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Parents > United States > Louisiana > Senate Class III
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline August 18, 2004 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 02, 2004 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 02, 2004 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2005 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm
ContributorBrandonius Maximus
Last ModifiedRBH November 15, 2020 06:02pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/03/1998
NameJohn B. Breaux Votes620,502 (64.02%)
Term01/03/1999 - 01/03/2005 Margin313,886 (+32.39%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/02/2010
NameDavid Vitter Votes715,415 (56.55%)
Term01/03/2011 - 01/03/2017 Margin238,843 (+18.88%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
01/29/2004 11/02/2004
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
David Vitter 8 15 16 16
Chris John 3 2 ----
Leaning Call: David Vitter (95.54%)
Weighted Call: David Vitter (74.95%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

12/01/2003 10/31/2004

CANDIDATES
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Name Rep. David Vitter Rep. Chris John Treasurer John N. Kennedy St. Rep. Arthur A. Morrell Richard M. Fontanesi Clerk of Courts R.A. "Skip" Galan Sam Houston Melton Jr.
PartyRepublican Democratic Democratic Democratic Libertarian Independent Democratic
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Certified Votes 943,014 (51.03%) 542,150 (29.34%) 275,821 (14.93%) 47,222 (2.56%) 15,097 (0.82%) 12,463 (0.67%) 12,289 (0.67%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -400,864 (-21.69%) -667,193 (-36.10%) -895,792 (-48.47%) -927,917 (-50.21%) -930,551 (-50.35%) -930,725 (-50.36%)
Predict Avg.52.48% 23.24% 24.85% 4.98% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand 3/31 $2,605,352.00 3/31 $1,025,431.00 3/31 $708,645.00 $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 00/00/2003 00/00/2004 00/00/2004 03/10/2004 00/00/2004 00/00/2004 00/00/2004
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MATCHUP POLLS (22 from 12 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg43.65%-- 16.35%-- 14.92%-- 1.96%-- 0.82%-- 1.35%-- -0.11%--
Verne Kennedy 
10/31/04-10/31/04		 51.00% 4.0 12.00% 8.0 16.00% 2.0 0.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Verne Kennedy 
10/30/04-10/30/04		 47.00% 9.0 21.00% 2.0 15.00% 10.0 3.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
MRI Consulting 
10/27/04-10/27/04		 51.00% -- 15.00% -- 17.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Southeastern Louisiana University 
10/17/04-10/22/04		 42.90% -- 18.10% -- 10.40% -- 1.10% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Verne Kennedy 
10/18/04-10/20/04		 47.00% 5.0 18.00% 2.0 16.00% 3.0 2.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Loyola Institute of Politics 
10/15/04-10/18/04		 39.00% -- 15.00% -- 18.00% -- 2.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  Eagle Forum
R Mike Grimmer 🔗
  New Orleans Times-Picayune
R ...
  Club for Growth
R KYRepublican
  Alliance for Good Government
R Rodney Alexander 🔗
FWP CBlock941
I Chase McFadden
R SC Moose
R ...
R SC-Conservative
R Tony82
R Richard H. Baker 🔗
R Jim McCrery 🔗
R Wilbert J. "Billy" Tauzin 🔗
R Bobby Jindal
PRB Mr. Techno
D Some say...
R TurnerforCongress
D Ex-New Jerseyan
  New Orleans Tribune
D John B. Breaux
IND Monsieur
D Harry Lee 🔗
D Charles C. Foti, Jr. 🔗
D Richard "Rick" Gallot, Jr.
D Brandonius Maximus
D John Robert Wooley
D Bob Odom
D Mitchell J. "Mitch" Landrieu
LBT Classical Liberal
FWP CBlock941
D Qbanito
D Bob
REFS Servo
D Ashley
D Charles "C. D." Jones
D William J. Jefferson
D InspectorMorse
Veg Thomas Walker
D survelvn
Laf-W Craverguy
G BR_Green


