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Claitor was an unsuccessful candidate for the open seat for Louisiana's 6th congressional district in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on November 4, 2014, in conjunction with the regular [[general election]]s in the other forty-nine states. The congressional seat was vacated by Bill Cassidy, Claitor's predecessor in the state Senate, who instead ran successfully to unseat [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]]. Claitor's intra-party opponents were [[Garret Graves]], then state Representative [[Lenar Whitney]] and Paul Deitzel, II, of Baton Rouge, namesake grandson of the [[Louisiana State University]] [[football]] coach and athletic director Paul Dietzel, I.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/opinion/8067542-123/washington-watch-handicapping-the-6th|author=Jordan Blum|title=Washington Watch: Handicapping the 6th District race, January 24, 2014|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=February 5, 2014}}</ref>  

Claitor was an unsuccessful candidate for the open seat for Louisiana's 6th congressional district in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on November 4, 2014, in conjunction with the regular [[general election]]s in the other forty-nine states. The congressional seat was vacated by Bill Cassidy, Claitor's predecessor in the state Senate, who instead ran successfully to unseat [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]]. Claitor's intra-party opponents were [[Garret Graves]], then state Representative [[Lenar Whitney]] and Paul Deitzel, II, of Baton Rouge, namesake grandson of the [[Louisiana State University]] [[football]] coach and athletic director Paul Dietzel, I.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/opinion/8067542-123/washington-watch-handicapping-the-6th|author=Jordan Blum|title=Washington Watch: Handicapping the 6th District race, January 24, 2014|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=February 5, 2014}}</ref>  

A Democrat, then 87-year-old [[Edwin Edwards]], ex-convict, former four-time governor and four-time representative of Louisiana's since defunct 7th congressional district,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-19/edwin-edwards-is-running-for-congress.html |title=Ex-Con Ex-Governor Running for Congress|author=Albert R. Hunt|publisher=Bloomberg|date=February 19, 2014 |accessdate=October 15, 2019}}</ref> led the primary field with 77,862 votes (30.1 percent), but later lost the general election to the runner-up in the primary, Garret Graves, who received in the primary 70,706 (27.4 percent) in the primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 4, 2014.</ref>​

A Democrat, then 87-year-old [[Edwin Edwards]], ex-convict, former four-time governor and four-time representative of Louisiana's since defunct 7th congressional district,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-19/edwin-edwards-is-running-for-congress.html |title=Ex-Con Ex-Governor Running for Congress: Edwin Edwards, the most colorful Louisiana politician since Huey Long is running for Congress|author=Albert R. Hunt|publisher=Bloomberg.com|date=February 19, 2014 |accessdate=October 15, 2019}}</ref> led the primary field with 77,862 votes (30.1 percent), but later lost the general election to the runner-up in the primary, Garret Graves, who received in the primary 70,706 (27.4 percent) in the primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 4, 2014.</ref>​

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==Background==