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1995Final results

1995 runoff for Louisiana Governor

Governor · Louisiana

Mike Foster (R) won with 63.5% of the vote, defeating Cleo Fields (D) by 27.0 points.

Mike FosterRepublican · winner
63.5%984,499
Cleo FieldsDemocrat
36.5%565,861
1,550,360 votes

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1995

Races before and after

EvenD+63.11987R+28.41991D+22.31991 runoffD+5.31992 Pres.D+9.91995R+27.01995 runoffR+31.01999D+19.42003

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)