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In the [[general election]] held on November 19, 2011, Shadoin defeated fellow Republican, Jason Paul Bullock (born 1977), also of Ruston, for the right to succeed Republican Representative Hollis Downs, a professor at [[Louisiana Tech University]]. In a low turnout, Shadoin polled 4,186 votes (54.4 percent) to Bullock's 3,513 votes (45.6 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 19, 2011</ref> In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, Bullock had led the balloting with 45 percent, and Shadoin trailed with nearly 39 percent of the vote. A third Republican candidate, Jacob "Jake" Halley, held the remaining but critical 16 percent of the primary vote. No [[Democrat]] sought the position.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 22, 2011</ref>

In the [[general election]] held on November 19, 2011, Shadoin defeated fellow Republican, Jason Paul Bullock (born 1977), also of Ruston, for the right to succeed Republican Representative Hollis Downs, a professor at [[Louisiana Tech University]]. In a low turnout, Shadoin polled 4,186 votes (54.4 percent) to Bullock's 3,513 votes (45.6 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 19, 2011</ref> In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, Bullock had led the balloting with 45 percent, and Shadoin trailed with nearly 39 percent of the vote. A third Republican candidate, Jacob "Jake" Halley, held the remaining but critical 16 percent of the primary vote. No [[Democrat]] sought the position.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 22, 2011</ref>

    

    

Shadoin and his wife, Carol, have four children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/134581/rob-shadoin|title=Biography: Representative Rob Shadoin|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=February 26, 2012}}</ref> In 1971, Shadoin graduated from Ruston High School. In 1975, he obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Louisiana Tech. He procured the [Juris Doctor] degree in 1978 from [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=12|title=Representative Robert E. Shadoin, District 12|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 26, 2012}}</ref>

Shadoin and his wife, Carol, have four children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/134581/rob-shadoin|title=Biography: Representative Rob Shadoin|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=February 26, 2012}}</ref> In 1971, Shadoin graduated from Ruston High School. In 1975, he obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Louisiana Tech. He procured the [[Juris Doctor]] degree in 1978 from [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=12|title=Representative Robert E. Shadoin, District 12|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 26, 2012}}</ref>

Shadoin served as the Ruston city attorney from 1991 to 1994 and as a member of the Lincoln Parish School Board from 1994 to 2006.

Shadoin served as the Ruston city attorney from 1991 to 1994 and as a member of the Lincoln Parish School Board from 1994 to 2006.