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.
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
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
Polling
Head to head matchups
Bill Cassidy vs. Adrian Perkins
Results
Notes
Partisan clients
References
External links
- Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association. "Louisiana". Voting & Elections Toolkits.
- "Louisiana: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links". Vote.org. Oakland, Calif.
- "League of Women Voters of Louisiana". (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
- Louisiana at Ballotpedia
- "Election Guides: Louisiana". Spreadthevote.org. Archived from the original on October 4, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2020.. (Guidance to help voters get to the polls; addresses transport, childcare, work, information challenges)
Official campaign websites
- Beryl Biliot (I) for Senate
- John Paul Bourgeois (I) for Senate
- Bill Cassidy (R) for Senate
- Derrick Edwards (D) for Senate
- Aaron Sigler (L) for Senate Archived October 24, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
- Drew Knight (D) for Senate Archived November 1, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
- Jamar "Doc" Montgomery (I) for Senate
- Dustin Murphy (R) for Senate
- Adrian Perkins (D) for Senate
- Antoine Pierce (D) for Senate Archived August 23, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
- Peter Wenstrup (D) for Senate
