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Doerge was term-limited in 2011. In the primary election held on October 22, three Republicans, Ronnie Broughton making a second bid for the seat, businessman and former banker Gerald Holland of Springhill, and educator and businesswoman Jeri de Pingre of Minden, and a Democrat, [[Gene Reynolds]] of Dubberly, sought to succeed Doerge.<ref name=returns>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>
Doerge was term-limited in 2011. In the primary election held on October 22, three Republicans, Ronnie Broughton making a second bid for the seat, businessman and former banker Gerald Holland of Springhill, and educator and businesswoman Jeri de Pingre of Minden, and a Democrat, [[Gene Reynolds]] of Dubberly, sought to succeed Doerge.<ref name=returns>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>
In 2007, then [[U.S. Senator]] [[David Vitter]]'s campaign organization, the Louisiana Committee for a Republican Majority, has urged primary voters to support either Broughton or Holland but omitted de Pingre from the recommended choices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/a-look-at-the-la-races-targeted-by-vitter-group/040a85707eb64de5a2df981301da0733|title=A look at the La. races targeted by the Vitter group|date=August 4, 2011|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref> Area Democrats, including Doerge, endorsed Reynolds, who like Doerge is a former educator.
In 2007, then [[U.S. Senator]] [[David Vitter]]'s campaign organization, the Louisiana Committee for a Republican Majority, has urged primary voters to support either Broughton or Holland but omitted de Pingre from the recommended choices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/a-look-at-the-la-races-targeted-by-vitter-group/040a85707eb64de5a2df981301da0733|title=A look at the La. races targeted by the Vitter group|date=August 4, 2011|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=October 22, 2011; no longer on-line.}}</ref> Area Democrats, including Doerge, endorsed Reynolds, who like Doerge is a former educator.
Reynolds led the four-candidate field with 3,725 votes (39 percent), and de Pingre trailed with 2,498 votes (26.1 percent). Both candidates backed by Senator Vitter finished out of the running. Gerald Holland received 2,131 votes (22.3 percent), and Ronnie Broughton, Doerge's opponent from 2007, trailed with 1,205 votes (12.6 percent).<ref name=returns/>
Reynolds led the four-candidate field with 3,725 votes (39 percent), and de Pingre trailed with 2,498 votes (26.1 percent). Both candidates backed by Senator Vitter finished out of the running. Gerald Holland received 2,131 votes (22.3 percent), and Ronnie Broughton, Doerge's opponent from 2007, trailed with 1,205 votes (12.6 percent).<ref name=returns/>