United States Presidential election7 Nov 2028in 729 days Senate D 97% House D 58% Calendar Track record Research
Closest results
Election 1904 Results

Each election opens in its own mode: the forecast before the votes are counted, the live count while races are still too close to call, and the results once every race is decided.

1904 Louisiana governor election

Newton C. Blanchard (Democrat) beat W. J. Behan (Republican) in Louisiana in 1904, 89.0% to 11.0%, a margin of 78.1 points and 41,868 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1900, when William Wright Heard won.

Democrats led in 59 of the 59 counties as they stood then. The largest, Orleans, cast 18,695 votes and went to the Democrat by 80.2 points. The closest was West Carroll, where 111 votes separated the two parties.

United States
If only voted How this works
If the polls miss like

Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Newton C. Blanchard won Democratic 47,745 89.0%
W. J. Behan Republican 5,877 11.0%
Total53,622

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Orleans 16,843 90.1% 1,852 9.9% 18,695 D+80.2
Calcasieu 1,618 91.6% 149 8.4% 1,767 D+83.1
Lafourche 1,259 82.5% 267 17.5% 1,526 D+65.0
Jefferson 1,364 96.3% 53 3.7% 1,417 D+92.5
Terrebonne 979 71.1% 398 28.9% 1,377 D+42.2
Caddo 1,328 98.7% 18 1.3% 1,346 D+97.3
Ascension 775 59.0% 538 41.0% 1,313 D+18.1
Assumption 785 62.9% 464 37.1% 1,249 D+25.7
St. Mary 949 78.3% 263 21.7% 1,212 D+56.6
St. Landry 918 92.8% 71 7.2% 989 D+85.6
Acadia 877 89.8% 100 10.2% 977 D+79.5
Avoyelles 900 98.9% 10 1.1% 910 D+97.8
Rapides 839 94.3% 51 5.7% 890 D+88.5
Iberville 638 72.8% 238 27.2% 876 D+45.7
Iberia 685 81.1% 160 18.9% 845 D+62.1
St. James 483 61.6% 301 38.4% 784 D+23.2
Winn 594 76.3% 185 23.7% 779 D+52.5
Lafayette 741 95.4% 36 4.6% 777 D+90.7
East Baton Rouge 722 97.2% 21 2.8% 743 D+94.3
Plaquemines 663 97.1% 20 2.9% 683 D+94.1
Vernon 592 92.4% 49 7.6% 641 D+84.7
Claiborne 589 97.8% 13 2.2% 602 D+95.7
Natchitoches 512 86.1% 83 13.9% 595 D+72.1
Lincoln 549 95.0% 29 5.0% 578 D+90.0
Bienville 542 94.1% 34 5.9% 576 D+88.2
Tangipahoa 515 91.3% 49 8.7% 564 D+82.6
St. Bernard 529 96.5% 19 3.5% 548 D+93.1
Desoto 506 99.6% 2 0.4% 508 D+99.2
Pointe Coupee 487 99.8% 1 0.2% 488 D+99.6
Catahoula 419 86.7% 64 13.3% 483 D+73.5
Vermilion 429 88.8% 54 11.2% 483 D+77.6
St. Charles 414 93.2% 30 6.8% 444 D+86.5
Union 421 99.1% 4 0.9% 425 D+98.1
St. Martin 392 94.9% 21 5.1% 413 D+89.8
St. Tammany 401 97.3% 11 2.7% 412 D+94.7
St. John The Baptist 379 93.1% 28 6.9% 407 D+86.2
Sabine 390 98.2% 7 1.8% 397 D+96.5
Jackson 375 98.7% 5 1.3% 380 D+97.4
Livingston 374 98.9% 4 1.1% 378 D+97.9
Grant 335 90.5% 35 9.5% 370 D+81.1
Ouachita 353 95.9% 15 4.1% 368 D+91.8
Webster 346 96.4% 13 3.6% 359 D+92.8
Morehouse 334 98.8% 4 1.2% 338 D+97.6
Washington 313 95.4% 15 4.6% 328 D+90.9
Bossier 326 99.7% 1 0.3% 327 D+99.4
Red River 303 98.4% 5 1.6% 308 D+96.8
Franklin 300 99.3% 2 0.7% 302 D+98.7
East Feliciana 285 97.3% 8 2.7% 293 D+94.5
Caldwell 245 95.3% 12 4.7% 257 D+90.7
West Baton Rouge 242 94.2% 15 5.8% 257 D+88.3
West Feliciana 247 98.0% 5 2.0% 252 D+96.0
Cameron 222 94.5% 13 5.5% 235 D+88.9
St. Helena 197 91.2% 19 8.8% 216 D+82.4
Concordia 209 100.0% 0 0.0% 209 D+100.0
Richland 189 98.4% 3 1.6% 192 D+96.9
East Carroll 151 98.7% 2 1.3% 153 D+97.4
Tensas 134 96.4% 5 3.6% 139 D+92.8
Madison 125 100.0% 0 0.0% 125 D+100.0
West Carroll 114 97.4% 3 2.6% 117 D+94.9

Counties as they stood in 1904; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Louisiana governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2023 Jeff Landry (R) R+25.6
2019 John Bel Edwards (D) D+2.7
2015 John Bel Edwards (D) D+12.2
2011 Bobby Jindal (R) R+47.9
2007 Bobby Jindal (R) R+36.5
2003 Kathleen Blanco (D) D+3.9
1999 Mike Foster (R) R+32.6
1995 Mike Foster (R) R+27.0
1991 Edwin Edwards (D) D+22.3
1987 Buddy Roemer (D) D+14.6
1983 Edwin W. Edwards (D) D+25.9
1979 David Treen (R) R+0.7
1975 Edwin Edwards (D) D+62.4
1972 Edwin W. Edwards (D) D+14.3
1968 John J. McKeithen (D) D+100.0
1964 John McKeithen (D) D+22.2
1960 Jimmie H. Davis (D) D+63.5
1956 Earl K. Long (D) D+100.0
1952 Robert F. Kennon (D) D+92.0
1948 Earl K. Long (D) D+100.0
1944 Jimmie H. Davis (D) D+100.0
1940 Sam H. Jones (D) D+98.8
1936 Richard W. Leche (D) D+100.0
1932 Oscar K. Allen (D) D+99.9
1928 Huey P. Long (D) D+92.3
1924 Henry L. Fuqua (D) D+95.8
1920 John M. Parker (D) D+95.3
1916 Ruffin G. Pleasant (D) D+62.5
1912 Luther E. Hall (D) D+80.7
1908 Jared Y. Sanders Sr. (D) D+76.1
1904 Newton C. Blanchard (D) D+78.1
1900 William Wright Heard (D) D+75.1
1896 Murphy J. Foster (D) D+13.9
1892 Murphy J. Foster (D) D+27.9
1888 Francis T. Nicholls (D) D+44.9
1884 Samuel D. McEnery (D) D+34.2
1879 Louis A. Wiltz (D) D+29.4
1876 Francis T. Nicholls (D) D+5.0
1872 William Pitt Kellogg (R) R+13.8
1868 Henry C. Warmoth (R) R+63.1
1865 J. Madison Wells (other)