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Election 1948 Results

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1948 US Senate election in Louisiana

Allen J. Ellender (Democrat) won in Louisiana in 1948 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

Russell B. Long (Democrat) beat Clem S. Clarke (Republican) in Louisiana in 1948, 74.9% to 25.1%, a margin of 49.8 points and 203,007 votes. (This was a special election.)

The Democratic hold continued from 1942, when Allen J. Ellender also won.

Democrats led in 64 of the 64 counties as they stood then. The largest, Orleans, cast 94,269 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was West Feliciana, where 474 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.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Allen J. Ellender won	Democratic	330,315	100.0%
All other candidates		9	0.0%
Total		330,324

Special election

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Russell B. Long won	Democratic	305,346	74.9%
Clem S. Clarke	Republican	102,339	25.1%
Total		407,685

Every county

County	Democrat	Others	Total	Margin
Orleans	94,265 100.0%	4	94,269	D+100.0
East Baton Rouge	17,453 100.0%		17,453	D+100.0
Caddo	14,836 100.0%		14,836	D+100.0
Jefferson	12,621 100.0%		12,621	D+100.0
Rapides	10,537 100.0%	4	10,541	D+100.0
Calcasieu	10,197 100.0%		10,197	D+100.0
Ouachita	8,780 100.0%		8,780	D+100.0
St. Landry	6,833 100.0%		6,833	D+100.0
Avoyelles	6,394 100.0%		6,394	D+100.0
Washington	5,983 100.0%		5,983	D+100.0
Acadia	5,843 100.0%		5,843	D+100.0
Evangeline	5,290 100.0%		5,290	D+100.0
Tangipahoa	5,230 100.0%		5,230	D+100.0
Vermilion	4,732 100.0%		4,732	D+100.0
St. Tammany	4,619 100.0%		4,619	D+100.0
Webster	4,597 100.0%		4,597	D+100.0
Lafourche	4,564 100.0%		4,564	D+100.0
Lafayette	4,503 100.0%		4,503	D+100.0
Vernon	4,260 100.0%		4,260	D+100.0
Natchitoches	3,769 100.0%		3,769	D+100.0
Jackson	3,603 100.0%		3,603	D+100.0
Bossier	3,330 100.0%	1	3,331	D+100.0
Sabine	3,312 100.0%		3,312	D+100.0
Terrebonne	3,311 100.0%		3,311	D+100.0
St. Mary	3,079 100.0%		3,079	D+100.0
St. Martin	3,051 100.0%		3,051	D+100.0
Beauregard	3,018 100.0%		3,018	D+100.0
Allen	2,976 100.0%		2,976	D+100.0
Franklin	2,954 100.0%		2,954	D+100.0
Livingston	2,906 100.0%		2,906	D+100.0
Iberia	2,815 100.0%		2,815	D+100.0
Jefferson Davis	2,723 100.0%		2,723	D+100.0
Iberville	2,639 100.0%		2,639	D+100.0
Bienville	2,598 100.0%		2,598	D+100.0
Lincoln	2,459 100.0%		2,459	D+100.0
Grant	2,455 100.0%		2,455	D+100.0
Ascension	2,407 100.0%		2,407	D+100.0
Union	2,383 100.0%		2,383	D+100.0
Morehouse	2,375 100.0%		2,375	D+100.0
La Salle	2,368 100.0%		2,368	D+100.0
Desoto	2,351 100.0%		2,351	D+100.0
Claiborne	2,292 100.0%		2,292	D+100.0
Richland	2,292 100.0%		2,292	D+100.0
Winn	2,285 100.0%		2,285	D+100.0
St. Bernard	2,273 100.0%		2,273	D+100.0
Plaquemines	2,233 100.0%		2,233	D+100.0
West Carroll	2,103 100.0%		2,103	D+100.0
St. Charles	2,063 100.0%		2,063	D+100.0
Red River	1,945 100.0%		1,945	D+100.0
Pointe Coupee	1,707 100.0%		1,707	D+100.0
St. James	1,654 100.0%		1,654	D+100.0
Caldwell	1,543 100.0%		1,543	D+100.0
St. John The Baptist	1,483 100.0%		1,483	D+100.0
Catahoula	1,481 100.0%		1,481	D+100.0
Concordia	1,393 100.0%		1,393	D+100.0
Assumption	1,338 100.0%		1,338	D+100.0
Madison	1,181 100.0%		1,181	D+100.0
St. Helena	1,121 100.0%		1,121	D+100.0
East Feliciana	1,090 100.0%		1,090	D+100.0
Cameron	1,031 100.0%		1,031	D+100.0
West Baton Rouge	1,007 100.0%		1,007	D+100.0
East Carroll	961 100.0%		961	D+100.0
Tensas	946 100.0%		946	D+100.0
West Feliciana	474 100.0%		474	D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1948; 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 Senate elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2022	John Kennedy (R)	R+43.7
2020	Bill Cassidy (R)	R+40.3
2016	John Neely Kennedy (R)	R+21.3
2014	Bill Cassidy (R)	R+11.9
2010	David Vitter (R)	R+18.9
2008	Mary L. Landrieu (D)	D+6.4
2004	David Vitter (R)	R+21.7
2002	Mary Landrieu (D)	D+3.4
1998	John Breaux (D)	D+32.4
1996	Mary Landrieu (D)	D+0.3
1992	John Breaux (D)	D+64.8
1990	J. Bennett Johnston (D)	D+10.5
1986	John B. Breaux (D)	D+5.6
1984	J. Bennett Johnston (D)	D+76.9
1980	Russell B. Long (D)	D+55.9
1978	J. Bennett Johnston (D)	D+59.4
1974	Russell B. Long (D)	D+100.0
1972	J. Bennett Johnston (D)	D+36.1
1968	Russell B. Long (D)	D+100.0
1966	Allen J. Ellender (D)	D+100.0
1962	Russell B. Long (D)	D+51.1
1960	Allen J. Ellender (D)	D+59.5
1956	Russell B. Long (D)	D+100.0
1954	Allen J. Ellender (D)	D+100.0
1950	Russell B. Long (D)	D+75.4
1948	Allen J. Ellender (D)	D+100.0
1944	John H. Overton (D)	D+100.0
1942	Allen J. Ellender (D)	D+100.0
1938	John H. Overton (D)	D+99.8
1936	Allen J. Ellender (D)	D+100.0
1932	John H. Overton (D)	D+100.0
1930	Huey Long (D)	D+100.0
1926	Edwin S. Broussard (D)	D+100.0
1924	Joseph Ransdell (D)	D+100.0
1920	Edwin S. Broussard (D)	D+100.0
1918	Joseph Ransdell (D)	D+100.0