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1979Final results

1979 election for Louisiana Senate District 28

Louisiana State Senate · Louisiana

John Saunders (D) won with 55.8% of the vote, defeating W. P. Fuller (D) by 11.7 points.

John SaundersDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.8%21,953
W. P. FullerDemocrat
44.2%17,365
39,318 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+49.81987D+17.72011R+26.32019

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