Certified returns for every federal race in Louisiana in 2004, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 7 of 8 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Republican
1,102,169
56.7%
Democratic
820,299
42.2%
The Better Life (Independent)
7,032
0.4%
Constitution
5,203
0.3%
Libertarian
2,781
0.1%
Protecting Working Families
1,795
0.1%
Prohibition
1,566
0.1%
Green
1,276
0.1%
Socialist
985
0.1%
Total
1,943,106
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2004 election page.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
David Vitter
Republican
943,014
51.0%
Christopher John
Democrat
542,150
29.3%
John Kennedy
Democrat
275,821
14.9%
Arthur A. Morrell
Democrat
47,222
2.6%
Richard M. Fontanesi
Other
15,097
0.8%
R. A. ‘‘Skip’’ Galan
Other
12,463
0.7%
Sam Houston Melton, Jr.
Democrat
12,289
0.7%
Total
1,848,056
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
‘‘Bobby’’ Jindal
Republican
225,708
78.4%
Roy Armstrong
Democrat
19,266
6.7%
M. V. ‘‘Vinny’’ Mendoza
Democrat
12,779
4.4%
Daniel Zimmerman
Democrat
12,135
4.2%
‘‘Jerry’’ Watts
Democrat
10,034
3.5%
‘‘Mike’’ Rogers
Republican
7,975
2.8%
Total
287,897
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
William J. Jefferson
Democrat
173,510
79.0%
Arthur L. ‘‘Art’’ Schwertz
Republican
46,097
21.0%
Total
219,607
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
‘‘Charlie’’ Melancon
Democrat
57,611
50.2%
W. J. (Billy) Tauzin III
Republican
57,042
49.8%
Total
114,653
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jim McCrery
Republican
Unopposed
Unopposed — the state does not count or report votes for unopposed candidates.
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rodney Alexander
Republican
141,495
59.4%
Zelma ‘‘Tisa’’ Blakes
Democrat
58,591
24.6%
John W. ‘‘Jock’’ Scott
Republican
37,971
16.0%
Total
238,057
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Richard H. Baker
Republican
189,106
72.2%
Rufus Holt Craig, Jr.
Democrat
50,732
19.4%
Edward Anthony ‘‘Scott’’ Galmon
Democrat
22,031
8.4%
Total
261,869
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Charles Boustany, Jr.
Republican
75,039
55.0%
Willie Landry Mount
Democrat
61,493
45.0%
Total
136,532
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2004 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 58543113de9d3bcda4e3a5d315d321fda96a61cdc10d9c32abe81fac7fad075c
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.