Libertarian Party of Louisiana Historical Election Results

The Libertarian Party of Louisiana became officially recognized by the State under a new law passed in 2004. All elections before 2005 list Libertarian candidates as (O)ther.

National Offices

President & Vice-President

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
2012	Johnson / Gray	TBD	TBD	10
2008	Not on Ballot		0.00%	9
2004	Badnarick / Campagna	2,781	0.14%	8
2000	Brown / Olivier	2,951	0.17%	8
1996	Brown / Jorgensen	7,499	0.42%	8
1992	Marrou / Lord	3,155	0.18%	12
1988	Paul / Marrou	4,144	0.25%	6
1984	Bergland / Lewis	1,876	0.11%	7
1980	Clark / Koch	8,240	0.53%	6
1976	MacBride / Bergland	3,325	0.26%	6
1972	not on ballot	0	0%	4

U.S. Senate

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
2010	Randall Todd Hayes	13,952	1.10%	12
2008	Richard M. Fontanesi	18,590	0.98%	4
2004	Richard M. Fontanesi	15,097	0.82%	6
2002	Gary D. Robbins	2,423	0.19%	8
1998	Jeffrey Diket	3,227	0.33%	7

U.S. House

District 1

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
2006	Peter Beary	1,676	1.13%	3
2002	Ian P. Hawxhurst	5,956	3.30%	3
2000	Jack Simanonok	2,385	1.32%	4
1980	Tristan Junius	2,501	2,70%	?

District 2

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
2008	Gregory W. Kahn	549	0.82%	3
2006	Gregory W. Kahn	404	0.43%	12
2002	Wayne E. Clement	3,789	2.67%	4
1990	Jeffrey Diket	393	0.30%	11

• In 1990, Jeffrey Diket did not receive the endorsement of the Libertarian Party of Louisiana.

District 3

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
2006	James Lee Blake, Jr	2,168	1.59%	3
2002	William G. Beier	12,964	8.62%	2
2000	Dion Bourque	10,118	5.50%	3

District 4

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
2002	William A. Jacobs	3,104	1.94%	2
2000	Mike Taylor	4,057	2.33%	3

District 5

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
2006	Brent Sanders	1,876	1.64%	3
2002	Vinson J. Mouser	1,145	0.62%	6
2000	Raymond "Chuck" Dumas	5,335	2.97%	3

District 6

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
2006	Richard M. Fontanesi	19,648	17.19%	1
2002	Richard A. Moscatello	27,898	15.96%	1
2000	Michael S. Wolf	5,649	2.32%	2
1982	James D. Agnew	19,354	22.87%	1

District 7

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
2002	Roberto Valletta	21,051	13.18%	1
2000	Michael P. Harris	30,687	16.72%	1
1974	Jerry Millett	7,131	10.72%	?

• District 7 was lost after the 2010 census.

District 8

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
1982	Rosemary Rummler	1,467	1.32%	2

• District 8 was lost after the 1990 census.

State Offices

Governor

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
2011	Scott A. Lewis, III	12,517	1.22%	9
2007	T. Lee Horne, III	2,648	0.20%	12
2003	Edward Mangin	6,745	0.50%	16

• In 2003, Edward Mangin did not receive the endorsement of the Libertarian Party of Louisiana.

Insurance Commissioner

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
2006	Samir Zaitoon	60,182	11%	3

Secretary of State

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
2006	Rayburn M. Clipper	11,722	2%	7

Louisiana Superintendent of Public Instruction

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
1979	Jerry Millett	40,245	3.29%	?

State Legislature

State Senate

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
2007	Richard Fontanesi	3,995	9%	2
2006	Samir Zaitoon	592	4%	2
2003	Gregory W. Kahn	1,366	5%	2
1991	Michael Wolf	2391	5%	3

• In 2006, Samear Zaitoon did not receive the endorsement of the Libertarian Party of Louisiana.

State House of Representatives

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
2011	William David Chance	1,918	21.9%	1
2003	Brent Sanders	2336	19.39%	1
1995	Michael Wolf	310	1.90%	7
1975	Robbie Daniels	862	7.92%	?

Local Offices

Alderman, Village of Atlanta

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
2012	Randall T. Hayes	n/a	Elected!	unopp.

Alderman, Village of Sikes

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
2012	Michael Riffe	n/a	Elected!	unopp.

Shreveport Mayor

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
2010	Parker Ward	175	.5%	8

New Orleans City Council

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	# Opp
1982	Henry T. Dart	1,971	8.64%	?