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1 Candidates  



1.1  Republican Party  







2 Jungle Primary  



2.1  Polling  







3 Results  





4 See also  





5 References  














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2011 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election

← 2010 (special) October 22, 2011 2015 →
 
Nominee Jay Dardenne Billy Nungesser
Party Republican Republican
Popular vote 504,228 444,750
Percentage 53.13% 46.87%

Parish results
Dardenne:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Nungesser:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%


Lieutenant Governor before election

Jay Dardenne
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Jay Dardenne
Republican

The 2011 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on October 22, 2011 to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne who was elected in a 2010 special election won his bid for a full term. Dardenne was challenged by fellow Republican Billy Nungesser, President of Plaquemines Parish.

Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system where all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. If no candidate had received an absolute majority of the vote during the primary election on October 22, 2011, a runoff election would have been held on November 19, 2011, between the top two candidates in the primary. (California and Washington have a similar "top two primary" system).

Candidates[edit]

Republican Party[edit]

Jungle Primary[edit]

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Billy
Nungesser (R)
Jay
Dardenne (R)
Undecided
Clarus Research Group October 5–7, 2011 602 ± 4% 27% 40% 33%

Results[edit]

Despite polling projecting a landslide win incumbent Lieutenant Governor Dardenne won by 6 points.[2] Dardenne did well in the North while Nungesser did better in the south notably carrying Orleans parish, home of New Orleans. Dardenne became the first Republican lieutenant governor to be elected to a full term since Paul Hardy in 1987. Nungesser would later win the lieutenant gubernatorial election in 2015.

2011 Louisiana Lieutenant Governor election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jay Dardenne (incumbent) 504,228 53.13
Republican Billy Nungesser Jr. 444,750 46.87
Turnout 948,978
Republican hold

See also[edit]

References[edit]


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