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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 27, 2004 12:00am Poll Tracking poll shows Vitter getting 51 percent  Article None Entered 
Oct 21, 2004 12:00am Endorsement Vitter Gets Louisiana Cops Endorsement  Article Tony82 
Oct 20, 2004 12:00am News Senate Candidate Vitter Sends Cash in latest Campaign Mailer  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Oct 08, 2004 12:00am News National Democrats Prepare to Hit Vitter  Article Tony82 
Aug 16, 2004 12:00am News Democrats vie for black voters  Article New York Democrat 
Jul 06, 2004 12:00am News DSCC Gets Tough: Committee Backs John in Effort to Chase Kennedy From La. Race  Article John 
Jun 04, 2004 12:00am Speculative SHAKE-UP IN THE LOUISIANA U.S. SENATE RACE  Article PaGuy 
May 30, 2004 12:00am News Breaux thinks John best fit for his shoes  Article SC-Conservative 
Apr 26, 2004 12:00am News Roemer Doubts He'll Run  Article BILLYW 
Apr 21, 2004 12:00am News US Senate LA: No [Howard]Dean Endorsement For {Arthur]Morrell  Article User 490 
Apr 15, 2004 12:00am Election Guide Senator Roemer?  Article Thibo 
Apr 13, 2004 12:00am News Louisiana's Vitter says he's not worried over possible Roemer bid for Senate  Article Gerald Farinas 
Apr 08, 2004 12:00am News Buddy Roemer tanned, rested, and ready for Senate bid.  Article Not in Public Domain 
Mar 27, 2004 12:00am Profile LA US Senate: On the campaign Trail With John Kennedy  Article User 490 
Mar 27, 2004 12:00am News LA US Senate: Congressman [David Vitter] Denies Affair With Prostitute, Says Charges Are Politically Motivated  Article User 490 
Mar 10, 2004 12:00am News Morrell to run for senate (LA)  Article SC-Conservative 
Feb 12, 2004 12:00am Poll Louisiana's Senate Race Heats Up  Article karin1492 
Feb 09, 2004 12:00am Analysis U.S. Senate: A three-man race?  Article User 13 
Feb 06, 2004 12:00am News US Senate LA: Chris John announces  Article User 490 
Feb 03, 2004 12:00am News State Treasurer John Kennedy announces run for U.S. Senate  Article User 13 
Feb 02, 2004 12:00am News [LA] Senate race poses up-hill challenge for Republican Party  Article RP 
Feb 02, 2004 12:00am News Vitter building a $5M war chest for Senate race  Article Thibo 
Jan 31, 2004 12:00am News Jim Bernhard will not seek Senate seat  Article User 13 
Jan 14, 2004 12:00am Speculative LA US Senate: [State Treasurer John] Kennedy[[D]to run for U.S. Senate  Article User 490 
Jan 14, 2004 12:00am News John Says Expect Announcement Soon  Article User 13 
Jan 07, 2004 12:00am Endorsement Jindal endorses Vitter for U.S. Senate  Article ArmyDem 
Dec 27, 2003 12:00am General Race for Breaux's Senate seat takes shape  Article ArmyDem 
Dec 17, 2003 12:00am News Vitter announces for the U.S. Senate  Article Not in Public Domain 
Dec 16, 2003 12:00am News Many Pondering U.S. Senate [LA] race  Article RP 
Dec 16, 2003 12:00am News Candidates line up in Louisiana/Ieyoub tops poll.  Article Not in Public Domain 
Dec 15, 2003 12:00am News Sen. Breaux to Retire Next Year  Article karin1492 
Dec 11, 2003 12:00am News Breaux is still batting around his options  Article karin1492 
Dec 09, 2003 12:00am Speculative LA Sen: REASONS WHY JOHN BREAUX WILL STAY  Article User 490 
Nov 20, 2003 12:00am Poll LA Sen: NEW POLL RESULTS RELEASED ’04 SENATE RACE… CLOSE BATTLE BREWING CONG. JOHN 37% vs. CONG. VITTER 32%  Article User 490 
Nov 18, 2003 12:00am News John waits for Breaux to give the green light  Article karin1492 
Nov 10, 2003 12:00am Analysis Governor's race fallout often helps select senator  Article Thibo 

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