United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2004

November 2, 2004



Nominee	David Vitter	Chris John	John Neely Kennedy
Party	Republican	Democratic	Democratic
Popular vote	943,014	542,150	275,821
Percentage	51.03%	29.34%	14.92%

Parish Results

U.S. Senator before election

John Breaux
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

David Vitter
Republican

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The 2004 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Breaux decided to retire. Republican U.S. Representative David Vitter won the jungle primary with 51% of the vote and avoided a runoff.

Candidates

Democratic Party

Chris John, U.S. Representative
John Neely Kennedy, State Treasurer

Republican Party

David Vitter, U.S. Representative

Campaign

Breaux endorsed Chris John prior to the jungle primary.^[1]

During the campaign, Vitter was accused by a member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee of having had a lengthy affair with a prostitute in New Orleans. Vitter responded that the allegation was "absolutely and completely untrue" and that it was "just crass Louisiana politics." The allegation later turned out to be true.^[2]

Vitter won the Louisiana jungle primary with 51% of the vote, avoiding the need for a runoff. John received 29.2% of the vote and Kennedy (no relation to the Massachusetts Kennedys), took 14.9%.

Vitter won at least a plurality in 56 of Louisiana's 64 parishes. John carried nine parishes, all but two of which (Iberville and Orleans) are part of the House district he represented.

Kennedy changed parties and ran as Republican in 2008 against Louisiana's senior Senator, Democrat Mary Landrieu. Landrieu was re-elected.

Vitter was the first Republican in Louisiana to be popularly elected as a U.S. Senator. The previous Republican Senator, William Pitt Kellogg, was chosen by the state legislature in 1876, in accordance with the process used before the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution went into effect in 1914.^[3]

Results

Louisiana United States Senate election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Vitter	943,014	51.03
	Democratic	Chris John	542,150	29.34
	Democratic	John Neely Kennedy	275,821	14.92
	Democratic	Arthur A. Morrell	47,222	2.56
	Independent	Richard M. Fontanesi	15,097	0.82
	Independent	R. A. "Skip" Galan	12,463	0.67
	Democratic	Sam Houston Melton, Jr.	12,289	0.66
Majority			400,864	21.69
Turnout			1,848,056
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

External links

Elections Division from the Louisiana Secretary of State

References

↑ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2004/key-races/la_senate.html
↑ Shailagh Murray, "Senator's Number on 'Madam' Phone List", Washington Post, July 10, 2007
↑ Rudin, Ken (2004-11-01). "Final Call: Kerry Wins Narrow Electoral Margin; GOP Gains in House, Senate". NPR. Retrieved 2008-04-30.

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