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In his 1979 defeat, Barham did not benefit from any [[governor|gubernatorial]] coat-tail effect. The four parishes in the district largely split their votes between victorious Republican candidate [[David C. Treen]] and his Democratic opponent, state Senator [[Louis Lambert]] of Baton Rouge.<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' October 29, 1979.</ref> However, eight years earlier, Treen in defeat had won most of those same northeast parishes by comfortable margins in his first race against [[Edwin Edwards]]. Had Treen had run stronger in the 33rd Senate district, his party may have held on to its single state Senate seat.

In his 1979 defeat, Barham did not benefit from any [[governor|gubernatorial]] coat-tail effect. The four parishes in the district largely split their votes between victorious Republican candidate [[David C. Treen]] and his Democratic opponent, state Senator [[Louis Lambert]] of Baton Rouge.<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' October 29, 1979.</ref> However, eight years earlier, Treen in defeat had won most of those same northeast parishes by comfortable margins in his first race against [[Edwin Edwards]]. Had Treen had run stronger in the 33rd Senate district, his party may have held on to its single state Senate seat.

Edwards Barham technically was not the first Louisiana Republican state senator of the modern era. A. C. Clemons,  Jr., of Jennings]] in Jefferson later as a full-term elected senator. When Edwards Barham was defeated, there were no Republicans in the state Senate for the following term.

Edwards Barham technically was not the first Louisiana Republican state senator of the modern era. A. C. Clemons,  Jr., of Jennings in Jefferson later as a full-term elected senator. When Edwards Barham was defeated, there were no Republicans in the state Senate for the following term.

Edwards Barham's former seat was later held by his younger brother, Robert Jocelyn Barham (born 1949)<ref>Another Barham brother is Thomas West Barham (born November 1939), also of Oak Ridge, Louisiana.</ref> who was first elected to the  state Senate as a Democrat in a [[special election]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11081994/11081994_MultiParish.html|title=Official Election Results: 11/8/1994|publisher=[[Louisiana Secretary of State]]|accessdate=October 20, 2014}}</ref> He was reelected as a Democrat with a 93 percent margin to a full term in 1995 and unopposed in 1999. Thereafter, he switched to Republican affiliation and won reelection again without opposition in 2003. Meanwhile, he ran unsuccessfully for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat  in the 2002 primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Legislative), November 5, 2002.</ref>

Edwards Barham's former seat was later held by his younger brother, Robert Jocelyn Barham (born 1949)<ref>Another Barham brother is Thomas West Barham (born November 1939), also of Oak Ridge, Louisiana.</ref> who was first elected to the  state Senate as a Democrat in a [[special election]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11081994/11081994_MultiParish.html|title=Official Election Results: 11/8/1994|publisher=[[Louisiana Secretary of State]]|accessdate=October 20, 2014}}</ref> He was reelected as a Democrat with a 93 percent margin to a full term in 1995 and unopposed in 1999. Thereafter, he switched to Republican affiliation and won reelection again without opposition in 2003. Meanwhile, he ran unsuccessfully for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat  in the 2002 primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Legislative), November 5, 2002.</ref>