| | '''John Calvin Fleming, Jr.''' (born July 5, 1951 in Meridian, [[Mississippi]]), is the [[Republican]] former U.S. Representative for [[Louisiana]]'s 4th congressional district, representing the cities of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], where he resides, and [[Shreveport]], DeRidder, Bossier City, and [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]. He was elected in 2008 by 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's U.S. House nomination. Milkovich, a conservative Democrat, resurfaced in 2015 to claim the District 38 seat in the Louisiana State Senate. | | '''John Calvin Fleming, Jr.''' (born July 5, 1951 in Meridian, [[Mississippi]]), is the [[Republican]] former U.S. Representative for [[Louisiana]]'s 4th congressional district, representing the cities of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], where he resides, and [[Shreveport]], DeRidder, Bossier City, and [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]. He was elected in 2008 by 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's U.S. House nomination. Milkovich, a conservative Democrat, resurfaced in 2015 to claim the District 38 seat in the Louisiana State Senate. |