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1983 Louisiana gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	1983 Louisiana gubernatorial election
country	Louisiana
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1979 Louisiana gubernatorial election
previous_year	1979
next_election	1987 Louisiana gubernatorial election
next_year	1987
election_date	October 22, 1983
flag_year	1912
image1	File:Edwin Edwards.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Edwin Edwards
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	1,002,798
percentage1	62.31%
image2	File:Dave Treen.jpg
nominee2	Dave Treen
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	585,692
percentage2	36.39%
map_image	1983 Louisiana gubernatorial election results map by parish.svg
map_size	280px
map_caption	Parish results
Edwards:
Treen:
title	Governor
before_election	Dave Treen
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Edwin Edwards
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Edwards:
Treen:

The 1983 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held to elect the governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican governor Dave Treen lost re-election to a second term, defeated by former Democratic governor Edwin Edwards. Edwards became the first governor since Earl Long to win non-consecutive terms. He also became the first to serve three full terms.

Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. A runoff would be held if no candidate received an absolute majority of the vote during the primary election. On October 12, 1983, Edwards and Treen took the two highest popular vote counts, but a runoff election was not held as Edwards won over 50% of the vote in the primary.

Background

In this election, the first round of voting was held on October 22, 1983. Since Edwards won more than 50% of the votes on the first round, no runoff was needed. The runoff for other statewide offices that required one was November 19, 1983.

Treen became the first of three consecutive Louisiana governors to be denied re-election. Edwards himself was defeated by north Louisiana U.S. representative Buddy Roemer in 1987, refusing to contest the runoff after trailing Roemer in the primary. Edwards came back in 1991, and along with former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, combined to oust Roemer in the primary before Edwards routed Duke in the runoff to win a fourth gubernatorial term.

This was the first time that any contestant for the governorship in Louisiana received at least one million votes. Edwards also won 62 out of 64 parishes against Treen. Treen only carried Jefferson Parish, where he resided at the time (and represented in the U.S. House prior to his election as governor); and St. Tammany Parish, where he would eventually move following completion of his term.

Results

Videos

(1) Gubernatorial Debate on September 7, 1983 http://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LGUBD-19830907

(2) Gubernatorial Debate on September 14, 1983 http://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LGUBD-19830914

(3) Election Special from LPB on October 21, 1983, detailing in-depth report on the statewide primary elections http://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LSWI-0708

(4) Edwin Edwards Campaign Commercial "Edwin Edwards....Now" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq_CgPyEmYo

(5) Profile of Edwin Edwards from WWL-TV New Orleans on October 22, 1983 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOFwj3dSt24

(6) Edwards Victory Speech after winning landslide re-election to third term on WWL-TV New Orleans on October 22, 1983 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-u3Y6WJBbo

(7) LPB Coverage on the Primary Recap from October 28, 1983 http://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LSWI-0709-02_Election

References

[https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/PublishedDocuments/ElectionsCalendar2019.pdf 2019 Elections] (PDF) '' Louisiana Secretary of State.''
(October 22, 1983). "Louisiana gubernatorial election results, 1983". Louisiana Secretary of State.
(October 22, 1983). "Louisiana gubernatorial election results, 1983". Louisiana Secretary of State.

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