1983Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1983 election for Louisiana Governor
Governor · Louisiana
Edwin Edwards (D) won with 63.1% of the vote, defeating David Conner Treen (R) by 26.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Edwin EdwardsDemocrat · winner
63.1%1,006,561
David Conner TreenRepublican
36.9%588,508
1,595,069 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1983
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET