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Swearingen was elected to the Senate in 1979 to succeed Democrat Henry Lawrence Gibbs, Jr. (1919–1993). In his third and last election to the state senate in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 1987, Swearingen easily defeated the [[real estate]] figure and fellow Democrat [[Fred Huenefeld]], also of Monroe, 26,087 (77.6 percent) to 7,521 (22.4 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>
Swearingen was elected to the Senate in 1979 to succeed Democrat Henry Lawrence Gibbs, Jr. (1919–1993). In his third and last election to the state senate in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 1987, Swearingen easily defeated the [[real estate]] figure and fellow Democrat [[Fred Huenefeld]], also of Monroe, 26,087 (77.6 percent) to 7,521 (22.4 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>
Upon his resignation from the Senate in 1991 to become the ULM president, Swearingen was briefly succeeded by former state Representative John Clifford Ensminger, Jr., a [[conservative]] Democrat who switched to Republican affiliation while serving in the House in 1985.<ref name=senate/>
Upon his resignation from the Senate in 1991 to become the ULM president, Swearingen was briefly succeeded by former state Representative John Clifford Ensminger, Sr., a [[conservative]] Democrat who switched to Republican affiliation while serving in the House in 1985.<ref name=senate/>