Electoral history of David Duke

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Duke in 2002

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]

1975 Louisiana State Senate District 16 Election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kenneth Osterberger 22,287 66.80%
Democratic David Duke 11,079 33.20%
1979 Louisiana State Senate District 10 Election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Tiemann 21,329 56.60%
Democratic David Duke 9,897 26.60%
Others 6,459 17.14%
1990 United States Senate election in Louisiana [1]
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
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
1996 United States Senate election in Louisiana jungle primary[2]
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%
1999 Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election jungle primary[3]
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%
2016 United States Senate election in Louisiana jungle primary[4]
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

Federal elections[edit]

1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries
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]

  1. ^ Election Results
  2. ^ "1996 U.S. Senate Results: Louisiana". Federal Election Commission. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  3. ^ "Official Election Results for Election Date: 05/01/1999". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  4. ^ "Louisiana Secretary of State Official Election Results Results for Election Date: 11/8/2016 - US Senator". Louisiana Secretary of State.