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==Political and civic activities==
==Political and civic activities==
McMains entered the nonpartisan blanket primary on October 19, 1991, against four opponents seeking to succeed the retiring District 69 State Representative [Edward Clark Gaudin, the first Republican legislator from East Baton Rouge Parish since [[Reconstruction]]. McMains led the primary balloting with 4,600 votes (38 percent). Fellow Republican James "Jim" Talbot finished second with 3,729 ballots (31 percent); in third place was Republican Jefferson Mark "Jeff" Angers, with 2,908 ballots (24 percent). Angers (born 1962) is the son of the late [[conservative]] [[journalist]] [[Robert Angers]]. Only 7 percent of voters in the heavily Republican 69th District voted Democratic, with their ballots split among two minor candidates.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref>
McMains entered the nonpartisan blanket primary on October 19, 1991, against four opponents seeking to succeed the retiring District 69 State Representative Edward Clark Gaudin, the first Republican legislator from East Baton Rouge Parish since [[Reconstruction]]. McMains led the primary balloting with 4,600 votes (38 percent). Fellow Republican James "Jim" Talbot finished second with 3,729 ballots (31 percent); in third place was Republican Jefferson Mark "Jeff" Angers, with 2,908 ballots (24 percent). Angers (born 1962) is the son of the late [[conservative]] [[journalist]] [[Robert Angers]]. Only 7 percent of voters in the heavily Republican 69th District voted Democratic, with their ballots split among two minor candidates.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref>
In the second balloting on November 16, 1991, McMains defeated Talbot, 7,015 (53 percent) to 6,314 (47 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref> McMains was reelected in the 1995 primary with 10,502 votes (87 percent) to the Democrat Tommy L. Reese's 1,524 ballots (13 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref>McMains was unopposed for his third term in 1999<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>
In the second balloting on November 16, 1991, McMains defeated Talbot, 7,015 (53 percent) to 6,314 (47 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref> McMains was reelected in the 1995 primary with 10,502 votes (87 percent) to the Democrat Tommy L. Reese's 1,524 ballots (13 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref>McMains was unopposed for his third term in 1999<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>