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Though he is a Democrat, Thompson broke party ranks in the 2003 gubernatorial primary to support [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate Huntington "Hunt" Downer of Houma in Terrebonne Parish, a former state House Speaker, who finished sixth in the balloting though he had the support of a cross-section of state legislators from both parties.
Though he is a Democrat, Thompson broke party ranks in the 2003 gubernatorial primary to support [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate Huntington "Hunt" Downer of Houma in Terrebonne Parish, a former state House Speaker, who finished sixth in the balloting though he had the support of a cross-section of state legislators from both parties.
In 2005, Francis Thompson was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.[13]
In 2005, Francis Thompson was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.[13] He was unopposed for reelecton to the Senate in 2015.
In 2017, Thompson successfully introduced legislation to name the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] in honor of the late state Representative Jimmy D. Long, who was among those instrumental in establishment of the institution through Long's chairmanship of the House Education Committee.
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