2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana

The 2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Louisiana, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. A blanket primary was held on November 3, 2020; if no candidate had won a majority of the vote in the blanket primary, then a runoff election would have been held on December 5.

Candidates Republican Party Declared Bill Cassidy, incumbent U.S. senator Dustin Murphy, welder

Democratic Party Though there were multiple Democratic candidates, the one with the most institutional support was Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins, who had the endorsements of the Louisiana Democratic Party and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and would end up receiving the nomination. Declared Derrick Edwards, perennial candidate Drew Knight Adrian Perkins, mayor of Shreveport Antoine Pierce, community activist Peter Wenstrup, teacher

Withdrew Dartanyon Williams, businessman and author (running for Louisiana's 6th congressional district)

Declined Mary Landrieu, former U.S. senator Mitch Landrieu, former mayor of New Orleans

Endorsements

Libertarian Party Declared Aaron Sigler, neurosurgeon

Independents Declared Beryl Billiot, businessman John Paul Bourgeois Reno Jean Daret III Alexander "Xan" John, businessman and law student Jamar "Doc" Montgomery, attorney

Withdrew Gregory Fitch

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report October 29, 2020 Inside Elections October 28, 2020 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 2, 2020Daily Kos October 30, 2020PoliticoNovember 2, 2020RCPOctober 23, 2020DDHQNovember 3, 2020538November 2, 2020EconomistNovember 2, 2020

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error BillCassidy (R) DustinMurphy (R) AdrianPerkins (D) AntoinePierce (D) Other UndecidedALG Research (D)ALG Research (D) August 6–12, 2020 800 (LV) ± 3.5%42% 6% 17% 11% 3%21%

Head to head matchups Bill Cassidy vs. Adrian Perkins Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error BillCassidy (R) AdrianPerkins (D) UndecidedALG Research (D)ALG Research (D) August 6–12, 2020 800 (LV) ± 3.5%52% 33% 16%

Bill Cassidy vs. generic opponent Poll source Date Samplesize Marginof error BillCassidy (R) GenericOpponent UndecidedTyson Group/Consumer Energy AllianceTyson Group/Consumer Energy AllianceSeptember 2–5, 2020 600 (LV) ± 4%38%37%24%Tyson Group/Consumer Energy AllianceMarch 16, 2020 – (V) –48%25%27%

Generic Republican vs. generic Democrat Poll source Date Samplesize Marginof error GenericRepublican GenericDemocrat Other UndecidedALG Research (D)ALG Research (D) August 6–12, 2020 800 (LV) ± 3.5%43% 33% 2% 23%

