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2015Final results

2015 election for Louisiana Senate District 16

Louisiana State Senate · Louisiana

Dan Claitor (R) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Scott McKnight (R) by 15.5 points.

Dan ClaitorRepublican · winner · incumbent
50.7%16,506
Scott McKnightRepublican
35.2%11,462
Brent CampanellaOther party
14.0%4,564
32,532 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2015

Races before and after

EvenD+24.41968R+61.61987R+30.02019R+15.32019 runoff

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET