1979Final results
1979 runoff for Louisiana House District 72
Louisiana House of Representatives · Louisiana
Ty Cobb Lanier (D) won re-election with 55.7% of the vote, defeating Shelby Alford (D) by 11.4 points.
Ty Cobb LanierDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.7%9,619
Shelby AlfordDemocrat
44.3%7,656
17,275 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET