1971Final results
1971 Democratic primary for Louisiana Senate District 13
Louisiana State Senate · Louisiana
W. E. Dykes (D) won with 24.4% of the vote, defeating Duncan S. Kemp (D) by -0.4 points.
Duncan S. KempDemocrat
24.8%8,153
W. E. DykesDemocrat · winner
24.4%8,028
Francis BickfordDemocrat
21.2%6,985
Melvin AchordDemocrat
19.4%6,388
R. L. BootyDemocrat
10.1%3,325
32,879 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET