| − | '''John Calvin Fleming, Jr.''' (born July 5, 1951 in Meridian, [[Mississippi]]) currently serves as the [[Republican]] U.S. Representative from [[Louisiana]]'s 4th congressional district, representing the cities of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] (Fleming's city of residence), [[Shreveport]], DeRidder, Bossier City, and Natchitoches. He was elected in 2008 by just 356 votes, the closest House race that year, when he defeated the Caddo Parish District Attorney Paul Carmouche, a [[Democrat]]. | + | '''John Calvin Fleming, Jr.''' (born July 5, 1951 in Meridian, [[Mississippi]]) currently serves as the [[Republican]] U.S. Representative from [[Louisiana]]'s 4th congressional district, representing the cities of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] (Fleming's city of residence), [[Shreveport]], DeRidder, Bossier City, and Natchitoches. He was elected in 2008 by just 356 votes, the closest House race that year, when he defeated the Caddo Parish District Attorney Paul Carmouche, a [[Democrat]]. Carmouche earlier had defeated fellow Democrat [[John Milkovich]] for the party nomination. Milkovich resurfaced in 2015 to claim the District 38 seat in the Louisiana State Senate. |
| − | Fleming, a physician and businessman, currently serves on the Armed Services Committee and Natural Resources Committee. He faces no [[Democrat]] opposition in the November 6 [[general election]]. | + | Fleming, a physician and businessman, currently serves on the Armed Services Committee and Natural Resources Committee. |
| | Fleming's predecessors in the Fourth District seat are Republican [[Jim McCrery]] and Democrats [[Buddy Roemer]], Claude "Buddy" Leach, and [[Joe Waggonner]]. | | Fleming's predecessors in the Fourth District seat are Republican [[Jim McCrery]] and Democrats [[Buddy Roemer]], Claude "Buddy" Leach, and [[Joe Waggonner]]. |