The 2022 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican U.S. senator John Kennedy was first elected in 2016. He ran for re-election to a second term, and was re-elected after receiving a majority of votes in the first round.
Kennedy won White voters (79% to 9%), while Chambers and Mixon both won a split majority of African Americans (48% to 24% to 16%).
Candidates Republican Party Declared Devin Lance Graham, business owner and real estate broker John Kennedy, incumbent U.S. senator
Democratic Party Declared Gary Chambers, activist, candidate for Louisiana's 15th State Senate district in 2019, and candidate for in 2021 MV "Vinny" Mendoza, perennial candidate Luke Mixon, member of the U.S. Navy Reserve and former member of the U.S. Navy Salvador P. Rodriguez, store manager Syrita Steib, nonprofit executive and criminal justice reform advocate
Declined John Bel Edwards, governor of Louisiana (endorsed Mixon) Helena Moreno, president of the New Orleans City Council and former state representative (endorsed Chambers)
Libertarian Party Aaron C. Sigler, neurosurgeon and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020
Nonpartisans and independents Declared Beryl A. Billiot, businessman and perennial candidate Alexander "Xan" John, businessman, law student and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020 Bradley McMorris, realtor W. Thomas La Fontaine Olson, author, advocate and 2020 U.S. House candidate in Illinois Thomas Wenn
Endorsements
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report November 19, 2021 Inside Elections January 7, 2022 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 3, 2021PoliticoApril 1, 2022RCPJanuary 10, 2022Fox News May 12, 2022DDHQJuly 20, 2022538June 30, 2022The EconomistSeptember 7, 2022
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error GaryChambers(D) JohnKennedy(R) LukeMixon(D) SyritaSteib(D) Other UndecidedPublic Policy Polling (D)Public Policy Polling (D)October 10–11, 2022633 (RV)–8%53%16%6%2%14%Echelon InsightsEchelon InsightsAugust 31 – September 7, 2022506 (RV)± 6.5%16%51%8%6%–19%JMC Analytics (R)JMC Analytics (R)March 21–23, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%14%53%7%3%–23%
Runoff election Generic Republican vs. generic Democrat Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error GenericRepublican GenericDemocrat UndecidedJMC Analytics (R)March 21–23, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%51%33%16%
Results
