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2011Final results

2011 election for Louisiana House District 51

Louisiana House of Representatives · Louisiana

Joe Harrison (R) won with 71.8% of the vote, defeating Howard J. Castay Jr. (Ind) by 43.6 points.

Joe HarrisonRepublican · winner · incumbent
71.8%6,226
28.2%2,448
8,674 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 2011

Races before and after

EvenD+73.71975D+69.11995D+37.91995 runoffD+27.32007R+13.92007 runoffR+54.62015

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