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Little defeated [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Buddy M. Quinn, a retired dentist, also from Bastrop, by a margin of nine votes in the general election held on November 17, 2007. Little polled 3,936 votes (50.06 percent) to Quinn's 3,927 (49.94 percent) for the right to succeed term-limited Representative Charles McDonald, a Democrat from Bastrop, which is included within the Monroe Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area. McDonald instead ran unsuccessfully for the Louisiana State Senate in the October 20 primary, having been defeated by another term-limited representative, Republican [[Mike Walsworth]] of West Monroe in Ouachita Parish.<ref>[http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071118/NEWS01/711180322 The News Star - www.thenewsstar.com - Monroe, LA<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Little defeated [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Buddy M. Quinn, a retired dentist, also from Bastrop, by a margin of nine votes in the general election held on November 17, 2007. Little polled 3,936 votes (50.06 percent) to Quinn's 3,927 (49.94 percent) for the right to succeed term-limited Representative Charles McDonald, a Democrat from Bastrop, which is included within the Monroe Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area. McDonald instead ran unsuccessfully for the Louisiana State Senate in the October 20 primary, having been defeated by another term-limited representative, Republican [[Mike Walsworth]] of West Monroe in Ouachita Parish.<ref>[http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071118/NEWS01/711180322 The News Star - www.thenewsstar.com - Monroe, LA<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Quinn won Morehouse Parish by 619 votes but trailed in Ouachita, West Carroll, and East Carroll, where portions of each parish are included in the district. Had the same number of voters who cast ballots in the attorney general's race also participated in the state representative contest, Quinn could have easily prevailed over Little, considering the 2-1 margin for successful Attorney General candidate Buddy Caldwell of Madison Parish over the Republican Royal Alexander of [[Shreveport]].<ref>http://bastrop.townnews.com/articles/2007/11/20/news/news84.txt</ref>

Quinn won Morehouse Parish by 619 votes but trailed in Ouachita, West Carroll, and East Carroll, where portions of each parish are included in the district. Had the same number of voters who cast ballots in the attorney general's race also participated in the state representative contest, Quinn could have easily prevailed over Little, considering the 2-1 margin for successful Attorney General candidate [[Buddy Caldwell]] of Madison Parish over the Republican [[Royal Alexander]] of [[Shreveport]].<ref>http://bastrop.townnews.com/articles/2007/11/20/news/news84.txt</ref>

Little had trailed in the higher-turnout October 20 primary, having received 4,479 (35 percent) to Quinn's 5,262 (41 percent). A second Republican, Stanley J. "Stan" Neathery, also of Bastrop, received 3,187 ballots (25 percent). Little lost 543 votes between the primary and the general election, but Quinn's tabulation decreased by 1,335.<ref>[http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms3&rqsdta=102007 Louisiana Secretary of State-Multi-Parish Elections Inquiry<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Little had trailed in the higher-turnout October 20 primary, having received 4,479 (35 percent) to Quinn's 5,262 (41 percent). A second Republican, Stanley J. "Stan" Neathery, also of Bastrop, received 3,187 ballots (25 percent). Little lost 543 votes between the primary and the general election, but Quinn's tabulation decreased by 1,335.<ref>[http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms3&rqsdta=102007 Louisiana Secretary of State-Multi-Parish Elections Inquiry<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>