2014 US Congressional Election Results

[Recalcuate]

There were about 180,000 fewer votes cast vs. the jungle primary. It seems like those that didn't show up to vote were split to their percentages in the general.

In the jungle primary, there were 813,352 votes (56.02%) cast for Republican or Libertarian candidates, while 638,658 (43.98%) were cast for Democrats.

In the runoff, 712,330 voted for Cassidy (55.94%) vs. 561,099 for Landrieu (44.06%). Extremely static.

[Miles]

Landrieu = red, Melancon = blue:

[Vosem]

I don't know that we can call this a Blanching. Blanche Lincoln lost by 21 points, George McGovern by 19, Mark Pryor by 18, Rick Santorum by 16. Mary Landrieu lost by 12, which actually seems to me like a reasonably good showing for a Democrat running statewide in modern-day Louisiana.

[IceSpear]

I don't know that we can call this a Blanching. Blanche Lincoln lost by 21 points, George McGovern by 19, Mark Pryor by 18, Rick Santorum by 16. Mary Landrieu lost by 12, which actually seems to me like a reasonably good showing for a Democrat running statewide in modern-day Louisiana.

Santorum actually lost by 18 (59-41).

And I'm saying this just to annoy Phil, but when you go to the decimal point, Santorum actually lost by 0.2 more than Pryor.

[Vosem]

I don't know that we can call this a Blanching. Blanche Lincoln lost by 21 points, George McGovern by 19, Mark Pryor by 18, Rick Santorum by 16. Mary Landrieu lost by 12, which actually seems to me like a reasonably good showing for a Democrat running statewide in modern-day Louisiana.

Santorum actually lost by 18 (59-41).

And I'm saying this just to annoy Phil, but when you go to the decimal point, Santorum actually lost by 0.2 more than Pryor.

Ah, my mistake. The point still stands, that Landrieu isn't quite in that category

[ElectionsGuy]

I don't know that we can call this a Blanching. Blanche Lincoln lost by 21 points, George McGovern by 19, Mark Pryor by 18, Rick Santorum by 16. Mary Landrieu lost by 12, which actually seems to me like a reasonably good showing for a Democrat running statewide in modern-day Louisiana.

Pryor and Santorum actually both lost by 17

[Miles]

Landrieu's runoff's in 2002 vs 2014. Terrell= red, Cassidy = blue.

[rbt48]

I hope that Louisiana trashes the Jungle Primary system.  It was designed to keep Republicans from making it to the runoff.  Now that they dominate the state, Louisiana should return to electing officials and representatives on election day.  Let the parties choose their candidates in primaries.

The larger turnout on the November general election day is reason enough to abandon the current system.

[Miles]

^ If Vitter becomes Governor, I'd say odds are better than 50% he tries to get rid of it. Interestingly, most of my friends in the LADP also want to trash it.

[smoltchanov]

I can only repeat here what i wrote in another topic:

Hail, Mary!!! To get more then 44%  in conservative Louisiana after being utterly abandoned and thrown under bus by her own party is really something!

[Lief 🗽]

Why would Republicans trash it? It probably helps them over all.

[Miles]

Why would Republicans trash it? It probably helps them over all.

Because it gets people like Vance McAllister elected. The argument is that, as R-on-R races will become more frequent, they're letting Democrats pick their winner.

[Tender Branson]

Final results of the midterms:

Senate: 54R, 44D, 2I (vote with Ds) (R+9)

House: 247R, 188D (R+13)

Gov: 31R, 18D, 1I (R+2, I+1)

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Final results of the midterms:

Senate: 54R, 44D, 2I (vote with Ds) (R+9)

House: 247R, 188D (R+13)

Gov: 31R, 18D, 1I (R+2, I+1)

AZ-02 is still undecided. ( automatic recount has not yet occured) Should McSally lose her tiny lead, house composition will be 246-189

[Tender Branson]

Final results of the midterms:

Senate: 54R, 44D, 2I (vote with Ds) (R+9)

House: 247R, 188D (R+13)

Gov: 31R, 18D, 1I (R+2, I+1)

AZ-02 is still undecided. ( automatic recount has not yet occured) Should McSally lose her tiny lead, house composition will be 246-189

Yeah, but what are the chances that the recount changes anything ?

