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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/>  

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>  

In 1994, Milkovich was the attorney in an unusual case for James Marvin Monds (born December 1963) of Keithville in Caddo Parish, 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.

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.