1995Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1995 runoff for Louisiana Senate District 12
Louisiana State Senate · Louisiana
Phil Short (R) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating B. B. Rayburn (D) by 1.3 points.
Phil ShortRepublican · winner
50.7%21,222
B. B. RayburnDemocrat · incumbent
49.3%20,676
41,898 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 1995
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)