By parish ParishJohn KennedyRepublicanGary ChambersDemocraticLuke MixonDemocraticSyrita SteibDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%#%#%Acadia15,864 80.7% 1,687 8.6% 926 4.7% 176 0.9% 994 5.1% 14,177 74.1%19,647Allen5,033 78.8% 541 8.5% 432 6.8% 34 0.5% 346 5.4% 4,492 70.3%6,386Ascension 27,14966.6%6,370 15.6%4,253 10.4%882 2.2%2,122 5.2% 20,779 51.0%40,776Assumption5,126 67.0% 1,256 16.4% 643 8.4% 225 2.9% 405 5.3% 3,870 50.6%7,655Avoyelles8,102 70.9% 936 8.2% 1,788 15.7% 81 0.7% 515 4.5% 6,314 55.2%11,422Beauregard8,979 82.9% 622 5.7% 562 5.2% 78 0.7% 589 5.4% 8,357 77.2%10,830Bienville 2,704 56.7% 957 20.1% 687 14.4% 91 1.9% 330 6.9% 1,747 36.6%4,769Bossier23,910 74.3% 3,751 11.7% 2,765 8.6% 388 1.2% 1,367 4.2% 20,159 62.6%32,181Caddo 33,687 50.8% 15,902 24.0% 10,486 15.8% 1,799 2.7% 4,475 6.7% 17,785 26.8%66,349Calcasieu 36,865 68.7% 7,401 13.8% 5,186 9.7% 817 1.5% 3,404 6.3% 29,464 54.9%53,673Caldwell2,738 85.1% 151 4.7% 201 6.2% 14 0.4% 115 3.6% 2,537 78.9%3,219Cameron2,158 88.2% 52 2.1% 85 3.5% 6 0.2% 146 6.0% 2,062 84.7%2,447Catahoula2,590 72.6% 411 11.5% 312 8.7% 68 1.9% 187 5.2% 2,179 61.1%3,568Claiborne2,898 65.5% 811 18.3% 380 8.6% 51 1.2% 285 6.4% 2,087 47.2%4,425Concordia3,912 65.8% 781 13.1% 860 14.5% 66 1.1% 328 5.5% 3,052 51.3%5,947De Soto6,284 68.0% 1,236 13.4% 758 8.2% 593 6.4% 376 4.1% 5,048 54.6%9,247East Baton Rouge63,024 46.0% 41,303 30.1% 24,508 17.9% 2,567 1.9% 5,677 4.1% 21,721 15.9%137,079East Carroll833 42.0% 630 31.8% 319 16.1% 45 2.3% 156 7.9% 203 10.2%1,983East Feliciana4,560 61.4% 1,630 21.9% 803 10.8% 105 1.4% 332 4.5% 2,930 39.5%7,430Evangeline7,841 70.5% 1,524 13.7% 685 6.2% 119 1.1% 947 8.5% 6,317 56.8%11,116Franklin4,871 79.2% 582 9.5% 457 7.4% 26 0.4% 213 3.5% 4,289 69.7%6,149Grant 5,550 87.4% 250 3.9% 256 4.0% 43 0.7% 251 4.0% 5,294 83.4%6,350Iberia13,796 70.3% 2,908 14.8% 1,565 8.0% 271 1.4% 1,092 5.6% 10,888 55.5%19,632Iberville6,196 51.0% 3,696 30.4% 1,382 11.4% 174 1.4% 706 5.8% 2,500 20.6%12,154Jackson4,045 71.3% 655 11.6% 671 11.8% 56 1.0% 243 4.3% 3,374 59.5%5,670Jefferson68,954 58.3% 19,705 16.7% 18,343 15.5% 5,131 4.3% 6,050 5.1% 49,249 41.6%118,183Jefferson Davis7,965 78.8% 885 8.8% 614 6.1% 72 0.7% 573 5.7% 7,080 70.0%10,109La Salle4,486 90.0% 141 2.8% 168 3.4% 13 0.3% 175 3.5% 4,318 86.6%4,983Lafayette48,435 66.9% 11,967 16.5% 6,967 9.6% 991 1.4% 4,084 5.6% 36,468 50.4%72,444Lafourche24,016 79.6% 2,032 6.7% 2,253 7.5% 324 1.1% 1,552 5.1% 21,763 72.1%30,177Lincoln8,155 64.8% 1,869 14.9% 1,831 14.6% 170 1.4% 558 4.4% 6,286 49.9%12,583Livingston35,213 83.3% 2,469 5.8% 2,552 6.0% 169 0.4% 1,868 4.4% 32,661 77.3%42,271Madison1,419 52.1% 697 25.6% 381 14.0% 65 2.4% 164 6.0% 722 46.5%2,726Morehouse4,455 62.0% 1,336 18.6% 919 12.8% 97 1.3% 382 5.3% 3,119 43.4%7,189Natchitoches6,600 64.1% 1,607 15.6% 1,500 14.6% 146 1.4% 441 4.3% 4,993 