2019 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election

See also: 2019 Louisiana elections

The 2019 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election was held to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser won re-election to a second term.

2019 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election

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Nominee Billy Nungesser Willie Jones Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 884,309 413,556 Percentage 68.14% 31.86%

Parish results Congressional district results Precinct results Nungesser:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Jones:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      50%      No votes

Lieutenant Governor before election Billy Nungesser Republican Elected Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser Republican

Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system where all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. If no candidate had received an absolute majority of the vote during the primary election on October 12, 2019, a runoff election would have been held on November 16, 2019, between the top two candidates in the primary. (California and Washington have a similar "top two primary" system).

Candidates

Republican Party

Declared

• Billy Nungesser, incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana^[1]

Democratic Party

Declared

• Willie Jones, activist^[2]

General election

Results

Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2019^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Billy Nungesser (incumbent)	884,309	68.13%	+12.75%
	Democratic	Willie Jones	413,556	31.87%	−12.75%
Total votes			1,297,865	100%	N/A
	Republican hold

By congressional district

Nungesser won five of six congressional districts.^[4]

District	Nungesser	Jones	Representative
1st	80%	20%	Steve Scalise
2nd	36%	64%	Cedric Richmond
3rd	76%	24%	Clay Higgins
4th	69%	31%	Mike Johnson
5th	72%	28%	Ralph Abraham
6th	73%	27%	Garret Graves

See also

• United States elections, 2019
• Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana