2015 Louisiana Attorney General election

2015 Louisiana Attorney General election
	November 21, 2015[1]
	November 21, 2015[1]
	Parish results; Landry: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Caldwell: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Attorney General before election; Buddy Caldwell; Republican	Elected Attorney General ; Jeff Landry; Republican

The 2015 Louisiana Attorney General election took place on October 24, 2015 to elect the Attorney General of the state of Louisiana, with a runoff election, held on November 21, 2015. Incumbent Buddy Caldwell, a former Democrat who joined the Republican Party in February 2011, sought re-election to a third term in office, but was defeated by Republican Jeff Landry.

Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates will appear 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 Caldwell and Landry. Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system (California and Washington have a similar "top two primary" system).

Candidates

Filed

Buddy Caldwell, incumbent attorney general[2]
Jeff Landry, former U.S. Representative[3]
Martin Maley, 18th Judicial District assistant attorney[4]

Declined

John Neely Kennedy, state treasurer and Democratic candidate for Attorney General in 1991 (running for re-election)[5][6][7]
Burton Guidry, former assistant attorney general[8]

Filed

Geraldine Broussard Baloney
Isaac Jackson

Declined

Rick Gallot, state senator[4]
Walt Leger III, Speaker pro tempore of the Louisiana House of Representatives[4]
Jacques Roy, mayor of Alexandria[4]

Jungle primary

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Buddy Caldwell (R)	John Kennedy (R)	Jeff Landry (R)	Jacques Roy (D)	Undecided
Triumph	March 5, 2015	1,655	± 2.4%	30%	—	20%	30%	21%
NSO Research*	January 10–13, 2015	600	± 4%	17%	23%	10%	18%	32%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Buddy Caldwell (R)	Jeff Landry (R)	Generic Democrat (D)	Other	Undecided
V/C Research	February 20–25, 2014	600	± 4%	23%	15%	33%	1%	27%

* Internal poll for the John Kennedy campaign

Results

Results by parish

Map legend

Caldwell—60–70%
Caldwell—50–60%
Caldwell—40–50%
Caldwell—30–40%
Landry—30–40%
Landry—40–50%
Landry—50–60%
Landry—60–70%
Baloney—<30%
Baloney—30–40%
Baloney—40–50%

Louisiana attorney general election Jungle Primary, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Buddy Caldwell (incumbent)	376,407	35.4
	Republican	Jeff Landry	347,605	32.7
	Democratic	Geri Broussard Baloney	187,575	17.6
	Democratic	Isaac Jackson	115,188	10.8
	Republican	Marty Maley	37,830	3.6
Total votes			1,064,605	100.0

Runoff

Results

Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election runoff, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jeff Landry	610,459	56.3%	N/A
	Republican	Buddy Caldwell (incumbent)	473,915	43.7%	N/A
Total votes			1,084,374	100.0%	N/A
	Republican hold

References

Attorney General
"Contenders emerge in race for top attorney". St. Charles Herald Guide. July 24, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
Marsha Shuler (February 25, 2014). "Former congressman running for state attorney general". The Advocate. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
"How Vulnerable is Buddy Caldwell?". LA Politics. October 7, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
"Race for attorney general has many facets". Houma Today. February 25, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
Michelle Southern (December 11, 2014). "Kennedy reportedly eyeing the AG seat in 2015". WWL. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
O'Donoghue, Julia (April 9, 2015). "State Treasurer John Kennedy will seek reelection, not run for governor or attorney general". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
"Contenders emerge in race for top attorney". St. Charles Herald-Guide. July 24, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2014.

External links

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[1] Attorney General

[2] "Contenders emerge in race for top attorney". St. Charles Herald Guide. July 24, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2014.

[3] Marsha Shuler (February 25, 2014). "Former congressman running for state attorney general". The Advocate. Retrieved March 18, 2014.

[how-4] "How Vulnerable is Buddy Caldwell?". LA Politics. October 7, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2014.

[5] "Race for attorney general has many facets". Houma Today. February 25, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2014.

[6] Michelle Southern (December 11, 2014). "Kennedy reportedly eyeing the AG seat in 2015". WWL. Retrieved December 15, 2014.

[7] O'Donoghue, Julia (April 9, 2015). "State Treasurer John Kennedy will seek reelection, not run for governor or attorney general". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved April 9, 2015.

[contenders-8] "Contenders emerge in race for top attorney". St. Charles Herald-Guide. July 24, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2014.

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