1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election

1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election

← 1987 October 19, 1991 (first round)
November 16, 1991 (runoff)
1995 →
 
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


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.