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1996-11-05 U.S. House Election Results for Louisiana (District 05)

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Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
Parish John Cooksey
(R)
Francis Thompson
(D)
Other Margin TOTAL
Avoyelles Parish (pt.)8,13254.4%6,81445.6%00.0%1,318 14,946
Caldwell Parish2,96367.5%1,42732.5%00.0%1,536 4,390
Catahoula Parish2,83856.2%2,21643.8%00.0%622 5,054
Concordia Parish4,14153.2%3,64246.8%00.0%499 7,783
East Carroll Parish1,24738.9%1,96061.1%00.0%-713 3,207
Evangeline Parish (pt.)1,52758.1%1,10241.9%00.0%425 2,629
Franklin Parish4,60654.0%3,93046.0%00.0%676 8,536
Grant Parish4,48164.8%2,43035.2%00.0%2,051 6,911
Jackson Parish3,98159.4%2,71940.6%00.0%1,262 6,700
La Salle Parish4,85277.1%1,43922.9%00.0%3,413 6,291
Lincoln Parish (pt.)8,24455.8%6,52944.2%00.0%1,715 14,773
Madison Parish (pt.)1,50231.4%3,28668.6%00.0%-1,784 4,788
Morehouse Parish (pt.)6,85457.6%5,05442.4%00.0%1,800 11,908
Ouachita Parish (pt.)34,97062.1%21,37137.9%00.0%13,599 56,341
Rapides Parish (pt.)28,42060.3%18,73639.7%00.0%9,684 47,156
Richland Parish3,42740.3%5,07359.7%00.0%-1,646 8,500
Tensas Parish1,10640.3%1,64059.7%00.0%-534 2,746
Union Parish (pt.)5,72463.4%3,30036.6%00.0%2,424 9,024
West Carroll Parish (pt.)2,77060.7%1,79739.3%00.0%973 4,567
Winn Parish (pt.)4,205100.0%
TOTAL 135,99058.3% 97,36341.7% 00.0% 38,627 233,353
Total R vote: 135,990 (58.3%)      Total D vote: 97,363 (41.7%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $898,479 $511,183
Total Receipts: $898,379 $540,761
Cash on Hand: $-83 $29,577
Contributions by Candidate: $1,418 $4,000
Loans by Candidate: $105,531 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $621,824 $440,308
Party Contributions: $5,750 $9,150
Other Committee Contributions: $157,943 $87,302
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $56,799 $5,497
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $30,000
Net Independent Expenditures: $56,799 $-24,503
Net Spending: $955,278 $486,680

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/LA/05/1996

Campaign finance data for this election**:

John Cooksey
Total Disbursements: $898,479
Total Receipts: $898,379
Cash on Hand: $-83
Candidate Contributions: $1,418
Candidate Loans: $105,531
Individual Contributions: $621,824
Party Contributions: $5,750
Other Committee Contributions: $157,943
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $56,799
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $56,799
Net Spending: $955,278



Francis Thompson
Total Disbursements: $511,183
Total Receipts: $540,761
Cash on Hand: $29,577
Candidate Contributions: $4,000
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $440,308
Party Contributions: $9,150
Other Committee Contributions: $87,302
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $5,497
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $30,000
Net Independent Expenditures: $-24,503
Net Spending: $486,680



**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/LA/05/1996


Open Primary
Pos Candidate Party Votes % $**
1   John Cooksey R 60,853 33.6% $898,479
2   Francis Thompson D 50,144 27.7% $511,183
3   Clyde Holloway R 48,226 26.7% $204,978
4   Michael Jordan D 9,286 5.1%
5   Ben Marshall R 7,106 3.9% $290,160
6   Tim Robinson R 5,268 2.9% $12,014
TOTAL VOTES 180,883