Results

By parish ParishBill CassidyRepublicanAdrian PerkinsDemocraticDerrick EdwardsDemocraticAntoine PierceDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%#%#%Acadia21,640 78.7% 2,243 8.2% 1,499 5.5% 285 1.0% 1,832 6.7% 19,397 70.5%27,499Allen7,077 75.1% 483 5.1% 926 9.8% 143 1.5% 794 8.4% 6,151 65.3%9,423Ascension40,141 66.2% 8,539 14.1% 6,057 10.0% 1,327 2.2% 4,563 7.5% 31,602 52.1%60,627Assumption6,884 64.9% 1,452 13.7% 1,340 12.6% 167 1.6% 759 7.2% 5,432 51.2%10,602Avoyelles11,330 69.5% 1,551 9.5% 1,766 10.8% 232 1.4% 1,434 8.8% 9,564 58.7%16,313Beauregard12,485 79.2% 607 3.9% 992 6.3% 225 1.4% 1,446 9.2% 11,493 72.9%15,755Bienville3,729 54.7% 2,068 30.3% 517 7.6% 95 1.4% 405 5.9% 1,661 24.4%6,814Bossier36,931 69.4% 9,834 18.5% 2,511 4.7% 613 1.2% 3,311 6.2% 27,097 50.9%53,200Caddo48,007 47.0% 36,282 35.6% 8,590 8.4% 2,912 2.9% 6,255 6.1% 11,725 7.4%102,046Calcasieu52,888 65.9% 5,910 7.4% 11,082 13.8% 2,033 2.5% 8,354 10.4% 41,806 52.1%80,267Caldwell3,590 78.3% 218 4.8% 268 5.8% 50 1.1% 460 10.0% 3,322 74.5%4,586Cameron3,411 86.7% 70 1.8% 129 3.3% 17 0.4% 309 7.9% 3,268 83.4%3,936Catahoula3,312 71.7% 539 11.7% 377 8.2% 65 1.4% 329 7.1% 2,773 60.0%4,622Claiborne3,722 59.2% 1,605 25.5% 499 7.9% 86 1.4% 374 5.9% 2,117 33.7%6,286Concordia5,163 62.6% 1,185 14.4% 1,073 13.0% 100 1.2% 731 8.9% 3,978 48.2%8,252De Soto8,750 61.0% 3,744 26.1% 651 4.5% 128 0.9% 1,063 7.4% 5,006 34.9%14,336East Baton Rouge93,514 45.9% 58,688 28.8% 29,504 14.5% 8,540 4.2% 13,708 6.7% 34,826 17.1%203,954East Carroll1,150 40.1%703 24.5% 560 19.5% 79 2.8% 376 13.1% 447 15.6%2,868East Feliciana6,040 59.8% 1,784 17.7% 1,296 12.8% 196 1.9% 781 7.7% 4,256 42.1%10,097Evangeline10,374 72.2% 1,418 9.9% 1,307 9.1% 162 1.1% 1,114 7.7% 8,956 62.3%14,375Franklin6,765 72.7% 839 9.0% 729 7.8% 271 2.9% 703 7.6% 5,926 63.7%9,307Grant7,580 83.8% 316 3.5% 435 4.8% 55 0.6% 661 7.3% 7,145 79.0%9,047Iberia20,399 65.4% 4,294 13.8% 3,076 9.9% 885 2.8% 2,526 8.1% 16,105 51.6%31,180Iberville7,907 50.0% 3,490 22.1% 2,490 15.7% 654 4.1% 1,277 8.1% 4,417 27.9%15,818Jackson5,143 69.4% 989 13.4% 591 8.0% 97 1.3% 586 7.9% 4,154 56.0%7,406Jefferson104,645 56.3% 37,965 20.4% 23,680 12.7% 4,564 2.5% 15,129 8.1% 66,680 25.9%185,983Jefferson Davis10,937 76.2% 1,184 8.2% 988 6.9% 182 1.3% 1,068 7.4% 9,753 68.0%14,359La Salle5,962 87.1% 190 2.8% 226 3.3% 31 0.5% 436 6.4% 5,736 83.9%6,845Lafayette71,361 64.0% 17,762 15.9% 10,267 9.2% 3,372 3.0% 8,743 7.8% 53,599 48.1%111,505Lafourche34,345 78.6% 2,869 6.6% 2,772 6.3% 576 1.3% 3,140 7.2% 31,476 72.0%43,702Lincoln11,307 60.6% 3,052 16.4% 1,963 10.5% 591 3.2% 1,743 9.3% 8,255 44.2%18,656Livingston52,385 82.2% 3,748 5.9% 2,629 4.1% 605 0.9% 4,397 6.9% 48,637 76.3%63,764Madison1,990 44.8% 929 20.9% 886 20.0% 159 3.6% 477 10.7% 1,061 23.9%4,441Morehouse6,288 57.5% 1,844 16.9% 1,562 14.3% 268 2.5% 970 8.9% 4,444 40.6%10,932Natchitoches9,197 57.5% 