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2003Final results

2003 election for Louisiana House District 87

Louisiana House of Representatives · Louisiana

Derrick Shepherd (D) won with 60.2% of the vote, defeating Donald Jones (D) by 20.4 points.

Derrick ShepherdDemocrat · winner
60.2%4,826
Donald JonesDemocrat
39.8%3,191
8,017 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 2003

Races before and after

EvenD+91.71983D+77.51991

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