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Though he trailed in the [[primary]] election for the state House, Wright in the runoff contest defeated fellow Republican and [[conservative]] political activist [[Rob Maness]], who had twice lost races for the [[United States Senate]] in 2014 and 2016 to [[Bill Cassidy]] and [[John Neely Kennedy]], respectively. Wright polled 4,368 votes (58 percent) in a low-turnout contest to Maness' 3,154 (42 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/|title=Election Returns|date=November 18, 2017|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 22, 2017}}</ref>
Though he trailed in the [[primary]] election for the state House, Wright in the runoff contest defeated fellow Republican and [[conservative]] political activist [[Rob Maness]], who had twice lost races for the [[United States Senate]] in 2014 and 2016 to [[Bill Cassidy]] and [[John Neely Kennedy]], respectively. Wright polled 4,368 votes (58 percent) in a low-turnout contest to Maness' 3,154 (42 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/|title=Election Returns|date=November 18, 2017|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 22, 2017}}</ref>
Wright overwhelmingly won a full term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019. With 14,860 votes (80 percent), he defeated the Democrat Beverly Johnson, who finished with 3,617 votes (20 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>
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