DemocratNot in office · last served 2011Last on a ballot: Oct 2007
Joe McPherson Jr.
Last held office: Louisiana State Senate, District 29 (1999–2011). Ran in 8 elections between 1983 and 2007, winning 6.
- Last margin
- +37.6
- Won 2007
- Elections
- 8
- 1983–2007
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time McPherson was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Louisiana State Senate, District 29Louisiana State Senate, District 29
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race McPherson has run
Margin: how far McPherson finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Louisiana State Senate, District 29 | General | Won | Jerry M. Guillory (D) | 68.8% | D+37.6 |
| 2003 | Louisiana State Senate, District 29 | General | Won | Jerry M. Guillory (D) | 79% | D+58.1 |
| 1999 | Louisiana State Senate, District 29 | General | Won | Randy Wiggins (R), Jerry M. Guillory (D) | 50.4% | D+5.2 |
| 1991 | Louisiana State Senate, District 29 | Runoff | Won | Robert Bates (R) | 56.8% | +13.6 |
| 1991 | Louisiana State Senate, District 29 | General | Lost | Robert Bates (R), Charles Herring (D), Jay Chevalier (D) | 42.8% | D+19.0 |
| 1987 | Louisiana State Senate, District 29 | General | Won | John W. Scott (R), Cecil R. Blair (D) | 50.5% | D+13.7 |
| 1983 | Louisiana State Senate, District 29 | Runoff | Won | Edward G. Randolph Jr. (D) | 53.9% | +7.9 |
| 1983 | Louisiana State Senate, District 29 | General | Lost | Edward G. Randolph Jr. (D), Cecil R. Blair (D), John K. Snyder (D) | 31.4% | R+7.0 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats McPherson has held
- Louisiana State Senate, District 29 · 1999–2011
- Louisiana State Senate, District 29 · 1983–1995
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who McPherson has run against
- Jerry M. Guillory (D) · 2007 election, won
- Randy Wiggins (R) · 1999 election, won
- Robert Bates (R) · 1991 runoff, won
- John W. Scott (R) · 1987 election, won
- Edward G. Randolph Jr. (D) · 1983 runoff, won
Source: 99chambers results archive