1979Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1979 election for Louisiana Senate District 34

Name: 1979 election for Louisiana Senate District 34
Start: 1979-10-27
Location: Louisiana

Louisiana State Senate · Louisiana

LAWSON SWEARINGEN led; no source recorded a winner.

Lawson SwearingenDemocrat · leading

46.5%14,484

H. Lawrence GibbsDemocrat · incumbent

45.5%14,192

8.0%2,483

31,159 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

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