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2015Final results

2015 election for Louisiana House District 68

Louisiana House of Representatives · Louisiana

Steve Carter (R) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating Patty Merrick (D) by 28.3 points.

Steve CarterRepublican · winner · incumbent
54.7%6,095
26.5%2,945
18.8%2,094
11,134 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 2015

Races before and after

EvenD+8.01987 runoffR+18.31995D+1.41995 runoffR+47.12015R+31.12019R+15.42019 runoff

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