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==Political overview==
==Political overview==
Richey was a [[conservative]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for a single term from 1976 to 1980 and the state Senate from 1980 to 1984). He left the Democrats in 1984 because of the party's stance in encouraging [[abortion]]s. Richey first became an [[Independent]] and in 1994 switched to the GOP, when the party won majorities in the U.S. Congress for the first time since 1952. In 2004, Richey was elected to the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee from state Representative District 61 in East Baton Rouge Parish. He defeated an [[African-American]], Kirt Bennett (1967-2010), in a vote of 102 to 65 in a low-turnout [[closed primary]]. Bennett had been an unsuccessful candidate in 2003 for lieutenant governor., a post won instead by [[Mitch Landrieu]]. [2] Richey was reelected to the central committee in the primary held on February 9, 2008, when he defeated Cyrus Greco, 414 (57 percent) to 313 (43 percent). [3]
Richey was a [[conservative]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for a single term from 1976 to 1980 and the state Senate from 1980 to 1984). He left the Democrats in 1984 because of the party's stance in encouraging [[abortion]]s. Richey first became an [[Independent]] and in 1994 switched to the GOP, when the party won majorities in the U.S. Congress for the first time since 1952. In 2004, Richey was elected to the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee from state Representative District 61 in East Baton Rouge Parish. He defeated an [[African-American]], [[Kirt Bennett]], in a vote of 102 to 65 in a low-turnout [[closed primary]]. Bennett had been an unsuccessful candidate in 2003 for lieutenant governor., a post won instead by [[Mitch Landrieu]]. [2] Richey was reelected to the central committee in the primary held on February 9, 2008, when he defeated Cyrus Greco, 414 (57 percent) to 313 (43 percent). [3]
==Background==
==Background==