2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana

The 2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Louisiana, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. A jungle primary will be held on November 3, 2020; if no one candidate wins a majority of the vote in the jungle primary, then a runoff election will be held.

2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee TBD TBD
Party Republican Democratic
Incumbent U.S. senator

Bill Cassidy
Republican
Elections in Louisiana
Government

Republican candidates

Declared

Endorsements
Bill Cassidy (R)
U.S. Presidents

Democratic candidates

Declared
  • Drew Knight[4][5]
  • Antoine Pierce, community activist[6]
  • Dartanyon Williams, businessman and author[7][8]

Potential

Declined

Endorsements
Antoine Pierce (D)
Individuals
  • Andrew Yang, businessman, entrepreneur, non-profit leader and 2020 Presidential Candidate
Organizations
  • DUH! Demand Universal Healthcare[12]
  • Humanity Forward

Other candidates

Independents

Declared
  • Gregory Fitch[7][4]
  • Jamar "Doc" Montgomery, attorney, mechanical engineer, and navy veteran[13]

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[14] Safe R June 18, 2020
Inside Elections[15] Safe R April 3, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[16] Safe R April 30, 2020
Daily Kos[17] Safe R June 4, 2020
Politico[18] Safe R April 19, 2020
RCP[19] Safe R June 25, 2020
Niskanen[20] Safe R April 28, 2020

Polling

Results
United States Senate election jungle primary in Louisiana, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Cassidy (incumbent)
Democratic Drew Knight
Democratic Antoine Pierce
Democratic Dartanyon Williams
Independent Gregory Fitch
Independent Jamar "Doc" Montgomery
Total votes 100.00%

References
  1. Hilburn, Greg (March 7, 2019). "Sen. Cassidy: I'm running for re-election in 2020". The News-Star. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  2. https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/LA/2020/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1234566159774756864
  4. "The Green Papers: Louisiana 2020 General Election". The Green Papers. April 22, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  5. "LOUISIANA". Politics1. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  6. "Antoine Pierce Becomes the First Democratic Candidate to Enter the 2020 Senate Race in Louisiana". Chestnut Post. August 14, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  7. "Louisiana Senate 2020 Race". Open Secrets. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  8. "Dartanyon A. Williams (D-LA) Announces US Senate Run for Louisiana, Challenging Incumbent Bill Cassidy (R-LA)". Business Insider. Mar 26, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  9. Singiser, Steve. "Here's our ultimate Democratic wishlist for Senate in 2020. Who's on yours?". Daily Kos. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  10. Arkin, James (January 10, 2019). "Presidential dreams pull Democrats away from key Senate races". POLITICO. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  11. "Mary Landrieu Closes the Door on Another Run". Roll Call. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  12. "2020 Endorsed House Candidates". DUH! Demand Universal Healthcare. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  13. Youth Public Defender
  14. "2020 Senate Race Ratings for April 19, 2019". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  15. "2020 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  16. "2020 Senate race ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  17. "Daily Kos Elections releases initial Senate race ratings for 2020". Daily Kos Elections. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  18. "2020 Election Forecast". Politico. November 19, 2019.
  19. "Battle for White House". RCP. April 19, 2019.
  20. "2020 Negative Partisanship and the 2020 Congressional Elections". Niskanen Center. April 28, 2020.
Official campaign websites
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