Louisiana gubernatorial election, 1987

October 24, 1987



Nominee	Buddy Roemer	Edwin Edwards
Party	Democratic	Democratic
Popular vote	516,128	434,802
Percentage	33.15%	27.93%


Nominee	Bob Livingston	Billy Tauzin
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	287,770	154,444
Percentage	18.49%	9.92%


Nominee	James H. "Jim" Brown
Party	Democratic
Popular vote	138,824
Percentage	8.92%

Results by Parish. Red denotes parishes won by Buddy Roemer, blue denotes parishes won by Edwin Edwards, green denotes parishes won by Bob Livingston and orange denotes parishes won by Billy Tauzin

Governor before election

Edwin Edwards
Democratic

Elected Governor

Buddy Roemer
Democratic

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The Louisiana gubernatorial election of 1987 resulted in the election of Buddy Roemer as governor of Louisiana.

Background

Elections in Louisiana, with the exception of presidential elections, follow a variation of the open primary system called the jungle primary. Candidates of all parties are listed on one ballot; voters need not limit themselves to the candidates of one party. Unless one candidate takes more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a run-off election is then held between the top two candidates, who are sometimes members of the same party. In this election, the first round of voting was held on October 24, 1987. In second place, Edwin Edwards was entitled to face Roemer in the runoff, but he withdrew from the race after the first round of voting. Buddy Roemer, elected as a Democrat, switched his party affiliation to Republican during his term as governor.

Results

Parishes won by Gubernatorial Candidates in the October 24, 1987 Election.

Buddy Roemer (37)

Edwin Edwards (20)

Billy Tauzin (4)

Bob Livingston (3)

First voting round, October 24

Candidate	Party affiliation	Votes received	Percent
Buddy Roemer	Democrat	516,078	33.15%
Edwin Edwards	Democrat	437,801	27.93%
Robert "Bob" Livingston	Republican	287,780	18.49%
Billy Tauzin	Democrat	154,079	9.92%
James H. "Jim" Brown	Democrat	138,223	8.92%
Speedy O. Long	Democrat	18,738	1.20%
Earl J. Amedee	Democrat	3,767	0.24%
Ken "Cousin Ken" Lewis	Democrat	2,264	0.15%

Runoff did not occur due to Edwards withdrawing

Preceded by 1983 gubernatorial election	Louisiana gubernatorial elections	Succeeded by 1991 gubernatorial election

Sources

State of Louisiana. Primary and General Election Returns, 1987.

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