| − | Donelon was challenged for his second full term as commissioner in the primary held on October 22, 2011, by public-interest attorney Donald Carl Hodge, a Democrat from Lake Charles. During the campaign, questions arose about the ethics of the Department of Insurance, the high cost of insurance rates, and the amount of funds that Donelon received from insurance companies. Donelon, however, handily prevailed with 651,285 votes (67.5 percent) to Hodge's 313,931 (32.5 percent). | + | Donelon was challenged for his second full term as commissioner in the primary held on October 22, 2011, by public-interest attorney Donald Carl Hodge (born July 15, 1952), a Democrat from Lake Charles. During the campaign, questions arose about the ethics of the Department of Insurance, the high cost of insurance rates, and the amount of funds that Donelon received from insurance companies. The better-known Donelon, however, handily prevailed with 651,285 votes (67.5 percent) to Hodge's 313,931 (32.5 percent). |