John Kennedy

RepublicanLA · Senator

Wins

Losses

Races

2016

Senate · LA

Lost

RJohn Kennedy

536,191 votes26.9%

DFoster Campbell

347,816 votes17.4%

RCharles W. Boustany, Jr.

298,008 votes14.9%

DCaroline Fayard

240,917 votes12.1%

RJohn Fleming

204,026 votes10.2%

RRob Maness

90,856 votes4.5%

RDavid Duke

58,606 votes2.9%

DDerrick Edwards

51,774 votes2.6%

DGary Landrieu

45,587 votes2.3%

RDonald Crawdaddy Crawford

25,523 votes1.3%

RJoseph Cao

21,019 votes1.1%

nBeryl Billiot

19,352 votes1.0%

LThomas P. Clements

11,370 votes0.6%

nTroy Hebert

9,503 votes0.5%

DJoshua Pellerin

7,395 votes0.4%

DPeter Williams

6,855 votes0.3%

DM. V. Vinnymendoza

4,927 votes0.3%

nKaitlin Marone

4,108 votes0.2%

LLeroy Gillam

4,067 votes0.2%

RCharles Marsala

3,684 votes0.2%

RAbhay Patel

1,576 votes0.1%

nArden Wells

1,483 votes0.1%

oWilliam Robert Lang, Jr.

1,424 votes0.1%

oGregory Taylor, Jr.

1,151 votes0.1%

In the 2016 Senate race for LA Senate seat, John Kennedy (R) won with 26.9% of the vote, defeating Foster Campbell (D) who received 17.4%. 22 additional candidates split the remaining vote. John Kennedy's 9.4-point lead over the runner-up showed solid but not overwhelming support.

This was an open-seat race. Open seats typically attract stronger candidates and heavier spending from both parties. The 2016 presidential election drove higher voter turnout, which can help or hurt down-ballot candidates depending on the top of the ticket.