1979Final results
1979 election for Louisiana House District 38
Louisiana House of Representatives · Louisiana
J LUKE SOILEAU led; no source recorded a winner.
J. Luke SoileauDemocrat · leading
47.3%7,126
Howard B. FontenotDemocrat
29.4%4,435
Robert DupreDemocrat
23.3%3,511
15,072 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET