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In 2015, Amoroso lost by seventy-two votes in a special election to fill the District 62 state legislative seat vacated by [[Hunter Greene]], who resigned to become a family court judge. Amoroso lost to the [[Moderate Republican]] Darrell Paul Ourso. The two differed over taxation and the [[Common Core]] State Standards Initiative. Ourso vowed to exercise flexibility in approaches to balance the state budget, a position that the anti-tax Amoroso dismissed out of hand. Ourso said that Common Core should be the prerogative of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; Amoroso favored repealing Common Core in the legislature and the use of state standards and examinations. Ourso did not answer the questionnaire submitted by the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum, whereas Amoroso expressed his agreement with that organization. Amoroso lived in the Lake Sherwood Acres neighborhood. In addition to his work on the Metro Council, Amoroso was a founder of the anti-tax advocacy group, Tax Busters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/elections/11963565-123/darrell-ourso-wins-louisiana-house|title=Darrell Ourso wins Louisiana House seat for Southeast Baton Rouge: 72 votes lead to victory over Amoroso|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=March 28, 2015|accessdate=July 9, 2018}}</ref>

In 2015, Amoroso lost by seventy-two votes in a special election to fill the District 62 state legislative seat vacated by [[Hunter Greene]], who resigned to become a family court judge. Amoroso lost to the [[Moderate Republican]] Darrell Paul Ourso. The two differed over taxation and the [[Common Core]] State Standards Initiative. Ourso vowed to exercise flexibility in approaches to balance the state budget, a position that the anti-tax Amoroso dismissed out of hand. Ourso said that Common Core should be the prerogative of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; Amoroso favored repealing Common Core in the legislature and the use of state standards and examinations. Ourso did not answer the questionnaire submitted by the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum, whereas Amoroso expressed his agreement with that organization. Amoroso lived in the Lake Sherwood Acres neighborhood. In addition to his work on the Metro Council, Amoroso was a founder of the anti-tax advocacy group, Tax Busters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/elections/11963565-123/darrell-ourso-wins-louisiana-house|title=Darrell Ourso wins Louisiana House seat for Southeast Baton Rouge: 72 votes lead to victory over Amoroso|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=March 28, 2015|accessdate=July 9, 2018}}</ref>

Ourso received 1,958 votes (50.9 percent); Amoroso, 1,886 (49.1 percent). Only 12.5 percent of registered voters came to the polls, according to then Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]].<ref>{{cite web|url=

Ourso received 1,958 votes (50.9 percent); Amoroso, 1,886 (49.1 percent). Only 12.5 percent of registered voters came to the polls, according to then Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]].<ref>{{cite web|url=

http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/03282015/03282015_MultiParish.html|title=Election Returns|date=March 28, 2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=July 9, 2018}}</ref> The House seat is now held by Republican [[Rick Edmonds]], a conservative who unseated Ourso in the regular 2015 election. Edmonds is currently a candidate to succeed Schedler as secretary of state.

http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/03282015/03282015_MultiParish.html|title=Election Returns|date=March 28, 2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=July 9, 2018}}</ref> The House seat is now held by Republican [[Rick Edmonds]], a conservative who unseated Ourso in the regular 2015 election. Edmonds, meanwhile, ran unsuccessfully to succeed Schedler as secretary of state.

==Death by bicycle crash==

==Death by bicycle crash==