2007Final results

2007 runoff for Louisiana Senate District 7

Louisiana State Senate · Louisiana

David Heitmeier (D) won with 62.7% of the vote, defeating Paul Richard (R) by 25.4 points.

David HeitmeierDemocrat · winner
62.7%9,496
Paul RichardRepublican
37.3%5,652
15,148 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 2007

The seat's recent races

EvenD+38.12007D+25.42007 runoff

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)