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Government spending and growth is the problem, it hinders our ability to grow our economy and small businesses. Now more than ever we need a true conservative in the State Senate, and that is why I decided to run for this important seat . . . If we want to create jobs we must get government out of the way. No more moratoriums, no more regulations and we can’t afford higher taxes. As a mother of five and grandmother of three, I’ve stretched a budget and done more with less. Shouldn’t our government do the same? . . . If we have learned anything in the past two years it is that we cannot afford to allow government to run rampant and continue the out-of-control spending.  That is why I voted against the bloated Louisiana budget last year and supported legislation that allowed Louisiana to opt out of [[Barack Obama]]'s costly health-care mandate.<ref>{{cite web |author=Simone B. Champagne |title=Why I'm Running for Senate District 22 |date=January 5, 2011 |url=http://www.iberianet.com/articles/2011/02/02/elections/doc4d24fe4292fb5525290456.txt |publisher=''The Daily Iberian''|accessdate=February 26, 2011}}</ref></blockquote/>​

Government spending and growth is the problem, it hinders our ability to grow our economy and small businesses. Now more than ever we need a true conservative in the State Senate, and that is why I decided to run for this important seat . . . If we want to create jobs we must get government out of the way. No more moratoriums, no more regulations and we can’t afford higher taxes. As a mother of five and grandmother of three, I’ve stretched a budget and done more with less. Shouldn’t our government do the same? . . . If we have learned anything in the past two years it is that we cannot afford to allow government to run rampant and continue the out-of-control spending.  That is why I voted against the bloated Louisiana budget last year and supported legislation that allowed Louisiana to opt out of [[Barack Obama]]'s costly health-care mandate.<ref>{{cite web |author=Simone B. Champagne |title=Why I'm Running for Senate District 22 |date=January 5, 2011 |url=http://www.iberianet.com/articles/2011/02/02/elections/doc4d24fe4292fb5525290456.txt |publisher=''The Daily Iberian''|accessdate=February 26, 2011}}</ref></blockquote/>​

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Mills polled 12,812 votes in the special Senate election, or 60 percent of the total  cast in the first round of balloting. Champagne finished second with 4,040 votes (19 percent).<ref name=ereturns/> Champagne campaigned as a "[[Ronald Reagan|Reagan Republican" and had the open support of Republican [[U.S. Senator]] [[David Vitter]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Can anyone knock out frontrunner Fred Mills in the District 22 state Senate race?|author=Nathan Stubbs |date=January 19, 2011|url=http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7633-fight-card |work=theind.com |accessdate=February 26, 2011}}</ref> Independent David Groner finished third with 2,534 votes (12 percent). The remaining ballots favored two other Republican candidates and a second Independent hopeful. No Democrats contested the position.<ref name=ereturns/>

Mills polled 12,812 votes in the special Senate election, or 60 percent of the total  cast in the first round of balloting. Champagne finished second with 4,040 votes (19 percent).<ref name=ereturns/> Champagne campaigned as a "[[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] Republican" and had the open support of Republican [[U.S. Senator]] [[David Vitter]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Can anyone knock out frontrunner Fred Mills in the District 22 state Senate race?|author=Nathan Stubbs |date=January 19, 2011|url=http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7633-fight-card |work=theind.com |accessdate=February 26, 2011}}</ref> Independent David Groner finished third with 2,534 votes (12 percent). The remaining ballots favored two other Republican candidates and a second Independent hopeful. No Democrats contested the position.<ref name=ereturns/>

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