Louisiana Election Returns
October 22nd, 2011The Louisiana Secretary of State’s web page has election returns for the state election of October 22 here. Scott Lewis, the Libertarian candidate for Governor, polled 1.22% in a race with ten candidates. Although that is not especially noteworthy, it is far better than the only other instance when the Libertarian Party ran a candidate for Governor. That other time was in 2007, when the party’s candidate only polled .20%.
In the October 22, 2011 election, the Reform Party candidate for Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner, Belinda Alexandrenko, polled 5.69% in a race against a Republican and a Democrat. The Secretary of State’s web page has her listed with “(R)” after her name, but on the ballot she was on as a Reform Party candidate.
October 23rd, 2011 at 4:06 am
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October 23rd, 2011 at 4:12 am
I disagree about the noteworthiness. The Republican incumbent received 66% of the vote. The lead Democrat only got 18%. Compared to that, and in a ten-way election, I would say that 1.2% is a big achievement. That’s more than most third-party candidates get in a three-way race.
October 23rd, 2011 at 9:51 am
In November 2010, the Libertarian Party had candidates for Governor (or the combined office of Governor/Lt. Gov) on the ballot in 20 states. Ten of them got 1.30% or a lesser amount; and ten of them got 1.31% or a greater amount. So the median was 1.3, which is a little better than the Louisiana showing.
The best gubernatorial showing in 2010 for Libertarians was John Monds, who got 4.01% in Georgia. The worst was in Wisconsin, where the party presented a combined ticket of no one for Governor and someone for Lieutenant Governor. That combination got .31%.
October 23rd, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Louisiana also elected an independent representative, and 3 independents qualified for the runoff.
The graphic version of the results does have Alexandrenko listed as a (RFM) candidate rather than a (REP) candidate.
November 4th, 2011 at 2:32 pm
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