2015Final results
2015 runoff for Louisiana Governor
Governor · Louisiana
John Bel Edwards (D) won with 56.1% of the vote, defeating David Vitter (R) by 12.2 points.
John Bel EdwardsDemocrat · winner
56.1%646,924
David VitterRepublican
43.9%505,940
1,152,864 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 2015
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)