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In 2015, Amoroso lost by seventy-two votes in a special election to fill the District 62 state legislative seat vacated by Hunter Vann Greene, who resigned to become a family court judge. Amoroso lost to the [[Moderate Republican]] Darrell Paul Ourso. The two differed over taxation and the [[Common Core]] State Standards Initiative. Ourso vowed to exercise flexibility in approaches to balance the state budget, a position that the anti-tax Amoroso dismissed out of hand. Ourso said that Common Core should be the prerogative of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; Amoroso favored repealing Common Core in the legislature and the use of state standards and examinations. Ourso did not answer the questionnaire submitted by the conservative Louisiana Family Forum, whereas Amoroso expressed his agreement with that organization. Amoroso lived in the Lake Sherwood Acres neighborhood. In addition to his work on the Metro Council, Amoroso was a founder of the anti-tax advocacy group, Tax Busters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/elections/11963565-123/darrell-ourso-wins-louisiana-house|title=Darrell Ourso wins Louisiana House seat for Southeast Baton Rouge: 72 votes lead to victory over Amoroso|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=March 28, 2015|accessdate=July 9, 2018}}</ref>

In 2015, Amoroso lost by seventy-two votes in a special election to fill the District 62 state legislative seat vacated by Hunter Vann Greene, who resigned to become a family court judge. Amoroso lost to the [[Moderate Republican]] Darrell Paul Ourso. The two differed over taxation and the [[Common Core]] State Standards Initiative. Ourso vowed to exercise flexibility in approaches to balance the state budget, a position that the anti-tax Amoroso dismissed out of hand. Ourso said that Common Core should be the prerogative of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; Amoroso favored repealing Common Core in the legislature and the use of state standards and examinations. Ourso did not answer the questionnaire submitted by the conservative Louisiana Family Forum, whereas Amoroso expressed his agreement with that organization. Amoroso lived in the Lake Sherwood Acres neighborhood. In addition to his work on the Metro Council, Amoroso was a founder of the anti-tax advocacy group, Tax Busters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/elections/11963565-123/darrell-ourso-wins-louisiana-house|title=Darrell Ourso wins Louisiana House seat for Southeast Baton Rouge: 72 votes lead to victory over Amoroso|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=March 28, 2015|accessdate=July 9, 2018}}</ref>

urso received 1,958 votes (50.9 percent); Amoroso, 1,886 (49.1 percent). Only 12.5 percent of registered voters came to the polls, according to then Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]].<ref>{{cite web|url=

Ourso received 1,958 votes (50.9 percent); Amoroso, 1,886 (49.1 percent). Only 12.5 percent of registered voters came to the polls, according to then Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]].<ref>{{cite web|url=

http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/03282015/03282015_MultiParish.html|title=Election Returns|date=March 28, 2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=July 9, 2018}}</ref> The House seat is now held by Republican [[Rick Edmonds]], a conservative who unseated Ourso in the regular 2015 election. Edmonds is currently a candidate to succeed Schedler as secretary of state.

http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/03282015/03282015_MultiParish.html|title=Election Returns|date=March 28, 2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=July 9, 2018}}</ref> The House seat is now held by Republican [[Rick Edmonds]], a conservative who unseated Ourso in the regular 2015 election. Edmonds is currently a candidate to succeed Schedler as secretary of state.