1971Final results
1971 Democratic primary for Louisiana Senate District 35
Louisiana State Senate · Louisiana
K. D. Kilpatrick (D) won with 42.0% of the vote, defeating James W. Spears (D) by 18.7 points.
K. D. KilpatrickDemocrat · winner
42.0%12,311
James W. SpearsDemocrat
23.3%6,830
Kennon GoffDemocrat
23.0%6,751
Carroll JonesDemocrat
6.2%1,822
Owen WrightDemocrat
5.4%1,594
29,308 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET