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Election 1928 Results

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1928 Louisiana governor election

Huey P. Long (Democrat) beat Etienne J. Caire (Republican) in Louisiana in 1928, 96.1% to 3.9%, a margin of 92.3 points and 89,208 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1924, when Henry L. Fuqua won.

Democrats led in 64 of the 64 counties as they stood then. The largest, Orleans, cast 35,122 votes and went to the Democrat by 88.9 points. The closest was Tensas, where 133 votes separated the two parties.

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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
Huey P. Long won Democratic 92,941 96.1%
Etienne J. Caire Republican 3,733 3.9%
Total96,674

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Orleans 33,171 94.4% 1,951 5.6% 35,122 D+88.9
Calcasieu 3,193 99.0% 32 1.0% 3,225 D+98.0
Acadia 2,389 98.0% 48 2.0% 2,437 D+96.1
Rapides 2,350 98.7% 31 1.3% 2,381 D+97.4
Jefferson 2,347 99.0% 24 1.0% 2,371 D+98.0
Vermilion 1,988 97.4% 53 2.6% 2,041 D+94.8
East Baton Rouge 1,898 98.0% 39 2.0% 1,937 D+96.0
Avoyelles 1,748 99.3% 13 0.7% 1,761 D+98.5
St. Bernard 1,535 99.5% 8 0.5% 1,543 D+99.0
Tangipahoa 1,458 95.5% 69 4.5% 1,527 D+91.0
Vernon 1,522 99.7% 5 0.3% 1,527 D+99.3
Caddo 1,376 93.3% 99 6.7% 1,475 D+86.6
Winn 1,325 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,325 D+100.0
Natchitoches 1,300 99.3% 9 0.7% 1,309 D+98.6
Bienville 1,297 99.8% 2 0.2% 1,299 D+99.7
Washington 1,254 99.1% 12 0.9% 1,266 D+98.1
Lafayette 1,166 98.2% 21 1.8% 1,187 D+96.5
Grant 1,182 99.7% 4 0.3% 1,186 D+99.3
Union 1,163 99.3% 8 0.7% 1,171 D+98.6
Plaquemines 1,119 99.6% 4 0.4% 1,123 D+99.3
St. James 883 81.3% 203 18.7% 1,086 D+62.6
St. Mary 952 92.4% 78 7.6% 1,030 D+84.9
St. Landry 969 97.2% 28 2.8% 997 D+94.4
Jefferson Davis 957 96.6% 34 3.4% 991 D+93.1
Ascension 923 93.9% 60 6.1% 983 D+87.8
Iberia 943 96.6% 33 3.4% 976 D+93.2
Franklin 926 99.6% 4 0.4% 930 D+99.1
Terrebonne 860 93.5% 60 6.5% 920 D+87.0
Sabine 908 99.1% 8 0.9% 916 D+98.3
Lafourche 838 92.6% 67 7.4% 905 D+85.2
Iberville 801 90.1% 88 9.9% 889 D+80.2
Beauregard 875 99.3% 6 0.7% 881 D+98.6
Evangeline 864 99.1% 8 0.9% 872 D+98.2
Allen 848 99.4% 5 0.6% 853 D+98.8
Claiborne 847 99.9% 1 0.1% 848 D+99.8
Lincoln 822 96.9% 26 3.1% 848 D+93.9
Ouachita 831 98.3% 14 1.7% 845 D+96.7
Webster 817 99.2% 7 0.8% 824 D+98.3
La Salle 792 99.1% 7 0.9% 799 D+98.2
St. John The Baptist 587 78.0% 166 22.0% 753 D+55.9
St. Charles 644 86.0% 105 14.0% 749 D+72.0
Desoto 729 98.6% 10 1.4% 739 D+97.3
Livingston 732 100.0% 0 0.0% 732 D+100.0
St. Martin 681 97.0% 21 3.0% 702 D+94.0
Assumption 563 81.4% 129 18.6% 692 D+62.7
St. Tammany 620 94.7% 35 5.3% 655 D+89.3
Red River 602 99.2% 5 0.8% 607 D+98.4
Caldwell 589 98.2% 11 1.8% 600 D+96.3
Jackson 582 99.1% 5 0.9% 587 D+98.3
Bossier 552 99.3% 4 0.7% 556 D+98.6
Catahoula 499 99.0% 5 1.0% 504 D+98.0
Morehouse 467 99.4% 3 0.6% 470 D+98.7
Richland 449 97.2% 13 2.8% 462 D+94.4
Cameron 452 100.0% 0 0.0% 452 D+100.0
Pointe Coupee 407 96.4% 15 3.6% 422 D+92.9
West Carroll 375 96.6% 13 3.4% 388 D+93.3
St. Helena 380 99.7% 1 0.3% 381 D+99.5
East Feliciana 339 97.4% 9 2.6% 348 D+94.8
West Feliciana 292 99.0% 3 1.0% 295 D+98.0
West Baton Rouge 254 97.7% 6 2.3% 260 D+95.4
Concordia 251 98.8% 3 1.2% 254 D+97.6
East Carroll 189 100.0% 0 0.0% 189 D+100.0
Tensas 135 98.5% 2 1.5% 137 D+97.1
Madison 134 100.0% 0 0.0% 134 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1928; 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)