1995Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1995 election for Louisiana House District 71
Louisiana House of Representatives · Louisiana
Heulette Fontenot (R) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Bernard Carrier (D) by 3.3 points.
Heulette FontenotRepublican · winner
51.7%8,312
Bernard CarrierDemocrat · incumbent
48.3%7,776
16,088 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET