2023 United States lieutenant gubernatorial elections
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The 2023 United States lieutenant gubernatorial elections were held on November 7, 2023, in the state of Mississippi and in Louisiana on October 14. The previous lieutenant gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2019.
Going into the election, there were 12 Republican lieutenant governors, 4 Democratic lieutenant governors, and 1 Vermont Progressive lieutenant governor in the United States. This class of lieutenant governors is made up of 2 Republicans. Republicans did not hold any states won by Joe Biden in 2020.
Race summary
| State | Lieutenant governor | Party | First elected | Last race | Status | Candidates[1] |
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| Louisiana | Billy Nungesser | Republican | 2015 | 68.1% R | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Mississippi | Delbert Hosemann | Republican | 2019 | 60.0% R | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Louisiana
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October 14, 2023
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 Parish results Nungesser: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Jones: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Guillory: 50–60% Hotard: 30–40% >90% Payton: 50–60% Tie: 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50% No votes | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser was re-elected in 2019 with 68.1% of the vote. He successfully ran for re-election winning with 65.5% of the vote avoiding a runoff election.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Republican | Billy Nungesser (incumbent) | 678,531 | 65.52% | ||
| Democratic | Willie Jones | 211,988 | 20.47% | ||
| Republican | Elbert Guillory | 64,058 | 6.19% | ||
| Republican | Tami Hotard | 50,711 | 4.90% | ||
| Independent | Bruce Payton | 17,195 | 1.66% | ||
| Independent | Gary Rispone | 13,111 | 1.27% | ||
| Total votes | 1,035,594 | 100.0% | |||
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