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In 1984, Ross challenged the two-term incumbent [[U.S. Senator]] [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], of [[Shreveport]]. Several minor candidates filed against Johnston in the primary but none made a showing. Some Republicans had encouraged Treen to make the race, but he demurred after his lopsided loss the previous year for governor. Ross therefore ran as the best-known of the Republican candidates against Johnston. The tally was 838,181 votes (85.7 percent) for Johnston and 86,546 votes (8.9 percent) for Ross.  

In 1984, Ross challenged the two-term incumbent [[U.S. Senator]] [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], of [[Shreveport]]. Several minor candidates filed against Johnston in the primary but none made a showing. Some Republicans had encouraged Treen to make the race, but he demurred after his lopsided loss the previous year for governor. Ross therefore ran as the best-known of the Republican candidates against Johnston. The tally was 838,181 votes (85.7 percent) for Johnston and 86,546 votes (8.9 percent) for Ross.  

When U.S. Senator Russell B. Long retired, Ross entered the primary in September 1986 to choose a successor. He finished far to the rear, as two members of the United States House of Representatives, Republican W. Henson Moore, III, of [[Baton Rouge]] and Democrat John B. Breaux of Crowley, the seat of Acadia Parish, secured general election berths. Breaux went on to defeat Moore and held the seat for eighteen years until he retired in January 2005.  

When U.S. Senator Russell B. Long retired, Ross entered the primary in September 1986 to choose a successor. He finished far to the rear, as two members of the United States House of Representatives, Republican W. Henson Moore, III, of [[Baton Rouge]] and Democrat [[John Breaux]] of Crowley in Acadia Parish, secured general election berths. Breaux went on to defeat Moore by 77,000 votes and held the seat for eighteen years until he retired in January 2005.  

In October 2002, Ross ran for mayor of Mangham, but he polled only ten votes, or 7 percent of the total against the incumbent [[Democrat]], Robert Neal Harwell, who received 141 votes (93 percent). Ross had quarreled with Harwell and the village council over water-related issues when he made his mayoral bid. In 1990, a Republican, Royce Vernon Lowery (born September 1927), was elected to the Mangham village council, while the Republican Mayor [[Frellsen Reese]] was retiring after a decade in the position. In addition to Lowery, the council then had two Democratic members and two no-party aldermen.  

In October 2002, Ross ran for mayor of Mangham, but he polled only ten votes, or 7 percent of the total against the incumbent [[Democrat]], Robert Neal Harwell, who received 141 votes (93 percent). Ross had quarreled with Harwell and the village council over water-related issues when he made his mayoral bid. In 1990, a Republican, Royce Vernon Lowery (born September 1927), was elected to the Mangham village council, while the Republican Mayor [[Frellsen Reese]] was retiring after a decade in the position. In addition to Lowery, the council then had two Democratic members and two no-party aldermen.