1987Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1987 election for Louisiana House District 98
Louisiana House of Representatives · Louisiana
Garey Forster (R) won with 54.6% of the vote, defeating C. Joseph Murray (D) by 9.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Garey ForsterRepublican · winner · incumbent
54.6%7,709
C. Joseph MurrayDemocrat
45.4%6,415
14,124 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 1987
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET