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1983Final results

1983 election for Louisiana House District 66

Louisiana House of Representatives · Louisiana

Louis Jenkins (D) won with 69.4% of the vote, defeating M. A. Tassin (R) by 38.9 points.

Louis JenkinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.4%8,937
M. A. TassinRepublican
30.6%3,935
12,872 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+38.91983D+6.21991D+8.01991 runoffR+63.21999R+69.42015R+42.72019

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