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2020 Louisiana U.S. Senate Election Results

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Official certified result · November 3, 2020

2020 Louisiana U.S. Senate Election Results.

The FEC publication records "Bill" Cassidy as the winner. These are historical certified totals—not an election-night projection or race call.

Louisiana U.S. SenateGeneral election15 general candidatesSource: FEC
FEC WINNER INDICATOR

"Bill" Cassidy

1,228,908 votes · 59.32%

Final vote total
2,071,543
Final margin
834,859
Decision stage
General election
Certification
Official historical result
Official candidate totals

General election results

OFFICIAL FEC PUBLICATION

Fusion-party lines are combined only when the official publication reports the same named candidate on multiple party lines. Generic write-in, blank, invalid, and other non-person rows remain separate below.

2020 Louisiana U.S. Senate Election Results candidate results
CandidateParty label(s)VotesShare
"Bill" CassidyIncumbentWinnerR1,228,90859.32%
Adrian PerkinsD394,04919.02%
Derrick "Champ" EdwardsD229,81411.09%
Antoine PierceD55,7102.69%
Dustin MurphyR38,3831.85%
David Drew KnightD36,9621.78%
Beryl BilliotNPA17,3620.84%
John Paul BourgeoisNPA16,5180.8%
Peter WenstrupD14,4540.7%
Aaron C. SiglerLIB11,3210.55%
M.V. "Vinny" MendozaIND7,8110.38%
Melinda Mary PriceOTH7,6800.37%
Jamar MontgomeryNPA5,8040.28%
Reno Jean Daret IIINPA3,9540.19%
"Xan" JohnOTH2,8130.14%

Electionpedia calculation: the final margin is 834,859 votes, subtracting the second-highest published final total from the highest. The official publication does not publish this page's margin field separately.

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Yes. This is the FEC's biennial Federal Elections 2020 publication, compiled from results officially reported by state and territory election offices.

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