Louisiana Secretary of State - Elections Division

1996 Louisiana Congressional and Statewide Results
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties
President, 45.6% in '92 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 50% Democrat
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (D) 52.01%	ex-U.S. Senator Robert J. Dole (R) 39.94%	businessman H. Ross Perot (Rfm) 6.91%, consumer attorney Ralph Nader (G) 0.26%, businessman Harry Browne (L) 0.42%, Conservative Caucus founder Howard Phillips (T) 0.19%, Dr. John S. Hagelin (NL) 0.17%, Monica Moorehead (WW) 0.09%,
Senator, Bennett Johnston (D) retiring, 54% in '90 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 50% Republican, Cook Report: Leans Democrat, Roll Call: Toss Up, Rothenberg Report: Leans Incumbent Party, Campaign & Elections: 1:1, Politics Now: Toss Up,
ex-St. Treasurer / '95 Governor candidate Mary Landrieu (D) 50.4%	St. Rep. Woody Jenkins (R) 49.6%
1st Cong. District, 81% in October of 1994 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 100% Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican,
No Democrat	Bob Livingston (R) 100%
2nd Cong. District, unopposed in '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 90% Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic,
William J. Jefferson (D) 80%	George DeGrange III (R)
3rd Cong. District, unopposed in '94, elected as Democrat D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 100% Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican,
No Democrat	W. J. "Billy" Tauzin (R) 100%
4th Cong. District, 80% in October of 1994 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 90% Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, Politics Now: Likely Republican,
Paul Chachere (D) 29%	Jim McCrery (R) 71%
5th Cong. District, Cleo Fields (D) retiring, unopposed in '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 64% Democrat, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Republican, Campaign & Election's Odds: 5:4 Republican, Politics Now: Toss Up, Hotline: Hot Seat,
St. Rep. Francis Thompson (D) 41.6%	Dr. John Charles Cooksey (R) 58.4%
6th Cong. District, 81% in October of '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 90% Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Politics Now: Likely Republican,
Steve Myers (D) 31%	Richard H. Baker (R) 69%
7th Cong. District, Jimmy Hayes (R) but elected as Democrat, defeated in U.S. Senate primary, elected in October of '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 100% Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Campaign & Election's Odds: 4:1 John, Politics Now: Safe Democrat,
‘95 Lt. Gov. candidate/ex-St. Rep. Christopher John (D) 53.1% attorney Hunter Lundy (D) 46.9%	School Board member David Thibodaux (R) defeated in primary

1. Key to Predictions: Roll Call,
The Cook Political Report,
The Rothenberg Political Report,
Campaign & Election Magazine,
D.C.'s Political Report

2. Bold indicates incumbent. Yellow district indicates open races. Blue boxes indicates winner. Red print indicates change in party control.

3. Key to Party Identification.
(D) = Democratic Party
(G) = Liberty, Ecology, Community candidate affiliated with Green Party
(I) = independent candidates
(L) = Libertarian Party
(NL) = Natural Law Party
(Rfm) = Reform Party
(R) = Republican Party
(T) = U.S. Taxpayers Party
(WI) = Write-in candidates