1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election
Results

1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%

Democratic	Edwin Edwards	523,096	33.76

Republican	David Duke	491,342	31.71

Republican	Buddy Roemer (inc.)	410,690	26.51

Republican	Clyde C. Holloway	82,683	5.34

Democratic	Sam S. Jones	11,847	0.76

Other	Ed Karst	9,663	0.62

Democratic	Fred Dent	7,385	0.48

Republican	Anne Thompson	4,118	0.27

Democratic	Jim Crowley	4,000	0.26

Democratic	Albert Powell	2,053	0.13

Other	Ronnie Johnson	1,372	0.09

Democratic	Cousin Ken Lewis	1,006	0.06

Total	1,549,255	100

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Edwards finished first in the primary with 523,096 votes (33.76%).

final_sentence: Edwards finished first in the primary with 523,096 votes (33.76%).