1987 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1987 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election?
Buddy Roemer won the 1987 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election. Buddy Roemer received 516,078 popular votes (33.11%). The main challenger was Edwin Edwards (28.09%).
See the full head-to-head between Roemer and Edwards
Roemer +5.0 pts · won by 78,277 votes
516,078 votes
437,801 votes
287,780 votes
154,079 votes
138,223 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.6% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.