Louisiana gubernatorial election, 1975

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The Louisiana gubernatorial election of 1975 resulted in the re-election of Edwin Edwards to his second term as governor of Louisiana.

[edit] Background

Elections in Louisiana—with the exception of U.S. presidential elections—follow a variation of the open primary system. Candidates of any and all parties are listed on one ballot; voters need not limit themselves to the candidates of one party. Unless one candidate takes more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a run-off election is then held between the top two candidates, who may in fact be members of the same party.[2] In this election, the first round of voting was held on November 1, 1975. No runoff was needed.

[edit] Results

First voting round, November 1

Candidate Party affiliation Votes received Percentage of votes cast
Edwin Edwards Democrat 750,107 62.35%
Robert G. "Bob" Jones Democrat 292,220 24.29%
Wade O. Martin, Jr. Democrat 146,368 12.17%
Ken Lewis Democrat 5,307 0.44%
Addison Roswell Thompson Democrat 4,664 0.39%
Cecilia M. Pizzo Democrat 4,338 0.36%


Preceded by
1971-72 gubernatorial election
Louisiana gubernatorial elections Succeeded by
1979 gubernatorial election

[edit] Sources

State of Louisiana. Primary and General Election Returns, 1975.