Lantz Womack [SEP] position held
Lantz Womack
Lantz Womack (January 11, 1914 – May 23, 1998) was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives who served mostly Franklin Parish, from 1958, when he won a special election caused by the death of a freshman member, until his retirement in 1976. A banker and farmer from Winnsboro, south of Monroe, he was also a delegate to the 1973 convention which wrote the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. From 1968-1972, Womack and S. S. DeWitt of Tensas Parish were paired in
. Dozier led the balloting with 42 percent; Pearce trailed with 30 percent and decided not to pursue a general election (commonly called the runoff in Louisiana) contest with Dozier, who therefore won the position outright. Allegations of bribery, perjury, and extortion in connection with his job duties worked to sink Pearce's career. A third candidate in the field was the outgoing State Representative Lantz Womack of Winnsboro, who like Pearce had West Carroll Parish roots.
In the 1979 nonpartisan blanket primary, Democratic agribusinessman Bob Odom of