DemocratNot in office · last served 1976Last on a ballot: Oct 1983

C. Kay Carter

C. Kay Carter ran in 8 elections between 1967 and 1983, winning 3. Served in the Louisiana State Senate (District 38).

Career

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

1968197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Louisiana State Senate, District 38Out of office

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1983	Louisiana State Senate, District 38	General	Lost	Richard Neeson (D), Andrew Evans (R)	38.2%	R+14.7
1975	Louisiana State Senate, District 38	Runoff	Lost	Virginia Kilpatrick Shehee (D)	49.9%	−0.1
1975	Louisiana State Senate, District 38	General	Lost	Virginia Kilpatrick Shehee (D), Thomas L. White Jr. (D), T. A. Wilson (D)	20.1%	R+10.1
1972	Louisiana State Senate, District 38	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
1971	Louisiana State Senate, District 38	Runoff	Won	Emmett Asseff (D)	53.3%	+6.5
1971	Louisiana State Senate, District 38	Primary	Won	Emmett Asseff (D), Dayton Waller (D), J. Frank Carroll (D)	38.7%	+13.1
1968	Louisiana House of Representatives, District 39	Runoff	Lost	Dayton Waller (D), Don Williamson (D), Jimmy Strain (D)	16.5%	−1.9
1967	Louisiana House of Representatives, District 39	Primary	Lost	Frank Fulco (D), P. J. Mills (D), Algie D. Brown (D)	5.6%	−5.4