 He was not seriously challenged until 1948, when attorney and Democrat Steven V. Carter first ran against LeCompte, and came within 4,000 votes of unseating LeCompte.LeCompte easily prevailed in the next three elections before Carter again came within 2,000 votes of unseating him in 1956.After the 1956 election, Carter filed a challenge against the result with the U.S. House, which decided two years later that LeCompte was properly declared the winner.