1971Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1971 primary for Louisiana Senate District 31
Louisiana State Senate · Louisiana
Paul Foshee (D) won with 35.0% of the vote, defeating W. L. Rambo (D) by 0.5 points.
Paul FosheeDemocrat · winner
35.0%11,838
W. L. RamboDemocrat
34.4%11,656
Sylvan FriedmanDemocrat · incumbent
30.6%10,365
33,859 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET