2019 Louisiana gubernatorial election
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| Turnout | 45.9% (first round) 51.0% (runoff) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Edwards: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Rispone: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Abraham: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Landrieu: 50–60% Tie: 30–40% 40–50% 50% No votes Edwards: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Rispone: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Abraham: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Landrieu: 50–60% Tie: 30–40% 40–50% 50% No votes Edwards: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Rispone: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Tie: 50% No votes | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held to elect the governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Democratic governor John Bel Edwards won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican businessman Eddie Rispone. Edwards became the first Democratic governor of Louisiana to win re-election to a second consecutive term in 44 years since Edwin Edwards (no relation) in 1975. It was the closest Louisiana gubernatorial election since 1979. This was the only Democratic-held governorship up for election in 2019 that Donald Trump won in the 2016 presidential election, and was the only statewide victory in 2019 for Democrats in Louisiana.
Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters may vote for any candidate regardless of their party affiliation. Because no candidate received an absolute majority of the vote during the primary election on October 12, 2019, a runoff election was held on November 16, 2019, between the top two candidates in the primary, Edwards and Rispone. Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system (California and Washington have a similar top two primary system).
As of 2025, this remains the last time that a Democrat has won a statewide election in Louisiana.