2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana

The 2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Louisiana, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. A blanket primary was held on November 3, 2020; if no candidate had won a majority of the vote in the blanket primary, then a runoff election would have been held on December 5.

2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana

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Candidate Bill Cassidy Adrian Perkins Derrick Edwards
Party Republican Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 1,228,908 394,049 229,814
Percentage 59.32% 19.02% 11.09%

Cassidy:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Perkins:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Edwards:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%
Pierce:      30–40%
Tie:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50%      No votes

U.S. senator before election

Bill Cassidy
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Bill Cassidy
Republican

Candidates

Republican Party

Declared

  • Bill Cassidy, incumbent U.S. senator
  • Dustin Murphy, welder

Democratic Party

Though there were multiple Democratic candidates, the one with the most institutional support was Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins, who had the endorsements of the Louisiana Democratic Party and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and would end up receiving the nomination.

Declared

  • Derrick Edwards, perennial candidate
  • Drew Knight
  • Adrian Perkins, mayor of Shreveport
  • Antoine Pierce, community activist
  • Peter Wenstrup, teacher

Withdrew

  • Dartanyon Williams, businessman and author (running for Louisiana's 6th congressional district)

Declined

  • Mary Landrieu, former U.S. senator
  • Mitch Landrieu, former mayor of New Orleans

Endorsements

Adrian Perkins (D)

Federal officials

  • Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States

State officials

  • John Bel Edwards, Governor of Louisiana

Local officials

  • Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana (2012–2020)

Organizations

  • DSCC
  • Louisiana Democratic Party
  • VoteVets

U.S. senators

  • Cory Booker, U.S. senator from New Jersey (2013–present)
  • Kamala Harris, U.S. senator from California (2017–2021) and Democratic 2020 vice presidential nominee
Antoine Pierce (D)

Individuals

  • Andrew Yang, businessman, entrepreneur, non-profit leader and 2020 presidential candidate

Organizations

  • DUH! Demand Universal Healthcare
  • Humanity Forward

Libertarian Party

Declared

  • Aaron Sigler, neurosurgeon

Independents

Declared

  • Beryl Billiot, businessman
  • John Paul Bourgeois
  • Reno Jean Daret III
  • Alexander "Xan" John, businessman and law student
  • Jamar "Doc" Montgomery, attorney

Withdrew

  • Gregory Fitch

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report Safe R October 29, 2020
Inside Elections Safe R October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball Safe R November 2, 2020
Daily Kos Safe R October 30, 2020
Politico Safe R November 2, 2020
RCP Safe R October 23, 2020
DDHQ Safe R November 3, 2020
538 Safe R November 2, 2020
Economist Likely R November 2, 2020

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Bill
Cassidy (R)
Dustin
Murphy (R)
Adrian
Perkins (D)
Antoine
Pierce (D)
Other Undecided
ALG Research (D)[1] August 6–12, 2020 800 (LV) ± 3.5% 42% 6% 17% 11% 3% 21%

Head to head matchups

Bill Cassidy vs. Adrian Perkins

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Bill
Cassidy (R)
Adrian
Perkins (D)
Undecided
ALG Research (D)[2] August 6–12, 2020 800 (LV) ± 3.5% 52% 33% 16%
Hypothetical polling

Bill Cassidy vs. generic opponent

Poll source Date Sample
size
Margin
of error
Bill
Cassidy (R)
Generic
Opponent
Undecided
Tyson Group/Consumer Energy Alliance September 2–5, 2020 600 (LV) ± 4% 38% 37% 24%
Tyson Group/Consumer Energy Alliance March 16, 2020 – (V) 48% 25% 27%

Generic Republican vs. generic Democrat

Poll source Date Sample
size
Margin
of error
Generic
Republican
Generic
Democrat
Other Undecided
ALG Research (D)[3] August 6–12, 2020 800 (LV) ± 3.5% 43% 33% 2% 23%

Results

United States Senate election blanket primary in Louisiana, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Cassidy (incumbent) 1,228,908 59.32%
Democratic Adrian Perkins 394,049 19.02%
Democratic Derrick Edwards 229,814 11.09%
Democratic Antoine Pierce 55,710 2.69%
Republican Dustin Murphy 38,383 1.85%
Democratic Drew Knight 36,962 1.78%
Independent Beryl Billiot 17,362 0.84%
Independent John Paul Bourgeois 16,518 0.8%
Democratic Peter Wenstrup 14,454 0.7%
Libertarian Aaron Sigler 11,321 0.55%
Independent M.V. "Vinny" Mendoza 7,811 0.38%
Independent Melinda Mary Price 7,680 0.37%
Independent Jamar Montgomery 5,804 0.28%
Independent Reno Jean Daret III 3,954 0.19%
Independent Alexander "Xan" John 2,813 0.14%
Total votes 2,071,543 100%
Republican hold

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