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1983Final results

1983 election for Louisiana Senate District 12

Louisiana State Senate · Louisiana

B. B. Rayburn (D) won with 79.5% of the vote, defeating Roy Crawford (D) by 58.9 points.

B. B. RayburnDemocrat · winner · incumbent
79.5%33,364
Roy CrawfordDemocrat
20.5%8,619
41,983 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+42.51991R+7.01995R+1.31995 runoffR+81.21999 special electionR+52.61999D+44.62003

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