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2016 Louisiana U.S. Senate Election

Louisiana · 24 candidates · See every 2016 U.S. Senate race

Who won the 2016 Louisiana U.S. Senate Election?

John Kennedy won the 2016 Louisiana U.S. Senate Election. John Kennedy received 536,191 popular votes (26.85%). The main challenger was Foster Campbell (17.42%).

See the full head-to-head between Kennedy and Campbell

Kennedy +9.4 pts · won by 188,375 votes
John KennedyRepublicanWINNER26.85%
536,191 votes
Foster CampbellDemocratic17.42%
347,816 votes
Charles W. Boustany Jr.Republican14.92%
298,008 votes
Caroline FayardDemocratic12.06%
240,917 votes
John FlemingRepublican10.22%
204,026 votes
Rob ManessRepublican4.55%
90,856 votes
David DukeRepublican2.93%
58,606 votes
Derrick Champ EdwardsDemocratic2.59%
51,774 votes
Gary LandrieuDemocratic2.28%
45,587 votes
Donald Crawdaddy CrawfordRepublican1.28%
25,523 votes
Joseph CaoRepublican1.05%
21,019 votes
Beryl A. BilliotNon Partisan0.97%
19,352 votes
Thomas P. ClementsLibertarian0.57%
11,370 votes
Troy HebertIndependent0.48%
9,503 votes
Joshua PellerinDemocratic0.37%
7,395 votes
Peter WilliamsDemocratic0.34%
6,855 votes
M. V Vinny MendozaDemocratic0.25%
4,927 votes
Kaitlin MaroneIndependent0.21%
4,108 votes
Leroy GillamLibertarian0.2%
4,067 votes
Charles MarsalaRepublican0.18%
3,684 votes
Abhay PatelRepublican0.08%
1,576 votes
Arden WellsIndependent0.07%
1,483 votes
William Robert Lang Jr.Other0.07%
1,424 votes
Gregory Taylor Jr.Other0.06%
1,151 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.