Odom ran as a reformer in the 1979 elections and easily unseated fellow Democrat Gilbert L. "Gil" Dozier (born 1934) in the same general election in which Republican gubernatorial candidate David C. Treen narrowly defeated Democrat Louis J. Lambert, Jr., of Baton Rouge.
Odom ran as a reformer in his first election in 1979, when he easily unseated fellow Democrat Gilbert L. "Gil" Dozier (born 1934). This was the same general election in which Republican gubernatorial candidate David C. Treen narrowly defeated Democrat Louis J. Lambert, Jr., of Baton Rouge.