Election History
Salter was elected without opposition for his first full term in the legislature in the 1987 jungle primary. In 1991, however, he faced a runoff, officially the general election in Louisiana, with fellow Democrat Kenneth Simmons. Salter prevailed 10,054 (53.9 percent) to Simmons' 8,617 (46.2 percent). In 1995, Salter faced a "No party" challenger, Lowray "Matt" Chachere, but prevailed, 12,041 (75.9 percent) to 3,831 (24.1 percent).
No one challenged Salter in 1999. In his last election on October 4, 2003, Salter, with 10,794 votes (75.9 percent), handily defeated two fellow Republican's, Jack Adair (11.8 percent) and Charles "Chuck" Adcock (12.3 percent).
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