1979Final results
1979 election for Louisiana Senate District 22
Louisiana State Senate · Louisiana
Oswald Decuir (D) won with 68.6% of the vote, defeating Willis J. Talley (D) by 37.3 points.
Oswald DecuirDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.6%25,033
Willis J. TalleyDemocrat
31.4%11,443
36,476 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