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|name=Chet Derveloy Traylor​

|name=Chet Derveloy Traylor​

|office=[[Louisiana Supreme Court]] Associate Justice (Place 4)​

|office=[Associate Justice (Place 4) of the [Louisiana]] Supreme Court​

|term_start=January 1, 1997​

|term_start=January 1, 1997​

|term_end=May 31, 2009​

|term_end=May 31, 2009​

In 1985, Traylor was elected to the 5th Judicial District Court, which encompasses in Franklin, Richland, and West Carroll parishes. He remained a district judge until January 1, 1997, after his election in 1996 to the Louisiana Supreme Court, Place 4.<ref name=bio/>​

In 1985, Traylor was elected to the 5th Judicial District Court, which encompasses in Franklin, Richland, and West Carroll parishes. He remained a district judge until January 1, 1997, after his election in 1996 to the Louisiana Supreme Court, Place 4.<ref name=bio/>​

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===Louisiana Supreme Court===​

===Louisiana Supreme Court==

 

In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on September 21, 1996, Traylor as a Republican unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Joe Bleich of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] to win a ten-year term on state Supreme Court. Traylor polled 60,484 votes (53 percent) to Bleich's 53,098 (47 percent). Bleich, a former state representative, had served on the court since 1983.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 21, 1996.</ref>​

In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on September 21, 1996, Traylor as a Republican unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Joe Bleich of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] to win a ten-year term on state Supreme Court. Traylor polled 60,484 votes (53 percent) to Bleich's 53,098 (47 percent). Bleich, a former state representative, had served on the court since 1983.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 21, 1996.</ref>​

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