1983Final results
1983 runoff for Louisiana House District 15
Louisiana House of Representatives · Louisiana
Evelyn Blackmon (D) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Robert Charles Payne (R) by 7.9 points.
Evelyn BlackmonDemocrat · winner
53.9%5,295
Robert Charles PayneRepublican
46.1%4,523
9,818 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 1983
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)