2015 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 2015 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on October 24, 2015, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, with a runoff election held on November 21, 2015. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne did not run for re-election to a second full term in office. He instead ran for governor. Billy Nungesser won the election with more than 55% of votes, defeating Kip Holden despite a Democratic victory in the gubernatorial election, in which John Bel Edwards defeated David Vitter by a similar margin.

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2015 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election

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Nominee Billy Nungesser Kip Holden Party Republican Democratic First round 324,654 29.95% 360,679 33.27% Runoff 628,864 55.38% 506,578 44.62%   Nominee John Young Elbert Guillory Party Republican Republican First round 313,183 28.89% 85,460 7.88% Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

Nungesser:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Holden:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Young:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Guillory:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      70–80% Tie:      30–40%      40–50%      50%      No votes First round parish results Nungesser:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Holden:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Young:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Guillory:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      70–80% Tie:      30–40%      40–50%      50%      No votes First round precinct results Nungesser:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Holden:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      50%      No votes Runoff parish results Nungesser:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Holden:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      50%      No votes Runoff congressional district results Nungesser:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Holden:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      50%      No votes Runoff precinct results

Lieutenant Governor before election Jay Dardenne Republican Elected Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser Republican

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Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party and voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote during the primary election, a runoff election was held on November 21, 2015, between Holden and Nungesser. Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system (California and Washington have a similar "top two primary" system).