1995 Louisiana gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1995 Louisiana gubernatorial election Louisiana presidential no 1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election 1991 October 21, 1995 (first round)November 18, 1995 (runoff) 1999 Louisiana gubernatorial election 1999 1912 First round Runoff File:GovFoster1 (cropped).JPG 150x150px Mike Foster Republican Party (United States) 385,26726.14% 984,49963.50% File:Cleo Fields.jpg Cleo Fields Democratic Party (United States) 280,92119.06% 565,86136.50% File:Landrieu-lg (cropped).jpg Mary Landrieu Democratic Party (United States) 271,93818.45% Eliminated File:Buddy Roemer Congress.jpg Buddy Roemer Republican Party (United States) 263,33017.87% Eliminated 3x4.svg Phil Preis Democratic Party (United States) 133,2719.04% Eliminated 280px First round parish results 280px Runoff parish results 2 Foster: #f4d7d7 20–30% #e9afaf 30–40% #de8787 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Fields: #d7e3f4 20–30% #afc6e9 30–40% #87aade 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #584cde 70–80%Landrieu: #d7f4f4 20–30% #afe9e9 30–40% Roemer: #ffccaa 20–30% #ffb380 30–40%Preis: #ccaaff 20–30% #b380ff 30–40% Governor Edwin Edwards Democratic Party (United States) Mike Foster Republican Party (United States) The 1995 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on November 18, 1995, to elect the governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Democratic governor Edwin Edwards had planned to run for re-election to a second consecutive and fifth overall term in office, but he announced in June 1994, shortly after marrying his second wife Candy Picou, that he would be retiring from politics at the end of his term.http://www.c-span.org/video/?57742-1/governor-retirement-address Governor Retirement Address C-SPAN June 6, 1994 November 9, 2014 All elections in Louisiana— with the exception of U.S. presidential elections— follow a variation of the open primary system called the jungle primary. Candidates of any and all parties are listed on one ballot; voters need not limit themselves to the candidates of one party when voting. Unless one candidate takes more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a run-off election is then held between the top two candidates, who may in fact be members of the same party. In this election, the first round of voting was held on October 21, 1995, with Republican state senator Mike Foster and Democratic U.S. representative Cleo Fields finishing first and second with 26.1% and 19%, respectively. Foster defeated Fields in the November 18 runoff in a landslide. As of 2023, this is the most recent Louisiana gubernatorial election in which a successful Republican candidate was not elected in the first round. Candidates The early field included eight individuals considered to be "major" candidates. These were State Representative Robert Adley, U.S. representative Cleo Fields, State Senator Mike Foster, U.S. representative William J. Jefferson, State Treasurer Mary Landrieu, former governor Buddy Roemer, Lieutenant Governor Melinda Schwegmann and former governor Dave Treen. On September 8, Foster decided to switch his party affiliation at the time of qualifying from Democratic to Republican, this decision may have been noted as a gamechanger towards the outcome of the jungle primary. The makeup of the field led some analysts to dub this the "twins election", as each major candidate had a rival who appealed to a similar constituency or voter base. The sets of "twins" were: two mainstream Republican former governors (Treen and Roemer); two moderate Democratic female statewide office holders with ties to New Orleans (Landrieu and Schwegmann); two conservative Democratic state legislators (Foster and Adley); and two liberal, black Democratic U.S. representatives (Fields and Jefferson). Treen and Jefferson eventually chose not to officially enter the race. Attorney Phil Preis also entered the race as a Democrat and with a self-financed campaign was able to enter the top tier of candidates. Eight minor candidates, two Democrats and six Independents, also qualified for the ballot. Democratic Party Declared Gene H. Alexander Belinda Alexandrenko Robert Adley, state representative Cleo Fields, U.S. representative Mary Landrieu, Louisiana State Treasurer Phil Preis, attorney Melinda Schwegmann, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana Withdrew Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parishhttp://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/10/jefferson_parish_sheriff_harry_1.html Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee dies - Breaking News Updates New Orleans - Times-Picayune - NOLA.com 2017-03-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20071011093504/http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/10/jefferson_parish_sheriff_harry_1.html 2007-10-11 dead Declined William J. Jefferson, U.S. representative Republican Party Declared Mike Foster, state senator from St. Mary Parish Buddy Roemer, former governor (1988-1992) Declined Dave Treen, former governor Independents Declared Lonnie Creech Ronnie Glynn Johnson, candidate for Mayor of Shreveport in 1990 and candidate for Governor in 1991 Arthur D. "Jim" Nichols Anne Thompson, Republican candidate for Governor in 1991, for Louisiana's 1st congressional district in 1992 and for the State Senate in 1994 Darryl Paul Ward, Democratic nominee for Louisiana's 6th congressional district in 1994 Kenneth Woods Results Louisiana gubernatorial election jungle primary, 1995 Republican Party (United States) Mike Foster 385,267 26.10 Democratic Party (United States) Cleo Fields 280,921 19.03 Democratic Party (United States) Mary Landrieu 271,938 18.43 Republican Party (United States) Buddy Roemer 263,330 17.84 Democratic Party (United States) Phil Preis 133,271 9.03 Democratic Party (United States) Melinda Schwegmann 71,288 4.83 Democratic Party (United States) Robert Adley 27,534 1.87 Independent politician Arthur D. "Jim" Nichols 16,616 1.13 Democratic Party (United States) Gene H. Alexander 5,688 0.39 Independent politician Kenneth Woods 4,964 0.34 Independent politician Darryl Paul Ward 4,210 0.29 Democratic Party (United States) Belinda Alexandrenko 3,161 0.21 Independent politician Lonnie Creech 2,338 0.16 Independent politician Ronnie Glynn Johnson 1,884 0.13 Independent politician Anne Thompson 1,416 0.1 1,473,826 100 Louisiana gubernatorial election runoff, 1995 Republican Party (United States) Mike Foster 984,499 63.5 Democratic Party (United States) Cleo Fields 565,861 36.5 1,550,360 100 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) See also 1995 United States gubernatorial elections External links Gubernatorial runoff debate References Secretary of State Elections Division. Official Election Results DatabaseAugust 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 1995 Gubernatorial Louisiana Category:November 1995 in the United States