DemocratNot in office · last served 1979Last on a ballot: Dec 1979

H. Lawrence Gibbs

Last held office: Louisiana State Senate, District 34 (1975–1979). Ran in 9 elections between 1967 and 1979, winning 5.

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Career

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

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1979	Louisiana State Senate, District 34	Runoff	Lost	Lawson Swearingen (D)	48.5%	−3.0
1979	Louisiana State Senate, District 34	General	Lost	Lawson Swearingen (D), Ralph Hall (R)	45.5%	R+0.9
1975	Louisiana State Senate, District 34	Runoff	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
1975	Louisiana State Senate, District 34	General	Lost	Patrick Wright Jr. (D)	53.8%	D+7.7
1972	Louisiana House of Representatives, District 16	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
1971	Louisiana House of Representatives, District 16	Runoff	Won	Patrick Wright Jr. (D)	50.6%	+1.2
1971	Louisiana House of Representatives, District 16	Primary	Lost	Patrick Wright Jr. (D), Pete Medak (D), James D. Sparks Jr. (D)	34.1%	+12.4
1968	Louisiana House of Representatives, District 49	General	Won	James L. Dennis (D), Shady Wall (D), Ralph Caldwell (R)	30.7%	D+0.4
1967	Louisiana House of Representatives, District 49	Primary	Won	James L. Dennis (D), Shady Wall (D), George A. Wood (D)	22.6%	+5.5