1999 Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 1999 Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election Louisiana 1912 by-election no 1998 United States House of Representatives elections#Louisiana 1998 2000 United States House of Representatives elections#Louisiana 2000 First round Runoff 1999 05 01 (jungle primary)1999 05 29 (runoff) x150px David Vitter Republican Party (United States) 31,74121.67% 61,66150.75% x150px Dave Treen Republican Party (United States) 36,71925.06% 59,84949.25% David Duke Republican Party (United States) 28,05919.15% Eliminated Monica Monica Republican Party (United States) 22,92815.65% Eliminated R.H. "Bill" Strain Democratic Party (United States) 16,44611.23% Eliminated Rob Couhig Republican Party (United States) 9,2956.34% Eliminated Vitter #FFE0EA 20–30% #e27f7f 50–60% Treen #ffdac1 20–30% #ffcca9 30–40% #ff9a50 50–60% Duke #D0F9F9 20–30% Strain #D2ffef 20–30% 325px U.S. Representative Bob Livingston Republican Party (United States) David Vitter Republican Party (United States) x200px Jungle primary parish results x200px Runoff parish results 2 The 1999 United States House of Representatives special election in Louisiana's 1st congressional district was held on May 29, 1999, to select the successor to Bob Livingston (R) who resigned due to the discovery of an extramarital affair. On May 1, nine candidates, mostly Republicans, competed on the same ballot. However, since no candidate was able to achieve a majority, a runoff was held at the end of the month. Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election jungle primaryhttps://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/#!/1999-05-01/resultsRace/Congressional Official Election Results for Election Date: 05/01/1999 Louisiana Secretary of State. April 25, 2018 Republican Party (US) David Treen 36,719 25.06% Republican Party (US) David Vitter 31,741 21.67% Republican Party (US) David Duke 28,059 19.15% Republican Party (US) Monica Monica 22,928 15.65% Democratic Party (US) R.H. "Bill" Strain 16,446 11.23% Republican Party (US) Rob Couhig 9,295 6.34% Democratic Party (US) Darryl Ward 720 0.49% Republican Party (US) Patrick Landry 344 0.23% Republican Party (US) S. J. LoCoco 246 0.17% 146,498 100% Runoff Former State Representative David Vitter narrowly won in the runoff over former Louisiana governor Dave Treen and would later become a United States Senator. 1999 Louisiana's 1st special run-offhttps://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/#!/1999-05-29/resultsRace/Congressional Official Election Results for Election Date: 05/29/1999 Louisiana Secretary of State. April 25, 2018 David Vitter Republican Party (United States) 61,661 50.75% Dave Treen Republican Party (United States) 59,849 49.25% 121,510 100% Republican Party (United States) References Louisiana 1999 01 Louisiana 1999 01 1999 01 Louisiana 01 United States House of Representatives 01 United States House of Representatives 1999 01