3,605 22.6% 1,435 9.0% 284 1.8% 1,464 9.2% 5,592 34.9%15,985Orleans29,745 17.7% 77,263 46.0% 33,660 20.0% 11,720 7.0% 15,547 9.3% -43,603-26.0%167,935Ouachita41,472 62.2% 10,353 15.5% 7,325 11.0% 1,737 2.6% 5,839 8.8% 31,119 46.7%66,726Plaquemines7,227 67.9% 1,259 11.8% 1,071 10.1% 202 1.9% 889 8.3% 5,968 56.1%10,648Pointe Coupee7,445 63.3% 1,916 16.3% 1,341 11.4% 257 2.2% 803 6.8% 5,529 47.0%11,762Rapides37,597 66.4% 6,544 11.6% 6,784 12.0% 1,205 2.1% 4,518 8.0% 30,813 52.4%56,648Red River2,291 57.3% 1,194 29.9% 245 6.1% 43 1.1% 222 5.6% 1,097 27.4%3,995Richland6,460 68.5% 1,043 11.1% 1,032 11.0% 169 1.8% 720 7.6% 5,417 57.4%9,424Sabine8,176 80.3% 987 9.7% 374 3.7% 69 0.7% 574 5.6% 7,189 70.6%10,180St. Bernard10,563 62.7% 1,992 11.8% 2,260 13.4% 434 2.6% 1,610 9.5% 8,303 49.3%16,859St. Charles17,798 64.8% 3,687 13.4% 3,392 12.4% 616 2.2% 1,969 7.2% 14,111 51.4%27,462St. Helena2,647 45.6% 1,386 23.9% 977 16.8% 122 2.1% 677 11.7% 1,26121.7%5,809St. James5,927 49.9% 2,753 23.2% 2,040 17.2% 310 2.6% 852 7.2% 3,174 26.7%11,882St. John the Baptist7,518 37.0% 4,815 23.7% 5,355 26.4% 773 3.8% 1,834 9.0% 2,163 10.6%20,295St. Landry22,285 57.3% 7,083 18.2% 5,127 13.2% 962 2.5% 3,460 8.9% 15,202 39.1%38,917St. Martin17,457 67.5% 3,252 12.6% 2,522 9.8% 610 2.4% 2,020 7.8% 14,205 54.9%25,861St. Mary14,062 63.3% 3,606 16.2% 2,017 9.1% 621 2.8% 1,897 8.5% 10,456 47.1%22,203St. Tammany98,016 71.6% 15,777 11.5% 10,438 7.6% 2,525 1.8% 10,197 7.4% 82,239 60.1%136,953Tangipahoa36,230 64.9% 7,842 14.0% 5,955 10.7% 822 1.5% 4,982 8.9% 28,388 50.9%55,831Tensas1,210 50.3% 329 13.7% 528 22.0% 92 3.8% 245 10.2% 682 28.3%2,404Terrebonne32,703 73.6% 4,255 9.6% 3,243 7.3% 700 1.6% 3,520 7.9% 28,448 64.0%44,421Union7,992 74.6% 949 8.9% 785 7.3% 137 1.3% 849 7.9% 7,043 85.7%10,712Vermilion20,644 78.9% 1,828 7.0% 1,415 5.4% 312 1.2% 1,982 7.6% 18,816 71.9%26,181Vernon12,951 78.2% 794 4.8% 1,177 7.1% 200 1.2% 1,447 8.7% 11,774 71.1%16,569Washington12,747 67.6% 2,386 12.7% 1,896 10.1% 267 1.4% 1,562 8.3% 10,361 54.9%18,858Webster11,306 64.0% 4,079 23.1% 1,035 5.9% 162 0.9% 1,070 6.1% 7,227 30.9%17,652West Baton Rouge7,804 56.9% 2,827 20.6% 1,821 13.3% 384 2.8% 875 6.4% 4,977 36.3%13,711West Carroll3,999 82.8% 274 5.7% 198 4.1% 24 0.5% 336 7.0% 3,725 77.1%4,831West Feliciana3,905 64.2% 1,017 16.7% 670 11.0% 117 1.9% 375 6.2% 2,888 47.5%6,084Winn4,382 73.7% 560 9.4% 458 7.7% 69 1.2% 473 8.0% 3,822 64.1%5,942TOTALS1,228,90859.3%394,04919.0%229,81411.1%55,7102.7%163,0627.9%834,85940.3%2,071,543

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Official campaign websites Beryl Biliot (I) for Senate John Paul Bourgeois (I) for Senate Bill Cassidy (R) for Senate Derrick Edwards (D) for Senate Aaron Sigler (L) for Senate Drew Knight (D) for Senate Jamar "Doc" Montgomery (I) for Senate Dustin Murphy (R) for Senate

Antoine Pierce (D) for Senate Peter Wenstrup (D) for Senate