2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana

The 2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Louisiana, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. A blanket primary was held on November 3, 2020; if no candidate had won a majority of the vote in the blanket primary, then a runoff election would have been held on December 5.^[1]

2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana

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Candidate Bill Cassidy Adrian Perkins Derrick Edwards Party Republican Democratic Democratic Popular vote 1,228,908 394,049 229,814 Percentage 59.32% 19.02% 11.09%

Parish results Precinct results Cassidy:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Perkins:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Edwards:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60% Pierce:      30–40% Tie:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50%      No votes

U.S. senator before election Bill Cassidy Republican Elected U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy Republican

Candidates

Republican Party

Declared

• Bill Cassidy, incumbent U.S. senator^[2]
• Dustin Murphy, welder^[3][4]

Democratic Party

Though there were multiple Democratic candidates, the one with the most institutional support was Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins, who had the endorsements of the Louisiana Democratic Party and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and would end up receiving the nomination.^[5]

Declared

• Derrick Edwards, perennial candidate^[6]
• Drew Knight^[7]
• Adrian Perkins, mayor of Shreveport^[8]
• Antoine Pierce, community activist^[9]
• Peter Wenstrup, teacher^[4]

Withdrew

• Dartanyon Williams, businessman and author (running for Louisiana's 6th congressional district)^[10][11][6]

Declined

• Mary Landrieu, former U.S. senator^[12]
• Mitch Landrieu, former mayor of New Orleans^[13]

Endorsements

Adrian Perkins (D)

Federal officials

• Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States^[14]

State officials

• John Bel Edwards, Governor of Louisiana^[15]

Local officials

• Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana (2012–2020)^[16]

Organizations

• DSCC^[17]
• Louisiana Democratic Party^[18]
• VoteVets^[19]

U.S. senators

• Cory Booker, U.S. senator from New Jersey (2013–present)^[16]
• Kamala Harris, U.S. senator from California (2017–2021) and Democratic 2020 vice presidential nominee^[20]

Antoine Pierce (D)

Individuals

• Andrew Yang, businessman, entrepreneur, non-profit leader and 2020 presidential candidate^[21]

Organizations

• DUH! Demand Universal Healthcare^[22]
• Humanity Forward^[21]

Libertarian Party

Declared

• Aaron Sigler, neurosurgeon^[6]

Independents

Declared

• Beryl Billiot, businessman^[23]
• John Paul Bourgeois^[23]
• Reno Jean Daret III^[23]
• Alexander "Xan" John, businessman and law student^[23]
• Jamar "Doc" Montgomery, attorney^[24]

Withdrew

• Gregory Fitch^[10][7][6]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[25]	Safe R	October 29, 2020
Inside Elections[26]	Safe R	October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[27]	Safe R	November 2, 2020
Daily Kos[28]	Safe R	October 30, 2020
Politico[29]	Safe R	November 2, 2020
RCP[30]	Safe R	October 23, 2020
DDHQ[31]	Safe R	November 3, 2020
538[32]	Safe R	November 2, 2020
Economist[33]	Likely R	November 2, 2020

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Bill Cassidy (R)	Dustin Murphy (R)	Adrian Perkins (D)	Antoine Pierce (D)	Other	Undecided
ALG Research (D)[34][usurped][A]	August 6–12, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	42%	6%	17%	11%	3%[b]	21%

Head to head matchups

Bill Cassidy vs. Adrian Perkins

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Bill Cassidy (R)	Adrian Perkins (D)	Undecided
ALG Research (D)[35][usurped][A]	August 6–12, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	52%	33%	16%

Hypothetical polling

Bill Cassidy vs. generic opponent

Poll source	Date	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Bill Cassidy (R)	Generic Opponent	Undecided
Tyson Group/Consumer Energy Alliance[36][B]	September 2–5, 2020	600 (LV)	± 4%	38%	37%	24%
Tyson Group/Consumer Energy Alliance[36][B]	March 16, 2020	– (V)[c]	–	48%	25%	27%

Generic Republican vs. generic Democrat

Poll source	Date	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Generic Republican	Generic Democrat	Other	Undecided
ALG Research (D)[37][usurped][A]	August 6–12, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	43%	33%	2%[d]	23%[e]

Results

United States Senate election blanket primary in Louisiana, 2020^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Cassidy (incumbent)	1,228,908	59.32%
	Democratic	Adrian Perkins	394,049	19.02%
	Democratic	Derrick Edwards	229,814	11.09%
	Democratic	Antoine Pierce	55,710	2.69%
	Republican	Dustin Murphy	38,383	1.85%
	Democratic	Drew Knight	36,962	1.78%
	Independent	Beryl Billiot	17,362	0.84%
	Independent	John Paul Bourgeois	16,518	0.8%
	Democratic	Peter Wenstrup	14,454	0.7%
	Libertarian	Aaron Sigler	11,321	0.55%
	Independent	M.V. "Vinny" Mendoza	7,811	0.38%
	Independent	Melinda Mary Price	7,680	0.37%
	Independent	Jamar Montgomery	5,804	0.28%
	Independent	Reno Jean Daret III	3,954	0.19%
	Independent	Alexander "Xan" John	2,813	0.14%
Total votes			2,071,543	100%
	Republican hold

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. Mendoza (I) with 2%; Sigler (L) with 1%
3. Not yet released
4. "Neither" with 2%
5. "It depends" with 19%; "Don't know" with 4%

Partisan clients

1. Poll sponsored by Adrians Perkins' campaign.
2. The Consumer Energy Alliance is a pro-Keystone XL lobbying group