Ultimately, Leach won the seat in the general election by narrowly defeating the Republican former State Representative Jimmy Wilson of Vivian in north Caddo Parish.
In his second term in the House, Weaver was a floor leader for Republican Governor David C. Treen [REF].In that capacity he led the unsuccessful fight for Treen's proposed Coastal Wetlands Environmental Levy, an unpopular tax proposal on petroleum and natural gas.