2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana

The 2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana will be 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 jungle primary will be held on November 3, 2020; if no one candidate wins a majority of the vote in the jungle primary, then a runoff election will be held.

2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee TBD TBD
Party Republican Democratic
Incumbent U.S. senator

Bill Cassidy
Republican
Elections in Louisiana
Government

Republican candidates

Declared

Democratic candidates

Declared
  • Derrick Edwards, perennial candidate[4]
  • Drew Knight[5][3]
  • Adrian Perkins, mayor of Shreveport[6]
  • Antoine Pierce, community activist[7]
  • Peter Wenstrup, teacher[3]

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements
Adrian Perkins (D)
Organizations
Antoine Pierce (D)
Individuals
  • Andrew Yang, businessman, entrepreneur, non-profit leader and 2020 Presidential Candidate[13]
Organizations
  • DUH! Demand Universal Healthcare[14]
  • Humanity Forward[15]

Libertarian candidates

Declared
  • Aaron Sigler, Neurosurgeon

Other candidates

Independents

Declared
  • Beryl Biliot, businessman[16]
  • John Paul Bourgeois[17]
  • Reno Jean Daret III[18]
  • Alexander "Xan" John[19]
  • M.V. "Vinny" Mendoza, perennial candidate
  • Jamar "Doc" Montgomery, attorney, mechanical engineer, and navy veteran[20]
  • Melinda Mary Price

Withdrew

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[21] Safe R July 23, 2020
Inside Elections[22] Safe R July 10, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[23] Safe R August 5, 2020
Daily Kos[24] Safe R July 22, 2020
Politico[25] Safe R July 6, 2020
RCP[26] Safe R August 6, 2020
Niskanen[27] Safe R July 26, 2020
270towin[28] Safe R August 6, 2020

Polling

Results
United States Senate election jungle primary in Louisiana, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Beryl Billiot
Independent John Paul Bourgeois
Republican Bill Cassidy (incumbent)
Independent Reno Jean Daret III
Democratic Derrick Edwards
Independent Alexander "Xan" John
Democratic Drew Knight
Independent M.V. "Vinny" Mendoza
Independent Jamar Montgomery
Republican Dustin Murphy
Democratic Adrian Perkins
Democratic Antoine Pierce
Independent Melinda Mary Price
Libertarian Aaron Sigler
Democratic Peter Wenstrup
Total votes 100.00%

References
  1. Hilburn, Greg (March 7, 2019). "Sen. Cassidy: I'm running for re-election in 2020". The News-Star. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  2. https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/LA/2020/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "LOUISIANA". Politics1. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  5. "The Green Papers: Louisiana 2020 General Election". The Green Papers. April 22, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  6. Bridges, Tyler (July 15, 2020). "Democrats still looking for a big-name candidate to challenge Sen. Bill Cassidy's reelection bid". The Advocate. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  7. "Antoine Pierce Becomes the First Democratic Candidate to Enter the 2020 Senate Race in Louisiana". Chestnut Post. August 14, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  8. "Louisiana Senate 2020 Race". Open Secrets. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  9. "Dartanyon A. Williams (D-LA) Announces US Senate Run for Louisiana, Challenging Incumbent Bill Cassidy (R-LA)". Business Insider. Mar 26, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  10. "Mary Landrieu Closes the Door on Another Run". Roll Call. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  11. Arkin, James (January 10, 2019). "Presidential dreams pull Democrats away from key Senate races". POLITICO. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  14. "2020 Endorsed House Candidates". DUH! Demand Universal Healthcare. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  20. Youth Public Defender
  21. "2020 Senate Race Ratings for April 19, 2019". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  22. "2020 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  23. "2020 Senate race ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  24. "Daily Kos Elections releases initial Senate race ratings for 2020". Daily Kos Elections. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  25. "2020 Election Forecast". Politico. November 19, 2019.
  26. "Battle for White House". RCP. April 19, 2019.
  27. "2020 Negative Partisanship and the 2020 Congressional Elections". Niskanen Center. April 28, 2020.
  28. "2020 Senate Map Based on Polls". 270towin.com. August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
Official campaign websites
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