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+John Kennedy (R) i
 		851,568
 61.56%
Gary Chambers (D)
 		246,933
 		17.85%
Luke Mixon (D)
 		182,887
 		13.22%
Syrita Steib (D)
 31,568
 2.28%
Devin Lance Graham (R)
 		25,275
 		1.83%
Others (8)
 		45,059
 <1%
each

1,383,290
Registration: 3,018,815.  Total voters: 1,410,466.
Plurality: 604,635 votes (43.71 percentage points). 

 LA Secretary of State



Notes:  Sen. John Kennedy (R) gained over 60-percent of the vote in the Nov. 8 jungle primary, easily avoiding a runoff.  Kennedy's most competitive challengers, Gary Chambers, a social justice advocate from Baton Rouge, and Luke Mixon, a Navy veteran and commercial airline pilot, finished far behind.

Kennedy announced his re-election campaign in a June 1, 2021 video, stating, "In the last five years, we've accomplished a lot, but now the socialists are racing to undo it all so my job—our job—isn't finished (>)." 

Mixon, the pilot, announced his candidacy in Oct. 5, 2021 (>).  Chambers, the social justice advocate, announced his candidacy on Jan. 11, 2022 (>).  Another Democratic candidate who drew some notice was Syrita Steib, founder and executive director of Operation Restoration, who was incarcerated for nine years to 2009 and was pardoned by then President Trump in the closing days of his administration.  Gov. John Bel Edwards endorsed Mixon on June 1.  On Aug. 13, the Louisiana Democratic Party voted to endorse, Chambers, Mixon and Steib.  All told 13 candidates filed to run in the Nov. 8 jungle primary (1,2)—on the ballot were two Republicans, five Democrats, one Libertarian, one Independent and four no party/other; the filing deadline was July 22. 

Kennedy's campaign had a massive warchest, reporting total contributions of $38.9 million, expenditures of $30.1 million and cash on hand of $10.1 million.  Mixon and Chambers were the only other candidates to raise more than $1 million.  The Mixon campaign reported $2.3 million raised, $2.2 million spent and cash on hand of $126,597 and the Chambers campaign $1.7 million raised, $1.8 million spent and no cash on hand.

The three major Democrats obtained a total of 461,388 votes (33.35%).  Republican turnout far exceeded that of Democrats and Other.  58.7% of qualified Republicans voted (590,828 of 1,006,704) compared to 46.0% of qualified Democrats (548,677 of 1,192,902) and 33.1% of Others (270,961 of 819,309).

If needed, a run-off would have occurred on Dec. 10.



See also:
Tyler Bridges.  "Gary Chambers lacks money to advertise on TV in duel to make runoff against John Kennedy."  nola.com, Oct. 12, 2022.

Alena Noakes.  "Closer look at La. Democratic Party's controversial senatorial endorsement."  KALB, Aug. 15, 2022.

Tyler Bridges.  "Louisiana Democrats endorse 3 Kennedy challengers, bypassing executive committee."  The Advocate, Aug. 13, 2022.



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