DemocratNot in office · last served 1995Last on a ballot: Nov 1995

B. B. Rayburn

B. B. Rayburn ran in 12 elections between 1967 and 1995, winning 9. Served in the Louisiana State Senate (District 25 and District 12).

Last office: Louisiana State Senate, District 12

Elections: 12; 1967–1995
Won: 9; generals, primaries and specials

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

Career

Offices held, and every time Rayburn was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

1968197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Louisiana State Senate, District 25 Louisiana State Senate, District 12Out of office

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

Every race Rayburn has run

Margin: how far Rayburn finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1995	Louisiana State Senate, District 12	Runoff	Lost	Phil Short (R)	49.3%	−1.3
1995	Louisiana State Senate, District 12	General	Lost	Phil Short (R), George Ackel (R), Bill McGehee (R)	38.9%	D+19.5
1991	Louisiana State Senate, District 12	General	Won	Gerald Creel Sr. (R), Roy Crawford (I)	65%	D+42.5
1987	Louisiana State Senate, District 12	General	Won	Roy Crawford (D)	75.5%	D+50.9
1983	Louisiana State Senate, District 12	General	Won	Roy Crawford (D)	79.5%	D+58.9
1979	Louisiana State Senate, District 12	General	Won	Richie Martin (R), C. Louis Rawls (D), Roland P. Young (D)	67.5%	D+49.0
1975	Louisiana State Senate, District 12	Runoff	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
1975	Louisiana State Senate, District 12	General	Lost	Charles Daniel Pittman (D)	75.4%	D+50.8
1972	Louisiana State Senate, District 12	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
1971	Louisiana State Senate, District 12	Primary	Won	Sam Smith (D), Jimmy W. Corkern (D)	64.2%	+41.9
1968	Louisiana State Senate, District 25	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
1967	Louisiana State Senate, District 25	Primary	Won	Sidney A. Seal (D), Harlan R. Lloyd (D), W. E. Blackwell (D)	67.2%	+53.0

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

Seats Rayburn has held

Louisiana State Senate, District 12 · 1973–1995
Louisiana State Senate, District 25 · 1969–1972

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

Who Rayburn has run against

Phil Short (R) · 1995 runoff, lost
Gerald Creel Sr. (R) · 1991 election, won
Roy Crawford (D) · 1987 election, won
Richie Martin (R) · 1979 election, won
Charles Daniel Pittman (D) · 1975 election, lost

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