1979Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1979 runoff for Louisiana Senate District 34
Louisiana State Senate · Louisiana
Lawson Swearingen (D) won with 51.5% of the vote, defeating H. Lawrence Gibbs (D) by 3.0 points.
Lawson SwearingenDemocrat · winner
51.5%17,034
H. Lawrence GibbsDemocrat · incumbent
48.5%16,029
33,063 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET