David Duke is an American neo-Nazi, antisemitic conspiracy theorist, far-right politician, convicted felon, and former grand wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. From 1989 to 1992, he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He has been a perennial candidate for various offices throughout his life.
Elections in Louisiana
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kenneth Osterberger | 22,287 | 66.80% | |
| Democratic | David Duke | 11,079 | 33.20% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joseph Tiemann | 21,329 | 56.60% | |
| Democratic | David Duke | 9,897 | 26.60% | |
| Others | 6,459 | 17.14% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | J. Bennett Johnston (incumbent) | 753,198 | 53.95% | |
| Republican | David Duke | 607,091 | 43.48% | |
| Democratic | Nick Joseph Accardo | 21,578 | 1.55% | |
| Democratic | Larry Crowe | 14,345 | 1.03% | |
| Majority | 146,107 | 10.47% | ||
| Total votes | 1,396,212 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
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Support for Duke by parish in red:
| 1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election jungle primary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
| Democratic | Edwin Edwards | 523,096 | 33.76 | ||
| Republican | David Duke | 491,342 | 31.71 | ||
| Republican | Buddy Roemer (incumbent) | 410,690 | 26.51 | ||
| Republican | Clyde C. Holloway | 82,683 | 5.34 | ||
| Democratic | Sam S. Jones | 11,847 | 0.76 | ||
| Other | Ed Karst | 9,663 | 0.62 | ||
| Democratic | Fred Dent | 7,385 | 0.48 | ||
| Republican | Anne Thompson | 4,118 | 0.27 | ||
| Democratic | Jim Crowley | 4,000 | 0.26 | ||
| Democratic | Albert Powell | 2,053 | 0.13 | ||
| Other | Ronnie Johnson | 1,372 | 0.09 | ||
| Democratic | Cousin Ken Lewis | 1,006 | 0.06 | ||
| Total | 1,549,255 | 100 | |||
| 1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election runoff | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
| Democratic | Edwin Edwards | 1,057,031 | 61.17% | ||
| Republican | David Duke | 671,009 | 38.83% | ||
| Majority | 386,022 | 22.34% | |||
| Total | 1,728,040 | 100 | |||
| Democratic gain from Republican | |||||
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Support for Duke by parish in red:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 'Woody Jenkins' | 322,244 | 26.23% | |
| Democratic | 'Mary Landrieu' | '264,268' | '21.51%' | |
| Democratic | Richard Ieyoub | 250,682 | 20.41% | |
| Republican | David Duke | 141,489 | 11.52% | |
| Republican | Jimmy Hayes | 71,699 | 5.84% | |
| Republican | Bill Linder | 58,243 | 4.74% | |
| Republican | Chuck McMains | 45,164 | 3.68% | |
| Republican | Peggy Wilson | 31,877 | 2.60% | |
| Democratic | Troyce Guice | 15,277 | 1.24% | |
| Independent | Nicholas J. Accardo | 10,035 | 0.82% | |
| Independent | Arthur D. "Jim" Nichols | 7,894 | 0.64% | |
| Democratic | Sadie Roberts-Joseph | 4,660 | 0.38% | |
| Independent | Tom Kirk | 1,987 | 0.16% | |
| Independent | Darryl Paul Ward | 1,770 | 0.14% | |
| Independent | Sam Houston Melton, Jr. | 1,270 | 0.10% | |
| Turnout | 1,228,559 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 'David Treen' | '36,719' | '25.06%' | |
| Republican | 'David Vitter' | '31,741' | '21.67%' | |
| Republican | David Duke | 28,059 | 19.15% | |
| Republican | Monica Monica | 22,928 | 15.65% | |
| Democratic | R.H. "Bill" Strain | 16,446 | 11.23% | |
| Republican | Rob Couhig | 9,295 | 6.34% | |
| Democratic | Darryl Ward | 720 | 0.49% | |
| Republican | Patrick Landry | 344 | 0.23% | |
| Republican | S. J. LoCoco | 246 | 0.17% | |
| Total votes | 146,498 | 100% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 'John Kennedy' | '482,591' | '25.0' | |
| Democratic | 'Foster Campbell' | '337,833' | '17.5' | |
| Republican | Charles Boustany | 298,008 | 15.4 | |
| Democratic | Caroline Fayard | 240,917 | 12.5 | |
| Republican | John Fleming | 204,026 | 10.6 | |
| Republican | Rob Maness | 90,856 | 4.7 | |
| Republican | David Duke | 58,606 | 3.0 | |
| Democratic | Derrick Edwards | 51,774 | 2.7 | |
| Democratic | Gary Landrieu | 45,587 | 2.4 | |
| Republican | Donald "Crawdaddy" Crawford | 25,523 | 1.3 | |
| Republican | Joseph Cao | 21,019 | 1.1 | |
| Independent | Beryl Billiot | 19,352 | 1.0 | |
| Libertarian | Thomas Clements | 11,370 | 0.6 | |
| Independent | Troy Hebert | 9,503 | 0.5 | |
| Democratic | Josh Pellerin | 7,395 | 0.4 | |
| Democratic | Peter Williams | 6,855 | 0.4 | |
| Democratic | Vinny Mendoza | 4,927 | 0.3 | |
| Independent | Kaitlin Marone | 4,108 | 0.2 | |
| Libertarian | Le Roy Gillam | 4,067 | 0.2 | |
| Republican | Charles Marsala | 3,684 | 0.2 | |
| Republican | Abhay Patel | 1,576 | 0.1 | |
| Independent | Arden Wells | 1,483 | 0.1 | |
| Independent | Bob Lang | 1,424 | 0.1 | |
| Independent | Gregory Taylor | 1,151 | 0.1 | |
| Total votes | 1,933,635 | 100.0 | ||
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Federal elections
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Michael Dukakis | 9,898,750 | 42.46% | |
| Democratic | Jesse Jackson | 6,788,991 | 29.12% | |
| Democratic | Al Gore | 3,185,806 | 13.67% | |
| Democratic | Dick Gephardt | 1,399,041 | 6.00% | |
| Democratic | Paul M. Simon | 1,082,960 | 4.65% | |
| Democratic | Gary Hart | 415,716 | 1.78% | |
| Democratic | Unpledged delegates | 250,307 | 1.07% | |
| Democratic | Bruce Babbitt | 77,780 | 0.33% | |
| Democratic | Lyndon LaRouche | 70,938 | 0.30% | |
| Democratic | David Duke | 45,289 | 0.19% | |
| Democratic | James Traficant | 30,879 | 0.13% | |
References
edit- ^ Election Results
- ^ "1996 U.S. Senate Results: Louisiana". Federal Election Commission. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ "Official Election Results for Election Date: 05/01/1999". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ "Louisiana Secretary of State Official Election Results Results for Election Date: 11/8/2016 - US Senator". Louisiana Secretary of State.