48.5%10,294Orleans17,931 16.2% 45,713 41.2% 36,498 32.9% 6,186 5.6% 4,657 4.2% -9,215-8.3%110,985Ouachita28,727 66.7% 6,239 14.5% 5,777 13.4% 485 1.1% 1,824 4.2% 22,488 52.2%43,052Plaquemines5,398 68.6% 1,101 14.0% 680 8.6% 155 2.0% 535 6.8% 4,297 54.6%7,869Pointe Coupee6,039 62.7% 1,727 17.9% 1,204 12.5% 177 1.8% 484 5.0% 4,312 44.8%9,631Rapides27,110 69.4% 5,384 13.8% 4,218 10.8% 523 1.3% 1,844 4.7% 21,726 55.6%39,079Red River1,714 68.9% 379 15.2% 231 9.3% 37 1.5% 127 5.1% 1,335 43.7%2,488Richland4,771 71.0% 935 13.9% 566 8.4% 69 1.0% 378 5.6% 3,836 57.1%6,719Sabine6,316 84.3% 444 5.9% 347 4.6% 37 0.5% 344 4.6% 5,872 78.4%7,488St. Bernard6,950 64.7% 1,708 15.9% 1,189 11.1% 198 1.8% 694 6.5% 5,242 40.8%10,739St. Charles11,876 65.9% 2,663 14.8% 2,074 11.5% 583 3.2% 820 4.6% 9,213 51.1%18,016St. Helena2,034 48.8% 925 22.2% 854 20.5% 77 1.8% 280 6.7% 1,109 26.6%4,170St. James4,468 50.6% 1,385 15.7% 818 9.3% 1,841 20.8% 326 3.7% 2,627 29.8%8,838St. John the Baptist4,457 38.3% 3,475 29.8% 1,658 14.2% 1,469 12.6% 584 5.0% 982 8.5%11,643St. Landry16,217 60.2% 5,507 20.4% 2,839 10.5% 429 1.6% 1,950 7.2% 10,710 38.8%26,942St. Martin12,317 71.8% 2,527 14.7% 1,076 6.3% 219 1.3% 1,005 5.9% 9,790 57.1%17,144St. Mary9,755 67.5% 2,289 15.8% 1,212 8.4% 223 1.5% 982 6.8% 7,466 51.7%14,461St. Tammany68,694 72.6% 8,520 9.0% 11,821 12.5% 1,184 1.3% 4,436 4.7% 56,873 60.1%94,655Tangipahoa24,754 69.8% 4,402 12.4%3,847 10.8% 501 1.4% 1,985 5.6% 20,352 57.4%35,489Tensas900 54.5% 380 23.0% 223 13.5% 24 1.5% 125 7.6% 520 41.0%1,652Terrebonne20,731 75.8% 2,362 8.6% 2,499 9.1% 305 1.1% 1,469 5.4% 18,232 66.7%27,366Union6,070 79.0% 574 7.5% 709 9.2% 38 0.5% 289 3.8% 5,361 69.8%7,680Vermilion14,573 81.2% 1,321 7.4% 989 5.5% 117 0.7% 953 5.3% 13,252 73.8%17,953Vernon9,413 83.8% 658 5.9% 528 4.7% 95 0.8% 545 4.8% 8,755 77.9%11,239Washington9,020 68.5% 2,034 15.4% 1,170 8.9% 163 1.2% 784 6.0% 6,986 43.1%13,171Webster8,188 68.3% 1,931 16.1% 1,006 8.4% 229 1.9% 636 5.3% 6,257 52.2%11,990West Baton Rouge5,815 57.6% 2,607 25.8% 1,086 10.7% 169 1.7% 427 4.2% 3,208 21.8%10,104West Carroll2,964 87.5% 165 4.9% 166 4.9% 7 0.2% 87 2.6% 2,798 82.6%3,389West Feliciana2,800 65.5% 430 10.1% 834 19.5% 51 1.2% 162 3.8% 1,966 46.0%4,277Winn3,153 78.9% 397 9.9% 260 6.5% 24 0.6% 164 4.1% 2,756 69.0%3,998TOTALS851,56861.6%246,93317.9%182,88713.2%31,5682.3%70,3345.1%604,63543.7%1,383,290
See also 2022 Louisiana elections
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References
External links Official campaign websites Gary Chambers Jr. (D) for Senate Devin Graham (R) for Senate John Kennedy (R) for Senate Luke Mixon (D) for Senate Syrita Steib (D) for Senate