| Parish | David Treen (R) |
Louis Watkins (D) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 71,090 | 54.0% | 60,521 | 46.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 10,569 | 131,611 | |||||||||||
| Total R vote: 71,090 (54.0%) Total D vote: 60,521 (46.0%) Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Republican Primary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % |
No Republican primary | |||
| Democrat Primary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 1 | Carl Bauer | 26,965 | 26.2% |
| 2 | Louis Watkins | 26,703 | 26.0% |
| 3 | George Oubre | 16,239 | 15.8% |
| 4 | L.C. Montgomery | 15,812 | 15.4% |
| 5 | Newton Thompson | 7,137 | 6.9% |
| 6 | Lawrence Autin | 4,443 | 4.3% |
| 7 | Henry Burke | 3,877 | 3.8% |
| 8 | Anthony Catanese | 876 | 0.9% |
| 9 | Robert Hoepffner | 707 | 0.7% |
| TOTAL VOTES | 102,759 | ||
| Democrat Runoff | |||
| 1 | Louis Watkins | 49,042 | 54.2% |
| 2 | Carl Bauer | 41,370 | 45.8% |