In the second round of balloting in conjunction with the victory of the Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]] as [[governor]], Magee handily unseated Whitney, 4,978 votes (60.8 percent) to 3,206 votes (39.2 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 27, 2015}}</ref> Whitney was seeking her second term in the state House. She had been among the defeated candidates in the 2014 race for Louisiana's 6th congressional district seat, which was won by another Republican, [[Garret Graves]], who succeeded [[Bill Cassidy]] upon Cassidy's election to the [[United States Senate]] in the race against Democratic incumbent [[Mary Landrieu]]. | In the second round of balloting in conjunction with the victory of the Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]] as [[governor]], Magee handily unseated Whitney, 4,978 votes (60.8 percent) to 3,206 votes (39.2 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 27, 2015}}</ref> Whitney was seeking her second term in the state House. She had been among the defeated candidates in the 2014 race for Louisiana's 6th congressional district seat, which was won by another Republican, [[Garret Graves]], who succeeded [[Bill Cassidy]] upon Cassidy's election to the [[United States Senate]] in the race against Democratic incumbent [[Mary Landrieu]]. |