1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election

1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election
October 19, 1991 (first round)
November 16, 1991 (runoff)
 
Candidate Edwin Edwards David Duke
Party Democratic Republican
First round 523,096
33.76%		 491,342
31.71%
Runoff 1,057,031
61.17%		 671,009
38.83%
 
Candidate Buddy Roemer Clyde C. Holloway
Party Republican Republican
First round 410,690
26.51%		 82,683
5.34%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated
Edwards:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%
Duke:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Roemer:      30–40%      40–50%
Governor before election

Buddy Roemer
Republican

 Elected Governor

Edwin Edwards
Democratic

The 1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election resulted in the election of Democrat Edwin Edwards to his fourth non-consecutive term as governor of Louisiana. The election received national and international attention due to the unexpectedly strong showing of David Duke, a former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, who had ties to other white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups. Incumbent Republican Governor Buddy Roemer, who had switched from the Democratic to Republican Party during his term, ran for re-election to a second term but was eliminated in the first round of voting.

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