Benjamin Barnes (Louisiana)
Benjamin Barnes (independent) ran for election for Governor of Louisiana. He lost in the primary on October 14, 2023.
Elections
2023
See also: Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2023
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Governor of Louisiana
The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of Louisiana on October 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jeff Landry (R) | 51.6 | 547,827 | |
| Shawn Wilson (D) | 25.9 | 275,525 | ||
| Stephen Waguespack (R) | 5.9 | 62,287 | ||
| John Schroder (R) | 5.3 | 56,654 | ||
| Hunter Lundy (Independent) | 4.9 | 52,165 | ||
 | Daniel Cole (D) | 2.6 | 27,662 | |
| Sharon Hewitt (R) | 1.7 | 18,468 | ||
| Benjamin Barnes (Independent) | 0.5 | 5,190 | ||
| Patrick Henry Barthel (R) | 0.4 | 4,426 | |
| Richard Nelson (R) (Unofficially withdrew) | 0.3 | 3,605 | ||
| Jeffery Istre (Independent) | 0.3 | 3,400 | |
| Xavier Ellis (R) | 0.2 | 1,734 | ||
| Keitron Gagnon (Independent) | 0.1 | 1,260 | |
| Xan John (R) | 0.1 | 1,164 | ||
| Frank Scurlock (Independent) | 0.1 | 1,131 | ||
| Total votes: 1,062,498 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Oscar Dantzler (D)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Barnes in this election.
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Benjamin Barnes did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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