1985 Louisiana's 8th congressional district special election

There were two elections to the United States House of Representatives to serve in the 99th United States Congress.

List of elections

Elections are listed by date and district.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Louisiana 8	Gillis William Long	Democratic	1962	Incumbent died January 20, 1985. New member (see Widow's succession) elected March 30, 1985. Democratic hold.	▌Y Catherine Small Long (Democratic) 55.79% ▌Jock Scott (Democratic) 24.50% ▌Clyde C. Holloway (Republican) 16.27% ▌Daniel E. Becnel (Democratic) 2.98% ▌Frank J. McTopy (Democratic) 0.45%^[1]
Texas 1	Sam B. Hall	Democratic	1976 (special)	Incumbent resigned May 27, 1985 to become a U.S. District Judge. New member elected August 3, 1985. Democratic hold.	▌Y Jim Chapman (Democratic) 50.93% ▌Edd Hargett (Republican) 49.07%^[2]

References

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[1] "Our Campaigns – LA District 8 – Special Election Race – Mar 30, 1985".

[2] "Our Campaigns – TX District 1 – Special Election Runoff Race – Aug 03, 1985".

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