Certified returns for every federal race in Louisiana in 2010, 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.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
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David Vitter
Republican
715,415
56.6%
‘‘Charlie’’ Melancon
Democrat
476,572
37.7%
Randall Todd Hayes
Libertarian
13,957
1.1%
Michael Karlton Brown
No Party
9,973
0.8%
Michael Lane ‘‘Mike’’ Spears
Other
9,190
0.7%
Ernest D. Woolon
Other
8,167
0.6%
R. A. ‘‘Skip’’ Galan
No Party
7,474
0.6%
William R. McShan
Reform
5,879
0.5%
William Robert ‘‘Bob’’ Lang, Jr.
Other
5,734
0.5%
Milton Gordon
No Party
4,810
0.4%
Thomas G. ‘‘Tommy’’ LaFargue
Other
4,043
0.3%
Sam Houston Melton, Jr.
No Party
3,780
0.3%
Total
1,264,994
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
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Steve Scalise
Republican
157,182
78.5%
Myron Katz
Democrat
38,416
19.2%
Arden Wells
Other
4,578
2.3%
Total
200,176
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
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Cedric Richmond
Democrat
83,705
64.6%
Anh ‘‘Joseph’’ Cao
Republican
43,378
33.5%
Anthony Marquize
Other
1,876
1.4%
‘‘Jack’’ Radosta
Other
645
0.5%
Total
129,604
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
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‘‘Jeff’’ Landry
Republican
108,963
63.8%
Ravi Sangisetty
Democrat
61,914
36.2%
Total
170,877
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
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John Fleming
Republican
105,223
62.3%
David Melville
Democrat
54,609
32.4%
Artis Cash
No Party
8,962
5.3%
Total
168,794
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
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Rodney Alexander
Republican
122,033
78.6%
‘‘Tom’’ Gibbs, Jr.
No Party
33,279
21.4%
Total
155,312
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bill Cassidy
Republican
138,607
65.6%
Merritt E. McDonald, Sr.
Democrat
72,577
34.4%
Total
211,184
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Charles W. Boustany, Jr.
Republican
Unopposed
Unopposed — the state does not count or report votes for unopposed candidates.
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2010 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 014213615892d72d46bdb36ab9ea5cb427b409e13e508e6c6f059e4ad7b6da31
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.