1986 United States Senate election in Louisiana

none March 2026 September 2023 1986 United States Senate election in Louisiana Louisiana 1912 Presidential no 1980 United States Senate election in Louisiana 1980 September 27, 1986 (general election)November 4, 1986 (runoff) 1992 United States Senate election in Louisiana 1992 General election Runoff File:John Breaux (cropped).jpg John Breaux Democratic Party (United States) 447,32837.36% 723,58652.82% File:Henson Moore 1977 congressional photo.jpg Henson Moore Republican Party (United States) 529,43344.22% 646,31147.18% 3x4.svg Samuel B. Nunez Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 73,5056.14% Eliminated 280px First round parish results 280px Runoff parish results 2 Breaux: #bdd3ff 30–40% #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Moore: #ffc8cd 30–40% #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Nunez: #87de87 40–50%Jumonville: #ff7644 50–60% U.S. Senator Russell B. Long Democratic Party (United States) John Breaux Democratic Party (United States) The 1986 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 4, 1986. Democratic nominee John Breaux defeated Republican nominee Henson Moore with 52.82% of the vote. Campaign U.S. Senator Russell B. Long declined to seek another term in the 1986 election. Republican candidate Moore placed first ahead of Democratic candidate Breaux in the primary.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 74-75 President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush campaigned in the state two and four times respectively.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 75 Two weeks before the election Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise unsealed an internal memo between Kris Wolfe, the regional director for the Republican National Committee, and Lanny Griffith, the RNC's regional director in the south. The memo was about their usage of Ballot Integrity Groups to "eliminate at least 60-80,000 folks from the rolls" as "this could keep the black vote down considerably". The purge targeted precincts that gave Reagan less than 20% of the vote and removed 34,000 black voters from the rolls in Louisiana.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 75https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/25/us/gop-memo-tells-of-black-vote-cut.html G.O.P. Memo Tells of Black Vote Cut October 25, 1986 The New York Times live https://web.archive.org/web/20230723124439/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/25/us/gop-memo-tells-of-black-vote-cut.html July 23, 2023 Moore denied involvement with the scheme, but one of his campaign staffers was mentioned in the memo. Breaux accused the Republicans of conducting a Watergate coverup and voter registration rolls increased by 38,054 before the election. Breaux defeated Moore in the election.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 75-76 Breaux received 89% of the black vote.Black Black 1992 356 Primary election Primary elections were held on September 27, 1986.https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/1986-09-27/resultsRace/Statewide Results for Election Date: 9/27/1986 Voterportal.sos.la.gov 2018-11-18 Candidates Henson Moore, U.S. Representative from Baton Rouge (since 1975) John Breaux, U.S. Representative from Crowley (since 1972) Samuel B. Nunez Jr., State Senator from Chalmette (President of the Senate since 1983) J. E. Jumonville Jr., State Senator from Ventress Sherman A. Bernard, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner from Westwego Eli Williams Robert H. Briggs Frank J. McTopy Fred Collins John H. Myers Ken "Cousin Ken" Lewis, perennial candidate Vincent Giardina Robert M. Ross Nels J'Anthony Results 1986 United States Senate primary election in Louisiana Henson Moore Republican Party (United States) 529,433 44.22 John Breaux Democratic Party (United States) 447,328 37.36 Samuel B. Nunez Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 73,505 6.14 J. E. Jumonville Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 53,394 4.46 Sherman A. Bernard Democratic Party (United States) 52,479 4.38 Eli Williams Democratic Party (United States) 7,286 0.61 Robert H. Briggs Democratic Party (United States) 6,953 0.58 Frank J. McTopy Independent politician 6,746 0.56 Fred Collins Democratic Party (United States) 5,341 0.45 John H. Myers Democratic Party (United States) 4,084 0.34 Ken Lewis Democratic Party (United States) 3,415 0.29 Vincent Giardina Independent politician 2,640 0.22 Robert M. Ross Republican Party (United States) 2,493 0.21 Nels J'Anthony Independent politician 2,144 0.18 1,197,241 100.00 General election Candidates John Breaux, Democratic Henson Moore, Republican Results 1986 United States Senate election in Louisianahttps://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/1986-11-04/resultsRace/Statewide Results for Election Date: 11/4/1986 Voterportal.sos.la.gov 2018-11-18 Democratic Party (United States) John Breaux 723,586 52.82% Republican Party (United States) Henson Moore 646,311 47.18% 77,275 1,369,897 Democratic Party (United States) See also 1986 United States Senate elections References Works cited Black Earl Earl Black (political scientist) Black Merle Merle Black The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected Harvard University Press 1992 https://archive.org/details/vitalsouthhowpre0000blac 0674941306 Moreland Laurence Steed Robert Baker Tod The 1988 Presidential Election in the South: Continuity Amidst Change in Southern Party Politics Praeger Publishers 1991 https://archive.org/details/1988presidential0000unse 0275931455 1986 Louisiana United States Senate