| | |title=Frank A. Howard's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 14, 2019}}</ref> | | |title=Frank A. Howard's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 14, 2019}}</ref> |
| − | Howard won his last permitted reelection to the state House in the primary election held on October 24, 2015. He defeated a fellow Republican, Rodney Schamerhorn of Leesville in Vernon Parish, 7,274 votes (58.7 percent) to 5,109 (41.3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref> The in 2019, in a reversal of fortunes, Schamerhorn won the seat outright and will succeed his former opponent on Januuary 13, 2020. | + | Howard won his last permitted reelection to the state House in the primary election held on October 24, 2015. He defeated a fellow Republican, [[Rodney Schamerhorn]] of Leesville in Vernon Parish, 7,274 votes (58.7 percent) to 5,109 (41.3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref> The in 2019, in a reversal of fortunes, Schamerhorn won the seat outright and will succeed his former opponent on Januuary 13, 2020. |