
To no one’s surprise incumbent President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden won by landslides in the July 11th Louisiana Presidential Primaries. Trump won the Republication nomination by garnering 195,795 votes which amounted to 95.9% of all votes cast. Biden was the top Democrat with 212,267 votes or 79.5% of the ballots.
Five candidates ran for the Republican nominee with Bill Weld coming in second to Trump with only 3,318 votes (1.6%). The Democratic ballot was much more contested with 14 attempting to secure the nomination with Bernie Sanders coming in far behind Biden with 19,834 votes (7.4%). No other Democrat gained even as much as 2.5% of the votes.