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1983Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1983 election for Louisiana House District 1

Louisiana House of Representatives · Louisiana

BRUCE LYNN led; no source recorded a winner.

Bruce LynnRepublican · leading · incumbent
50.0%6,166
43.0%5,313
7.0%865
12,344 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

EvenD+8.21979R+3.41979 runoffD+0.11983R+3.01983 runoffD+19.21987D+46.41991

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