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'''Lelon Luther Kenney''' (March 25, 1935<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/lelon-kenney/e439624631262|title=Lelon Kenney|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=June 24, 2018}}</ref> &ndash; June 18, 2018),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=lelon-kenney&pid=189366501&fhid=38115|title=Lelon Kenney|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=June 23, 2018|accessdate=June 24, 2018}}</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[educator]] from Caldwell Parish in northeastern [[Louisiana]], who represented District 20 in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1996 to 2008. He was preceded and succeeded in his House seat by Democrat (later [[Republican Party|Republican]]) Noble Edward Ellington, II, from Winnsboro in Franklin Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Historial Membership of Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020|publisher=House.louisiana.gov|accessdate=June 24, 2018}}</ref>

'''Lelon Luther Kenney''' (March 25, 1935<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/lelon-kenney/e439624631262|title=Lelon Kenney|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=June 24, 2018}}</ref> &ndash; June 18, 2018),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=lelon-kenney&pid=189366501&fhid=38115|title=Lelon Kenney|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=June 23, 2018|accessdate=June 24, 2018}}</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] farmer and civic figure from Caldwell Parish in northeastern [[Louisiana]], who represented District 20 in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1996 to 2008. He was preceded and succeeded in his House seat by Democrat (later [[Republican Party|Republican]]) Noble Edward Ellington, II, from Winnsboro in Franklin Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Historial Membership of Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020|publisher=House.louisiana.gov|accessdate=June 24, 2018}}</ref>

House District 20 includes all or portions of Caldwell, Franklin, Catahoula, LaSalle, and Tensas parishes in the northeastern section of Louisiana. In the nonpartisan blanket primary in 1995, in which five Democratic candidates sought the position, Kenney trailed fellow Democrat, Billy Wayne Cobb (born November 23, 1946) of Winnsboro, 4,194 (23 percent) to 5,632 (32 percent). In the ensuing runoff election, Kenney defeated Cobb, 9,150 (53 percent) to 8,217 (47 percent). Kenney won election in 1999 over fellow Democrat Roger Edward Beall (born July 11, 1939) of Winnsboro, 9,315 (69 percent) to 4,269 (31 percent). In 2003, after finishing with 46 percent of the ballots cast in the first round of voting, Kenney won a lopsided runoff contest with former opponent Roger Beall, 8,686 (63 percent) to 5,064 (37 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 15, 2003|accessdate=June 24, 2018|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State}}</ref>

House District 20 includes all or portions of Caldwell, Franklin, Catahoula, LaSalle, and Tensas parishes in the northeastern section of Louisiana. In the nonpartisan blanket primary in October 1995, in which five Democratic candidates sought the position, Kenney trailed fellow Democrat, Billy Wayne Cobb (born November 23, 1946) of Winnsboro, 4,194 (23 percent) to 5,632 (32 percent). In the ensuing runoff election in November, Kenney defeated Cobb, 9,150 (53 percent) to 8,217 (47 percent). Kenney won election in 1999 over fellow Democrat Roger Edward Beall (born July 11, 1939) of Winnsboro, 9,315 (69 percent) to 4,269 (31 percent). In 2003, after finishing with 46 percent of the ballots cast in the first round of voting, Kenney won a lopsided runoff contest with former opponent Roger Beall, 8,686 (63 percent) to 5,064 (37 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 15, 2003|accessdate=June 24, 2018|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State}}</ref>

Kenney was term-limited in the primary held on October 20, 2007. The seat is currently held by the Republican [[Steve Pylant]], a former sheriff of Franklin Parish.

Kenney was term-limited in the legislative primary held on October 20, 2007. The seat is currently held by the Republican [[Steve Pylant]], a former sheriff of Franklin Parish.

Kenney died at the age of eighty-three in Fayetteville, [[North Carolina]].

The son of Bud and Lucille Kenney, Lelon Kenney and his wife, Loretta, had two daughters, Pamela (deceased) and Sherry Kenney. He died at the age of eighty-three. A [[Southern Baptist]], he is interred at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Caldwell Parish.<ref name=obit/>

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