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1995 Louisiana gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	1995 Louisiana gubernatorial election
country	Louisiana
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election
previous_year	1991
election_date	October 21, 1995 (first round)
November 18, 1995 (runoff)
next_election	1999 Louisiana gubernatorial election
next_year	1999
flag_year	1912
1blank	First round
2blank	Runoff
image1	File:GovFoster1 (cropped).JPG
image_size	x150px
candidate1	Mike Foster
party1	Republican Party (United States)
1data1	**385,267
26.14%**
2data1	**984,499
63.50%**
image2	File:Cleo Fields.jpg
candidate2	Cleo Fields
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
1data2	**280,921
19.06%**
2data2	565,861
36.50%
image3	File:Landrieu-lg (cropped).jpg
candidate3	Mary Landrieu
party3	Democratic Party (United States)
1data3	271,938
18.45%
2data3	Eliminated
image4	File:Buddy Roemer Congress.jpg
candidate4	Buddy Roemer
party4	Republican Party (United States)
1data4	263,330
17.87%
2data4	Eliminated
image5	3x4.svg
candidate5	Phil Preis
party5	Democratic Party (United States)
1data5	133,271
9.04%
2data5	Eliminated
map
map_caption	Foster:
Fields:
Landrieu:
Roemer:
Preis:
title	Governor
before_election	Edwin Edwards
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Mike Foster
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

November 18, 1995 (runoff) 26.14%** 63.50%** 19.06%** 36.50% 18.45% 17.87% 9.04% Fields:
Landrieu:
Roemer:
Preis:
The 1995 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on November 18, 1995, to elect the governor of Louisiana.

Incumbent Democratic governor Edwin Edwards had planned to run for re-election to a second consecutive and fifth overall term in office, but he announced in June 1994, shortly after marrying his second wife Candy Picou, that he would be retiring from politics at the end of his term.

All elections in Louisiana— with the exception of U.S. presidential elections— follow a variation of the open primary system called the jungle primary. Candidates of any and all parties are listed on one ballot; voters need not limit themselves to the candidates of one party when voting. Unless one candidate takes more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a run-off election is then held between the top two candidates, who may in fact be members of the same party.

In this election, the first round of voting was held on October 21, 1995, with Republican state senator Mike Foster and Democratic U.S. representative Cleo Fields finishing first and second with 26.1% and 19%, respectively. Foster defeated Fields in the November 18 runoff in a landslide. As of 2023, this is the most recent Louisiana gubernatorial election in which a successful Republican candidate was not elected in the first round.

Candidates

The early field included eight individuals considered to be "major" candidates. These were State Representative Robert Adley, U.S. representative Cleo Fields, State Senator Mike Foster, U.S. representative William J. Jefferson, State Treasurer Mary Landrieu, former governor Buddy Roemer, Lieutenant Governor Melinda Schwegmann and former governor Dave Treen.

On September 8, Foster decided to switch his party affiliation at the time of qualifying from Democratic to Republican, this decision may have been noted as a gamechanger towards the outcome of the jungle primary.

The makeup of the field led some analysts to dub this the "twins election", as each major candidate had a rival who appealed to a similar constituency or voter base. The sets of "twins" were: two mainstream Republican former governors (Treen and Roemer); two moderate Democratic female statewide office holders with ties to New Orleans (Landrieu and Schwegmann); two conservative Democratic state legislators (Foster and Adley); and two liberal, black Democratic U.S. representatives (Fields and Jefferson).

Treen and Jefferson eventually chose not to officially enter the race. Attorney Phil Preis also entered the race as a Democrat and with a self-financed campaign was able to enter the top tier of candidates. Eight minor candidates, two Democrats and six Independents, also qualified for the ballot.

Democratic Party

Declared

Gene H. Alexander
Belinda Alexandrenko
Robert Adley, state representative
Cleo Fields, U.S. representative
Mary Landrieu, Louisiana State Treasurer
Phil Preis, attorney
Melinda Schwegmann, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

Withdrew

Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish

Declined

William J. Jefferson, U.S. representative

Republican Party

Declared

Mike Foster, state senator from St. Mary Parish
Buddy Roemer, former governor (1988-1992)

Declined

Dave Treen, former governor

Independents

Declared

Lonnie Creech
Ronnie Glynn Johnson, candidate for Mayor of Shreveport in 1990 and candidate for Governor in 1991
Arthur D. "Jim" Nichols
Anne Thompson, Republican candidate for Governor in 1991, for Louisiana's 1st congressional district in 1992 and for the State Senate in 1994
Darryl Paul Ward, Democratic nominee for Louisiana's 6th congressional district in 1994
Kenneth Woods

Results

References

Secretary of State Elections Division. Official Election Results Database

References

(June 6, 1994). "Governor Retirement Address". C-SPAN.
"Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee dies - Breaking News Updates New Orleans - Times-Picayune - NOLA.com".

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