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1979Final results

1979 runoff for Louisiana House District 1

Louisiana House of Representatives · Louisiana

Bruce Lynn (R) won re-election with 51.7% of the vote, defeating John W. Miller (D) by 3.4 points.

Bruce LynnRepublican · winner · incumbent
51.7%6,634
48.3%6,202
12,836 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1979

The seat's recent races

EvenD+49.41975R+0.71975 runoffD+8.21979R+3.41979 runoff

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)