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One of Dunn's legislative colleagues was Richard Harmon Drew, Sr. (1917-1995), of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish. Drew's son, Louisiana Circuit Court [[Judge]] Harmon Drew, Jr., said that his father considered Dunn one of the hardest working and overall best legislators in Baton Rouge. Their terms coincided from 1972 to 1978, when the senior Drew returned to his previous post of Minden municipal judge.

One of Dunn's legislative colleagues was Richard Harmon Drew, Sr. (1917-1995), of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish. Drew's son, Louisiana Circuit Court [[Judge]] Harmon Drew, Jr., said that his father considered Dunn one of the hardest working and overall best legislators in Baton Rouge. Their terms coincided from 1972 to 1978, when the senior Drew returned to his previous post of Minden municipal judge.

=="Didn't get enough votes", 1980==

==1980 congressional race==

Though he maintains Democratic affiliation, Dunn endorsed Republican President [[Gerald Ford]], in the 1976 presidential election. In 1980, he ran for the 4th congressional district seat then held for a single term by former Representative Anthony Claude "Buddy" Leach, Jr., then of Leesville in Vernon Parish in western Louisiana. He finished fifth among the six candidates, including former state Senator Cecil Kay Carter, Jr. (1929-1987), of Shreveport, then state Senator Foster Campbell of Bossier Parish, and state Representative Loy Frank Weaver of Claiborne Parish.

Though he maintains Democratic affiliation, Dunn endorsed Republican President [[Gerald Ford]], in the 1976 presidential election. In 1980, he ran for the 4th congressional district seat then held for a single term by former Representative Anthony Claude "Buddy" Leach, Jr., then of Leesville in Vernon Parish in western Louisiana. He finished fifth among the six candidates, including former state Senator Cecil Kay Carter, Jr. (1929-1987), of Shreveport, then state Senator Foster Campbell of Bossier Parish, and state Representative Loy Frank Weaver of Claiborne Parish.

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The seat was won by Buddy Roemer, who unseated Leach in the runoff election; technically, the general election held on the same day that [[Ronald W. Reagan]] unseated Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] for the presidency. When asked about his congressional race, the tight-lipped Dunn said simply, "I did not get enough votes." He declined to support either Leach or Roemer in the second round of balloting. Dunn received 8,208 ballots (6.7 percent). As predicted by some Republicans, Dunn polled more than enough votes to keep the Republican candidate,[James H. "Jimmy" Wilson of Vivian, from a first- or second-place primary finish, presuming that Dunn voters' second choice in most cases may have been Wilson because the two shared ideas of fiscal conservatism.  

The seat was won by Buddy Roemer, who unseated Leach in the runoff election; technically, the general election held on the same day that [[Ronald W. Reagan]] unseated Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] for the presidency. When asked about his congressional race, the tight-lipped Dunn said simply, "I did not get enough votes." He declined to support either Leach or Roemer in the second round of balloting. Dunn received 8,208 ballots (6.7 percent). As predicted by some Republicans, Dunn polled more than enough votes to have kept the Republican candidate, James H. "Jimmy" Wilson (1931-1986) of Vivian, from a first- or second-place primary finish, presuming that Dunn voters' second choice in most cases may have been Wilson because the two shared ideas of fiscal conservatism.  

Dunn retired in 2010 from the administrator's position at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum and was succeeded by Wayne Waddell, who resigned from the Louisiana House of Representatives to accept the position. Dunn later became a registered [[Independent]] voter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx?galogin=voter|title=George Dunn, September 1928|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=January 20, 2015}}</ref>

Dunn retired in 2010 from the administrator's position at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum and was succeeded by Wayne Waddell, who resigned from the Louisiana House of Representatives to accept the position. Dunn later became a registered [[Independent]] voter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx?galogin=voter|title=George Dunn, September 1928|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=January 20, 2015}}</ref>