Block, Upload, Automoderated users, edit, move, protect, rollback
57,799
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 39:
Line 39: − + +
→Background
From 1970 to 1987, Lynn was affiliated with the former Louisiana Bank and Trust Company in Shreveport]].<ref name=lynnobit>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=181679727|title=Bruce Lynn-obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=January 18, 2017}}</ref>
From 1970 to 1987, Lynn was affiliated with the former Louisiana Bank and Trust Company in Shreveport]].<ref name=lynnobit>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=181679727|title=Bruce Lynn-obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=January 18, 2017}}</ref>
==Legislative elections==
==-Legislative elections==
Lynn first filed to run in 1971 as a Republican for the District 1 seat (parts of Caddo and Bossier parishes) in the state legislature, but he withdrew after [[Jimmy Wilson]] won the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] nomination for that seat. Wilson was a former mayor of Vivian in Caddo Parish, where he and Lynn had served together on the North Caddo Hospital Board. In 1975, Wilson relinquished the state House seat to run unsuccessfully for the Louisiana State Senate] He lost to his then fellow Democrat [[Don Williamson]]. Both Wilson and Williamson later became Republicans.
Lynn first filed to run in 1971 as a Republican for the District 1 seat (parts of Caddo and Bossier parishes) in the state legislature, but he withdrew after [[Jimmy Wilson]] won the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] nomination for that seat. Wilson was a former mayor of Vivian in Caddo Parish, where he and Lynn had served together on the North Caddo Hospital Board. In 1975, Wilson relinquished the state House seat to run unsuccessfully for the Louisiana State Senate] He lost to his then fellow Democrat [[Don Williamson]]. Both Wilson and Williamson later became Republicans.