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1972-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Louisiana (District 08)

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Election Year:
Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
Parish Gillis Long
(D)		 R.S. Abramson
(American)		 Roy Strickland
(R)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 72,60768.5% 17,84416.8% 15,51714.6% 00.0% 54,763 105,968
Total R vote: 15,517 (14.6%)      Total D vote: 72,607 (68.5%)      Total Other vote: 17,844 (16.8%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Gillis Long 61,452 53.3%
2   Armand Brinkhaus 31,934 27.7%
3   J.E. Jumonville 15,995 13.9%
4   Huey Coleman 3,690 3.2%
5   Philip Pecquet 2,287 2.0%
TOTAL VOTES 115,358