1979Final results
1979 election for Louisiana Senate District 35
Louisiana State Senate · Louisiana
Charles Barham (D) won with 76.2% of the vote, defeating Freddy Stewart (Ind) by 52.3 points.
Charles BarhamDemocrat · winner · incumbent
76.2%27,228
Freddy StewartIndependent
23.8%8,525
35,753 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