2004 United States Senate election in Louisiana

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The 2004 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Democratic Senator John Breaux decided to retire after three terms in office. Republican Representative David Vitter won the open seat with more than 50% of the primary vote. He thus avoided a runoff that would have otherwise been held on December 4, became the first Louisiana Republican elected to the U.S. Senate since 1876, and the first ever to be popularly elected. This was also the first time ever that a Republican won a full term to this Senate seat. The third-placed candidate, John Kennedy, won election to this same Senate seat as a Republican in 2016 when Vitter did not seek a third term. David Vitter's election ended the 33 elections streak democrats had held in Louisiana from 1914 to 2002 in the direct election era.

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