1979Final results

1979 election for Louisiana House District 14

Louisiana House of Representatives · Louisiana

John Ensminger (D) won with 63.6% of the vote, defeating Rudolph E. Tarver (D) by 27.1 points.

John EnsmingerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.6%8,899
36.4%5,103
14,002 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+4.61987R+14.71987 runoffD+36.01991 special electionD+12.41991 runoffR+18.62007R+0.12007 runoff

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