page_title: 1987 Louisiana gubernatorial election
hierarchical_section_title: 1987 Louisiana gubernatorial election
context_page_description: The 1987 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Democratic Governor Edwin Edwards lost re-election to a second term, defeated by former Democratic Buddy Roemer.
  Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. On October 24, 1987 Roemer and Edwards took the two highest popular vote counts and as neither took over 50% a runoff was schedule, but Edwards withdrew causing the runoff's cancellation. This election is currently the most recent worst performance of a Republican in Louisiana's gubernatorial election with Representative Bob Livingston taking only 18.49% of the vote.
context_section_description: The 1987 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Democratic Governor Edwin Edwards lost re-election to a second term, defeated by former Democratic Buddy Roemer. 
  Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. On October 24, 1987 Roemer and Edwards took the two highest popular vote counts and as neither took over 50% a runoff was schedule, but Edwards withdrew causing the runoff's cancellation. This election is currently the most recent worst performance of a Republican in Louisiana's gubernatorial election with Representative Bob Livingston taking only 18.49% of the vote.
caption: Results by Parish. Blue denotes parishes won by Buddy Roemer, green denotes parishes won by Edwin Edwards, red denotes parishes won by Bob Livingston and orange denotes parishes won by Billy Tauzin