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  LA Governor - Initial Election
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Louisiana > Governor
OfficeGovernor
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1987 - 12:00pm
Polls Open October 24, 1987 - 06:00am
Polls Close October 24, 1987 - 11:00pm
Term Start March 14, 1988 - 12:00pm
Term End January 08, 1992 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last ModifiedRBH July 31, 2016 09:21pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won10/22/1983
NameEdwin W. Edwards Votes1,006,561 (62.29%)
Term03/12/1984 - 03/14/1988 Margin418,053 (+25.87%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

09/25/1987 10/18/1987

CANDIDATES
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Name Rep. Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer III (I) Gov. Edwin W. Edwards Rep. Bob Livingston Rep. Wilbert J. "Billy" Tauzin Secretary of State Jim Brown Rep. Speedy O. Long Earl J. Amedee
PartyDemocratic Democratic Republican Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Votes516,128 (33.16%) 434,802 (27.93%) 287,770 (18.49%) 154,444 (9.92%) 138,824 (8.92%) 18,736 (1.20%) 3,767 (0.24%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -81,326 (-5.22%) -228,358 (-14.67%) -361,684 (-23.23%) -377,304 (-24.24%) -497,392 (-31.95%) -512,361 (-32.91%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$2,640,637.00 $3,021,750.00 $2,258,083.00 $2,753,222.00 $2,393,270.00 $75,110.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Mason-Dixon 
10/16-10/18
21.80% (+9.8) 20.80% (-1.2) 19.10% (+1.1) 12.30% (-6.7) 9.70% (-5.3) 1.70% (+0.7) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
09/25-09/30
12.00% (+0.0) 22.00% (+0.0) 18.00% (+0.0) 19.00% (+0.0) 15.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
LBR Old LW
AENM Angry Russian
D Brandonius Maximus
D BLUEDOGS
D Jason
I McCord 2014
D Ashley
D Patrick T. Caffery
  Alliance for Good Government
R Hikikomori Blitzkrieg!
D Melvin L. "Kip" Holden
R Hunt Downer
D John B. Breaux
G BR_Green
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Ken "Cousin Ken" Lewis
PartyDemocratic
Votes2,264 (0.15%)
Margin-513,864 (-33.01%)
Predict Avg.0.00%
Finances$0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Mason-Dixon 
10/16-10/18
0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
09/25-09/30
0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements

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