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→Running for lieutenant governor, 1972
Recruited to run for office by both political parties, he chose the more difficult route in Arkansas: the fledgling Republican Party. It was not even until he ran for lieutenant governor in 1972 that his state party had even won its first presidential election since [[Reconstruction]].
Recruited to run for office by both political parties, he chose the more difficult route in Arkansas: the fledgling Republican Party. It was not even until he ran for lieutenant governor in 1972 that his state party had even won its first presidential election since [[Reconstruction]].
When he announced that he would seek the office of lieutenant governor, Coon was in his third year as a biology instructor at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (then West Ark Community College) in Sebastian County in western Arkansas, the more politically [[conservative]] part of the state. He challenged Democratic incumbent Bob C. Riley(1924-1994), a professor from Ouachita Baptist University, located in Arkadelphia in Clark County in south central Arkansas. [http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2458&type=Category&item=Education] Having lost an eye in [[World War II]], Riley wore a trademark black patch. ["Arkansas Gazette", Little Rock, Arkansas, November 5, 1972] He claimed on several occasions not even "to know" Coon when the Republican entered the race. [''Pine Bluff Commercial,'' November 4, 1972.]
When he announced that he would seek the office of lieutenant governor, Coon was in his third year as a biology instructor at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (then West Ark Community College) in Sebastian County in western Arkansas, the more politically [[conservative]] part of the state. He challenged Democratic incumbent Bob C. Riley(1924-1994), a professor from Ouachita Baptist University, located in Arkadelphia in Clark County in south central Arkansas. [http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2458&type=Category&item=Education] Having lost an eye in [[World War II]], Riley wore a trademark black patch. ["Arkansas Gazette", Little Rock, Arkansas, November 5, 1972] He claimed on several occasions not even "to know" Coon when the Republican entered the race against him.<ref>''Pine Bluff Commercial,'' November 4, 1972.</ref>
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