Certified returns for every federal race in Louisiana in 2000, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 6 of 7 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Republican
927,871
52.6%
Democratic
792,344
44.9%
Green
20,473
1.2%
Reform
14,356
0.8%
Constitution
5,483
0.3%
Libertarian
2,951
0.2%
Socialist Workers
1,103
0.1%
Natural Law
1,075
0.1%
Total
1,765,656
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2000 election page.
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
David Vitter
Republican
191,379
80.5%
Michael A. Armato
Democrat
29,935
12.6%
Cary J. Deaton
Democrat
10,982
4.6%
Martin A. Rosenthal
Other
3,129
1.3%
John Paul ‘‘Jack’’ Simanonok
Other
2,385
1.0%
Total
237,810
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
William J. Jefferson
Democrat
Unopposed
Unopposed — the state does not count or report votes for unopposed candidates.
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
W. J. (Billy) Tauzin
Republican
143,446
78.0%
Edwin J. ‘‘Eddie’’ Albares
Other
16,908
9.2%
Anita W. Rosenthal
Other
13,488
7.3%
Dion Bourque
Other
10,118
5.5%
Total
183,960
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jim McCrery
Republican
122,678
70.5%
Phillip R. Green
Democrat
43,600
25.1%
Michael ‘‘Mike’’ Taylor
Other
4,059
2.3%
James Ronald Skains
Other
3,630
2.1%
Total
173,967
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John Cooksey
Republican
123,975
69.1%
Roger Beall
Democrat
42,977
23.9%
Sam Houston Melton, Jr.
Democrat
7,186
4.0%
Raymond A. ‘‘Chuck’’ Dumas
Other
5,335
3.0%
Total
179,473
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Richard H. Baker
Republican
165,637
68.0%
Kathy J. Rogillio
Democrat
72,192
29.7%
Michael S. Wolf
Other
5,649
2.3%
Total
243,478
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Christopher John
Democrat
152,796
83.3%
Michael P. Harris
Other
30,687
16.7%
Total
183,483
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2000 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 358230d84d1c9d85d859e9f311b1f994b6646c0f51da1967bec490a0cfd4d975
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.