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==2015 campaign==
==2015 campaign==
Donelon defeated opposition in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 2015, from a Democrat, Charlotte McDaniel McGehee, an attorney in Baton Rouge who carried the endorsement of the Louisiana Democratic Party, and a fellow Republican, Matt David Parker (born September 1957), a veteran of the [[United States Air Force]] and an automobile body shop owner in his native [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana. Matt Parker, who is running for the state Senate in 2019, claimed that his opponent, Donelon, had failed to keep down insurance rates in the state, with homeowners rates in Louisiana nearly double the national average and premiums up by more than a third since 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mattparkerforlouisiana.com/|title=Matt Parker: Insurance Commissioner|publisher=mattparkerforlouisiana.com|accessdate=September 8, 2015}}</ref> A second Democrat also ran for the position, Donald Hodge, Jr., of Baton Rouge, son of the 2011 candidate.
Donelon defeated opposition in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 2015, from a Democrat, Charlotte McDaniel McGehee, an attorney in Baton Rouge who carried the endorsement of the Louisiana Democratic Party, and a fellow Republican, Matt David Parker (born September 1957), a veteran of the [[United States Air Force]] and an automobile body shop owner in his native [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana. Matt Parker claimed that his opponent, Donelon, had failed to keep down insurance rates in the state, with homeowners rates in Louisiana nearly double the national average and premiums up by more than a third since 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mattparkerforlouisiana.com/|title=Matt Parker: Insurance Commissioner|publisher=mattparkerforlouisiana.com|accessdate=September 8, 2015; no longer on-line.}}</ref> A second Democrat also ran for the position, Donald Hodge, Jr., of Baton Rouge, son of the 2011 candidate.
Donelon led the four candidate field with 561,382 votes (53.5 percent) to McGehee's 199,371 (19 percent), Parker's 147,481 (14.1 percent), and Hodge's 140,491 (13.4 percent).
Donelon led the four candidate field with 561,382 votes (53.5 percent) to McGehee's 199,371 (19 percent), Parker's 147,481 (14.1 percent), and Hodge's 140,491 (13.4 percent).