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In 1963, Michot, then forty-one, gave up his legislative seat to contest unsuccessfully the Democratic nomination for governor. He ran as a critic of the outgoing Davis administration and said that he would consider supporting [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] for the presidency in the 1964 general election against [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].<ref>William C. Havard, Rudolf Heberle, and [[Perry H. Howard]], ''The Louisiana Elections of 1960'', [[Baton Rouge]]: [[Louisiana State University]] Studies, 1963, pp. 99, 102.</ref>  Son Michael John "Mike" Michot, a former District 23 state senator from Lafayette, was born on December 12, 1963, just a week after the [[Governor|gubernatorial]] primary. Michot finished sixth in the gubernatorial primary.

In 1963, Michot, then forty-one, gave up his legislative seat to contest unsuccessfully the Democratic nomination for governor. He ran as a critic of the outgoing Davis administration and said that he would consider supporting [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] for the presidency in the 1964 general election against [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].<ref>William C. Havard, Rudolf Heberle, and [[Perry H. Howard]], ''The Louisiana Elections of 1960'', [[Baton Rouge]]: [[Louisiana State University]] Studies, 1963, pp. 99, 102.</ref>  Son Michael John "Mike" Michot, a former District 23 state senator from Lafayette, was born on December 12, 1963, just a week after the [[Governor|gubernatorial]] primary. Michot finished sixth in the gubernatorial primary.

In 1967–1968, Michot reentered the political arena and won a seat on the then 11-member Louisiana State Board of Education. Under the configuration then in place, he represented the former Second Louisiana Public Service Commission District. His board colleagues included subsequent board president [[Enoch T. Nix]] of [[Bossier City]].​ In 1971, Michot challenged incumbent Education Superintendent [[Bill Dodd]], who had also once been in the state legislature (1940–1948), lieutenant governor (1948–1952), state auditor (1956–1960), and a member of the Louisiana Board of Education (1960–1964). Michot and Dodd hence had both been in the legislature and on the State Board of Education.

In 1967–1968, Michot reentered the political arena and won a seat on the then 11-member Louisiana State Board of Education. Under the configuration then in place, he represented the former Second Louisiana Public Service Commission District. His board colleagues included subsequent board president [[Enoch T. Nix]] of [[Bossier City]].​ In 1971, Michot challenged incumbent Education Superintendent [[Bill Dodd]], who had also once been in the state legislature (1940–1948), lieutenant governor (1948–1952), state auditor (1956–1960), and a member of the Louisiana Board of Education (1960–1964).

 

Michot charged that Dodd had injected "cronyism" in the department and overloaded it with useless administrators. Michot used an apple as his logo, with the intention of putting students and teachers first in the educational process. He led in the primary balloting and forced Dodd into a second primary. The discouraged Dodd, however, withdrew from the runoff primary, and Michot became the automatic Democratic nominee. Michot then faced only the second Republican ever to contest the superintendency.

Michot charged that Dodd had injected "cronyism" in the department and overloaded it with useless administrators. Michot used an apple as his logo, with the intention of putting students and teachers first in the educational process. He led in the primary balloting and forced Dodd into a second primary. The discouraged Dodd, however, withdrew from the runoff primary, and Michot became the automatic Democratic nominee. Michot then faced only the second Republican ever to contest the superintendency.