# Electoral history of David Duke

David Duke is an American neo-Nazi, antisemitic conspiracy theorist, far-right politician, convicted felon, and former grand wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. From 1989 to 1992, he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He has been a perennial candidate for various offices throughout his life.

## Elections in Louisiana

1975 Louisiana State Senate District 16 Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kenneth Osterberger | 22,287 | 66.80% |
| | Democratic | David Duke | 11,079 | 33.20% |
1979 Louisiana State Senate District 10 Election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Joseph Tiemann | 21,329 | 56.60% |
| Democratic | David Duke | 9,897 | 26.60% |
| | Others | 6,459 | 17.14% |
1990 United States Senate election in Louisiana :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | J. Bennett Johnston (incumbent) | 753,198 | 53.95% |
| | Republican | David Duke | 607,091 | 43.48% |
| | Democratic | Nick Joseph Accardo | 21,578 | 1.55% |
| | Democratic | Larry Crowe | 14,345 | 1.03% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 146,107 | 10.47% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,396,212 | 100.00% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
* Support for Duke by parish in red:
1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election jungle primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Edwin Edwards | 523,096 | 33.76 |
| | Republican | David Duke | 491,342 | 31.71 |
| | Republican | Buddy Roemer (incumbent) | 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 |
1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election runoff :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Edwin Edwards | 1,057,031 | 61.17% |
| | Republican | David Duke | 671,009 | 38.83% |
| Majority | 386,022 | 22.34% |
| Total | 1,728,040 | 100 |
| | Democratic gain from Republican |
* Support for Duke by parish in red:
1996 United States Senate election in Louisiana jungle primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | 'Woody Jenkins' | 322,244 | 26.23% |
| | Democratic | 'Mary Landrieu' | '264,268' | '21.51%' |
| | Democratic | Richard Ieyoub | 250,682 | 20.41% |
| | Republican | David Duke | 141,489 | 11.52% |
| | Republican | Jimmy Hayes | 71,699 | 5.84% |
| | Republican | Bill Linder | 58,243 | 4.74% |
| | Republican | Chuck McMains | 45,164 | 3.68% |
| | Republican | Peggy Wilson | 31,877 | 2.60% |
| | Democratic | Troyce Guice | 15,277 | 1.24% |
| | Independent | Nicholas J. Accardo | 10,035 | 0.82% |
| | Independent | Arthur D. "Jim" Nichols | 7,894 | 0.64% |
| | Democratic | Sadie Roberts-Joseph | 4,660 | 0.38% |
| | Independent | Tom Kirk | 1,987 | 0.16% |
| | Independent | Darryl Paul Ward | 1,770 | 0.14% |
| | Independent | Sam Houston Melton, Jr. | 1,270 | 0.10% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,228,559 | 100.00% |
1999 Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election jungle primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | 'David Treen' | '36,719' | '25.06%' |
| | Republican | 'David Vitter' | '31,741' | '21.67%' |
| | Republican | David Duke | 28,059 | 19.15% |
| | Republican | Monica Monica | 22,928 | 15.65% |
| | Democratic | R.H. "Bill" Strain | 16,446 | 11.23% |
| | Republican | Rob Couhig | 9,295 | 6.34% |
| | Democratic | Darryl Ward | 720 | 0.49% |
| | Republican | Patrick Landry | 344 | 0.23% |
| | Republican | S. J. LoCoco | 246 | 0.17% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 146,498 | 100% |
2016 United States Senate election in Louisiana jungle primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | 'John Kennedy' | '482,591' | '25.0' |
| | Democratic | 'Foster Campbell' | '337,833' | '17.5' |
| | Republican | Charles Boustany | 298,008 | 15.4 |
| | Democratic | Caroline Fayard | 240,917 | 12.5 |
| | Republican | John Fleming | 204,026 | 10.6 |
| | Republican | Rob Maness | 90,856 | 4.7 |
| | Republican | David Duke | 58,606 | 3.0 |
| | Democratic | Derrick Edwards | 51,774 | 2.7 |
| | Democratic | Gary Landrieu | 45,587 | 2.4 |
| | Republican | Donald "Crawdaddy" Crawford | 25,523 | 1.3 |
| | Republican | Joseph Cao | 21,019 | 1.1 |
| | Independent | Beryl Billiot | 19,352 | 1.0 |
| | Libertarian | Thomas Clements | 11,370 | 0.6 |
| | Independent | Troy Hebert | 9,503 | 0.5 |
| | Democratic | Josh Pellerin | 7,395 | 0.4 |
| | Democratic | Peter Williams | 6,855 | 0.4 |
| | Democratic | Vinny Mendoza | 4,927 | 0.3 |
| | Independent | Kaitlin Marone | 4,108 | 0.2 |
| | Libertarian | Le Roy Gillam | 4,067 | 0.2 |
| | Republican | Charles Marsala | 3,684 | 0.2 |
| | Republican | Abhay Patel | 1,576 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Arden Wells | 1,483 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Bob Lang | 1,424 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Gregory Taylor | 1,151 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,933,635 | 100.0 |
* Support for Duke by parish: >8% 7–8% 6–7% 5–6% 4–5% 3–4% 2–3% 1–2% <1%

## Federal elections

1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Michael Dukakis | 9,898,750 | 42.46% |
| Democratic | Jesse Jackson | 6,788,991 | 29.12% |
| Democratic | Al Gore | 3,185,806 | 13.67% |
| Democratic | Dick Gephardt | 1,399,041 | 6.00% |
| Democratic | Paul M. Simon | 1,082,960 | 4.65% |
| Democratic | Gary Hart | 415,716 | 1.78% |
| Democratic | Unpledged delegates | 250,307 | 1.07% |
| Democratic | Bruce Babbitt | 77,780 | 0.33% |
| Democratic | Lyndon LaRouche | 70,938 | 0.30% |
| Democratic | David Duke | 45,289 | 0.19% |
| Democratic | James Traficant | 30,879 | 0.13% |
1992 Republican Party presidential primaries :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 9,199,463 | 72.84% |
| | Republican | Pat Buchanan | 2,899,488 | 22.96% |
| | Republican | Uncommitted | 287,383 | 2.28% |
| | Republican | David Duke | 119,115 | 0.94% |
| | Republican | Ross Perot | 56,136 | 0.44% |
| | Republican | Pat Paulsen | 10,984 | 0.09% |
| | Republican | Maurice Horton | 9,637 | 0.08% |
| | Republican | Harold Stassen | 8,099 | 0.06% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,390,842 | 100.00% |