This is the 1979 race. The latest: 2023 →

1979Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1979 election for Louisiana House District 1

Louisiana House of Representatives · Louisiana

BRUCE LYNN led; no source recorded a winner.

Bruce LynnRepublican · leading · incumbent
45.9%5,355
30.9%3,610
13.7%1,597
9.5%1,108
11,670 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

Races before and after

EvenD+8.21979R+3.41979 runoffD+0.11983R+3.01983 runoffD+19.21987D+46.41991

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