1979Final results
1979 election for Louisiana Governor
Governor · Louisiana
David Conner Treen (R) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating Louis Lambert (D) by 0.7 points.
David Conner TreenRepublican · winner
50.3%690,691
Louis LambertDemocrat
49.7%681,134
1,371,825 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1979
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET