Elections / 2016 · Senate · LA

The Republican candidate won Louisiana's Senate seat R+26.7.

Louisiana, 2016. Candidate results and statewide totals below. The presidential race shared this ballot.

Louisiana — 2016 Senate result

Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab, 1976–2024 Senate returns (party-classified by literal ballot party).

Democratic (D)

705,271

35.3%

Republican (R)

1,239,489

62.1%

All others

52,458

2.6%

Margin

R+26.7

Candidates

Statewide candidate totals — MIT Election Data + Science Lab, 2016 Senate returns.

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John Kennedy	RRepublican	536,191	26.8%
Foster Campbell	DDemocrat	347,816	17.4%
JR. Charles W. Boustany	RRepublican	298,008	14.9%
Caroline Fayard	DDemocrat	240,917	12.1%
John Fleming	RRepublican	204,026	10.2%
"Rob" Maness	RRepublican	90,856	4.5%
David Duke	RRepublican	58,606	2.9%
Derrick Edwards	DDemocrat	51,774	2.6%
Gary Landrieu	DDemocrat	45,587	2.3%
Donald "Crawdaddy" Crawford	RRepublican	25,523	1.3%
"Joseph" Cao	RRepublican	21,019	1.1%
Beryl Billiot	ONone	19,352	1.0%
Thomas P. Clements	OLibertarian	11,370	0.6%
Troy Hebert	ONone	9,503	0.5%
Joshua Pellerin	DDemocrat	7,395	0.4%
Peter Williams	DDemocrat	6,855	0.3%
M. V. "Vinny"Mendoza	DDemocrat	4,927	0.2%
Kaitlin Marone	ONone	4,108	0.2%
Leroy Gillam	OLibertarian	4,067	0.2%
Charles Marsala	RRepublican	3,684	0.2%
Abhay Patel	RRepublican	1,576	0.1%
Arden Wells	ONone	1,483	0.1%
JR. William Robert Lang	OOther	1,424	0.1%
JR. Gregory Taylor	OOther	1,151	0.1%

Louisiana's Senate margins

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