See also: 2015 Louisiana elections.
Election Name: | 2015 Louisiana Attorney General election |
Country: | Louisiana |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2011 Louisiana Attorney General election |
Previous Year: | 2011 |
Election Date: | October 24, 2015 (first round) November 21, 2015 (runoff) |
Next Election: | 2019 Louisiana Attorney General election |
Next Year: | 2019 |
1Blank: | First round |
2Blank: | Runoff |
Image1: | File:Jeff Landry, official portrait, 112th Congress (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Jeff Landry |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
1Data1: | 347,605 32.65% |
2Data1: | 610,459 56.3% |
Nominee2: | Buddy Caldwell |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
1Data2: | 376,407 35.36% |
2Data2: | 505,940 43.7% |
Nominee4: | Geri Broussard Baloney |
Party4: | Democratic Party (United States) |
1Data4: | 187,575 17.62% |
2Data4: | Eliminated |
Nominee5: | Isaac Jackson |
Party5: | Democratic Party (United States) |
1Data5: | 115,188 10.82% |
2Data5: | Eliminated |
Attorney General | |
Before Election: | Buddy Caldwell |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Jeff Landry |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2015 Louisiana Attorney General election took place on October 24, 2015 to elect the Attorney General of the U.S. state of Louisiana, with a runoff election, held on November 21, 2015. Incumbent Buddy Caldwell, a former Democrat who joined the Republican Party in February 2011, sought re-election to a third term in office, but was defeated by fellow Republican Jeff Landry.
Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates will appear on the same ballot, regardless of party affiliation; voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their own 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 Caldwell and Landry. Louisiana is the sole state that has a jungle primary system (California and Washington have a similar "top two primary" system).
Poll source | Date(s) administered | class=small | Sample size | class=small | error | Buddy | John | Jeff | Jacques Roy (D) | Undecided | ||
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Triumph | March 5, 2015 | 1,655 | ± 2.4% | align=center | 30% | — | 20% | align=center | 30% | 21% | ||
600 | ± 4% | 17% | align=center | 23% | 10% | align=center | 18% | align=center | 32% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | class=small | Sample size | class=small | error | Buddy Caldwell (R) | Jeff Landry (R) | Generic | Other | Undecided | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
V/C Research | 600 | ± 4% | align=center | 23% | 15% | align=center | 33% | 1% | align=center | 27% |