1% ?

[Miles]

LA by CD:

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Straw?

As in, clutching at it. Louisiana is 30% Black. A convicted paedophile could probably poll 40% as a Democrat in a seriously contested statewide election (but no higher).

Are you insinuating Charlie Melancon is worse than a convicted pedophile?

I meant it figuratively rather than literally, but I note that the man was a sugarcane lobbyist...

[Miles]

The Cajuns in Acadiana were the worst traitors:

[ElectionsGuy]

^ I was kinda shocked when I saw that LA-03 went more Republican than LA-01.

Some more finalized results:

Alaska:

Dan Sullivan: 135,445 (48.0%)
Mark Begich: 129,431 (45.8%)

Illinois:

Dick Durbin: 1,929,637 (53.5%)
Jim Oberweis: 1,538,522 (42.7%)

Maine:

Susan Collins: 413,505 (68.4%)
Shenna Bellows: 190,254 (31.5%)

Massachusetts:

Ed Markey: 1,289,944 (61.9%)
Brian Herr: 791,950 (38.0%)

Michigan:

Gary Peters: 1,704,936 (54.6%)
Terri Land: 1,290,199 (41.3%)

Minnesota:

Al Franken: 1,053,205 (53.1%)
Mike McFadden: 850,227 (42.9%)

Mississippi:

Thad Cochran: 378,481 (59.9%)
Travis Childers: 239,439 (37.9%)

New Jersey:

Cory Booker: 1,043,866 (55.8%)
Jeff Bell: 791,297 (42.3%)

North Carolina:

Thom Tillis: 1,423,259 (48.8%)
Kay Hagan: 1,377,651 (47.3%)

Oregon:

Jeff Merkley: 814,537 (55.7%)
Monica Wehby: 538,847 (36.9%)

[Miles]

^ I was kinda shocked when I saw that LA-03 went more Republican than LA-01.

It really shows how Republican rural whites have gotten. LA-01 is actually the most white, but Landrieu's crossover appeal in the New Orleans metro cancelled that out.

10 years ago, it would have never seemed that CD3 would be more R than CD5.

[Mr.Phips]

^ I was kinda shocked when I saw that LA-03 went more Republican than LA-01.

It really shows how Republican rural whites have gotten. LA-01 is actually the most white, but Landrieu's crossover appeal in the New Orleans metro cancelled that out.

10 years ago, it would have never seemed that CD3 would be more R than CD5.

Well Dems are always going to have a higher floor in the 5th due to the black population.

[Miles]

^ I was kinda shocked when I saw that LA-03 went more Republican than LA-01.

It really shows how Republican rural whites have gotten. LA-01 is actually the most white, but Landrieu's crossover appeal in the New Orleans metro cancelled that out.

10 years ago, it would have never seemed that CD3 would be more R than CD5.

Well Dems are always going to have a higher floor in the 5th due to the black population.

Yep. Still, given the north's history of being more like the rest of the deep south with Acadiana being more liberal, its interesting.

[Miles]

Jefferson Parish:

[Skill and Chance]

Might we be starting to see the impact of New Orleans turning into an arts/moviemaking hub?  It certainly won't be enough to turn the state liberal, but the NOLA suburbs do look to be getting more competitive even as the rural areas drift more unanimously GOP.  That could keep the state out of AR/KY/WV territory.

[Miles]

^ Yeah, thats the vibe I get. New Orleans is getting more of a white liberal influence, which is also starting to trickle out into the suburbs.

Baton Rouge:




Despite all that red, Landrieu did exactly the same as Obama.