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Brown was an easy winner in the [[general election]], 17,151 votes (64.1 percent) to Baker's 9,587 (35.9 percent). Baker had been the first Republican ever to contest the 32nd District seat. With the boundaries altered, the district for the first time elected a Republican state senator on November 17, 2007, when GOP businessman Neil Riser of Columbia in Caldwell Parish, defeated the Democratic candidate, Bryant Hammett of Ferriday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/#/2007-11-17/resultsRace/Legislative|title=Election Returns|date=November 17, 2007|publisher=voterportal.sos.la.gov|accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref> The Senate seat was vacated by the term-limited Democrat Noble Ellington of Winnsboro, who instead returned to the Louisiana House after an absence of twelve years.
Brown was an easy winner in the [[general election]], 17,151 votes (64.1 percent) to Baker's 9,587 (35.9 percent). Baker had been the first Republican ever to contest the 32nd District seat. With the boundaries altered, the district for the first time elected a Republican state senator on November 17, 2007, when GOP businessman Neil Riser of Columbia in Caldwell Parish, defeated the Democratic candidate, Bryant Hammett of Ferriday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/#/2007-11-17/resultsRace/Legislative|title=Election Returns|date=November 17, 2007|publisher=voterportal.sos.la.gov|accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref> The Senate seat was vacated by the term-limited Democrat Noble Ellington of Winnsboro, who instead returned to the Louisiana House after an absence of twelve years.
==Running for constitutional convention delegate==
==Race for constitutional convention delegate==
In August 1972, five months after he lost the state Senate race, Baker ran unsuccessfully in the nonpartisan race for delegate to the state constitutional convention, which met in [[Baton Rouge]] in 1973. It adopted a new constitution, which voters approved in a [[special election]] held in the spring of 1974.
In August 1972, five months after he lost the state Senate race, Baker ran unsuccessfully in the nonpartisan race for delegate to the state constitutional convention, which met in [[Baton Rouge]] in 1973. It adopted a new constitution, which voters approved in a [[special election]] held in the spring of 1974.