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Milkovich won the general election on November 21, 2015, when he defeated the Republican Richard Burford of DeSoto Parish, a departing member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Milkovich led with 15,665 votes (52.4 percent) to Burford's 14,206 (47.6 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11212015/11212015_Legislative.html|title=Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}</ref>

Milkovich won the general election on November 21, 2015, when he defeated the Republican Richard Burford of DeSoto Parish, a departing member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Milkovich led with 15,665 votes (52.4 percent) to Burford's 14,206 (47.6 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11212015/11212015_Legislative.html|title=Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}</ref>

In his campaign, Milkovich advocated strong [[conservative]] social and economic positions which caused many to think he is a Republican.

In his campaign, Milkovich advocated strong [[conservative]] social and economic positions<ref name=ballot/> which caused many to think he is a Republican.

In 2008, Milkovich was an unsuccessful candidate for Louisiana's 4th congressional district seat; he lost the Democratic nomination to then Caddo Parish District Attorney Paul Carmouche, who in turn was narrowly defeated by Republican [[John Fleming]], a physician from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish.

In 2008, Milkovich was an unsuccessful candidate for Louisiana's 4th congressional district seat; he lost the Democratic nomination to then Caddo Parish District Attorney Paul Carmouche, who in turn was narrowly defeated by Republican [[John Fleming]], a physician from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish.

A native of Roundup, [[Montana]], Milkovich is a graduate of the Louisiana State University Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/John_Milkovich|title=John Milkovich|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 22, 2015}]</ref>

A native of Roundup, [[Montana]], Milkovich is a graduate of the Louisiana State University Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. He claims to have worked on behalf of "working families" for more than a quarter century.<ref name=ballot>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/John_Milkovich|title=John Milkovich|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}</ref>

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