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Line 1: − 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 [[conservative]] social and economic views in sharp contrast to his party.<ref name=ballot/> + − − 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. + + + + + + + +
Added new info on 1994 criminal case in which Milkovich made wild charges against the DA
'''John Charles Milkovich''' (born May 1957)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=629384|title=John Milkovich, May 1957|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] member of the Louisiana State Senate. On January 11, 2016, he succeeded the term-limited District 38 [[Moderate Republican]] Sherri Smith Cheek Buffington, who completed three terms in the chamber, having first been elected in 2003.
'''John Charles Milkovich''' (born May 1957)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=629384|title=John Milkovich, May 1957|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] member of the Louisiana State Senate. On January 11, 2016, he succeeded the term-limited District 38 [[Moderate Republican]] Sherri Smith Cheek Buffington, who completed three terms in the chamber, having first been elected in 2003.
==Background==
A native of rural Roundup in Musselshell County in central [[Montana]], young Milkovich worked on cattle ranches and in roofing and painting. He attended the [[University of Chicago]]. In 1979, he graduated from the University of Montana and thereafter the Louisiana State University Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]], at which he worked on ''The Louisiana Law Review''. He claims to have been committed to "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>
A native of rural Roundup in Musselshell County in central [[Montana]], young Milkovich worked on cattle ranches and in roofing and painting. He attended the [[University of Chicago]]. In 1979, he graduated from the University of Montana and thereafter the Louisiana State University Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]], at which he worked on ''The Louisiana Law Review''. He claims to have been committed to "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>
He and his wife, Carola, a former teacher whom he wed in 1985, have a daughter, Sarah; the couple resides in Keithville in south Caddo Parish. He is an active member of the First Assembly of God Church in Shreveport under the prominent pastor Denny Duron. He has worked in Sunday school and the prison ministry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://johnmilkovichforcongress.com/about_john.html|title=About John Milkovich|publisher=johnmilkovichforcongress.com|accessdate=December 4, 2015}}</ref>
He and his wife, Carola, a former teacher whom he wed in 1985, have a daughter, Sarah; the couple resides in Keithville in south Caddo Parish. He is an active member of the First Assembly of God Church in Shreveport under the prominent pastor Denny Duron. He has worked in Sunday school and the prison ministry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://johnmilkovichforcongress.com/about_john.html|title=About John Milkovich|publisher=johnmilkovichforcongress.com|accessdate=December 4, 2015}}</ref>
==Career==
Milkovich won the senatorial 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 [[conservative]] social and economic views in sharp contrast to his party.<ref name=ballot/>
In 1994, Milkovich was the attorney in an unusual case for James Marvin Monds (born December 1963), who was released after serving nearly nine years for the [[murder]] of Vicki Thomas. The Louisiana Court of Appeal ruled insufficient evidence existed to continue to incarcerate Monds. Milkovich accused the presiding judge in the case, Graydon K. Kitchens, Jr., of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish and then District Attorney Henry Newton Brown, Jr., of Bossier City, later a circuit judge, of having engaged in serious legal errors in the case. Milkovich accused Judge Kitchens of trying to block testimony which would have cleared Monds, and he accused Brown and Monds' former wife, Shea, of plotting the killing of Thomas.<ref>Danny Anderson, "Lawyer: Death No Puzzle," ''Minden Press-Herald'', May 5, 1994, pp. 1-2.</ref> The charge against Brown was quickly repudiated by James Bullers, who succeeded Brown as district attorney of Bossier and Webster parishes: "The theory was and is so ridiculous that it's almost unbelievable. I personally believe that Milkovich is totally obsessed with Henry Brown. I really don't know if he believes it himself."<ref>Pat Culverhouse, "Bullers rejects theory: nothing new," ''Minden Press-Herald'', May 6, 1994, p. 1.</ref>
Fourteen years after the Monds case, Milkovich was an unsuccessful candidate in 2008 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 in the runoff contest by Republican [[John Fleming]], a physician from Minden. The seat is now held by Republican James Michael "Mike" Johnson of Benton in Bossier Parish.
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