisiana Secretary of State. | ||||
See also
| Louisiana | State Executive Elections | News and Analysis |
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