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1940-04-16 Gubernatorial Election Results for Louisiana


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Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
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(House elections)

Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



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Parish Turnout Sam Jones
(D)		 W.W. Tuttle
(R)		 Other Margin TOTAL
County data not available.
TOTAL 17% 225,84199.4% 1,3670.6% 00.0% 224,474 227,208
Total R vote: 1,367 (0.6%)      Total D vote: 225,841 (99.4%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Earl Long* 226,385 40.9%
2   Sam Jones 154,936 28.0%
3   James Noe 116,564 21.1%
4   James Morrison 48,243 8.7%
5   Vincent Moseley 7,595 1.4%
TOTAL VOTES 553,723  
Democrat Runoff
1   Sam Jones 284,437 51.7%
2   Earl Long* 265,403 48.3%