2007Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2007 election for Louisiana Senate District 31
Louisiana State Senate · Louisiana
Gerald Long (R) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating T. Taylor Townsend (D) by 7.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Gerald LongRepublican · winner
53.8%20,609
T. Taylor TownsendDemocrat
46.2%17,699
38,308 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
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET