1971Final results
1971 primary for Louisiana House District 78
Louisiana House of Representatives · Louisiana
Eddie Doucet (D) won with 28.4% of the vote, defeating Edmund J. Schmidt Jr. (D) by -0.7 points.
Edmund J. Schmidt Jr.Democrat
29.1%2,331
Eddie DoucetDemocrat · winner
28.4%2,275
Charles Joseph GanucheauDemocrat
11.9%956
Harry G. Leblanc Jr.Democrat
11.0%884
G. R. KehoeDemocrat
9.3%748
Wayne D. MancusoDemocrat
7.8%627
Frank Spurgeon Foster Jr.Democrat
2.4%193
8,014 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET