Changes

In his 1998 race for a full six-year term, Sittig easily defeated the Republican candidate, Michael J. Muller, 92, 344 (77 percent) to  27,638 (23 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 3, 1998.</ref> In 2004, Sittig was unopposed for the second term on the PSC which he did not complete. ​During his PSC tenure,  Sittig used his influence to obtain lighting for the Bengal Stadium [[baseball]] field at Louisiana State University at Eunice. Beginning in 2007, LSUE teams could play at night for the first time since the establishment of the stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spud.lsue.edu/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=119&z=1|title=Lights Installed at LSUE Baseball Field|date=August 17, 2006|publisher=lsue.edu|accessdate=September 18, 2009}}</ref> He quarreled openly with a colleague, his fellow Democrat Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., of Bossier Parish over certain commission policies and procedures, particularly in reference to the Entergy Company. Campbell claimed that Sittig was more supportive of "special interests," than the "people's interest".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fostercampbell.com/press_sittig2007.html|title=Foster Campbell for Governor|publisher=fostercampbell.com|accessdate=September 18, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>

In his 1998 race for a full six-year term, Sittig easily defeated the Republican candidate, Michael J. Muller, 92, 344 (77 percent) to  27,638 (23 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 3, 1998.</ref> In 2004, Sittig was unopposed for the second term on the PSC which he did not complete. ​During his PSC tenure,  Sittig used his influence to obtain lighting for the Bengal Stadium [[baseball]] field at Louisiana State University at Eunice. Beginning in 2007, LSUE teams could play at night for the first time since the establishment of the stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spud.lsue.edu/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=119&z=1|title=Lights Installed at LSUE Baseball Field|date=August 17, 2006|publisher=lsue.edu|accessdate=September 18, 2009}}</ref> He quarreled openly with a colleague, his fellow Democrat Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., of Bossier Parish over certain commission policies and procedures, particularly in reference to the Entergy Company. Campbell claimed that Sittig was more supportive of "special interests," than the "people's interest".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fostercampbell.com/press_sittig2007.html|title=Foster Campbell for Governor|publisher=fostercampbell.com|accessdate=September 18, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>

Sittig was appointed to the offshore authority position by Republican [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]], who had defeated Foster Campbell in the 2007 nonpartisan blanket primary. On September 15, 2008, Sittig formally left the PSC and was replaced for several months by Republican consultant Pat Manuel of Eunice, the interim Jindal appointee.who was recommended by Sittig. Manuel was not a candidate for the seat in the 2009 [[special election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bayoubuzz.com/News/Louisiana/Government/Louisiana_Gov_Jindal_Appoints_PSC_Commissioner_Offshore_Terminal_Authority_Director__7539.asp|title=Louisiana Gov. Jindal Appoints PSC Commissioner as Offshore Terminal Authority Director|publisher=bayoubuzz.com|accessdate=September 18, 2009}}</ref> Then in April 2009, Republican Clyde Cecil Holloway (1943-2016)  of Forest Hill in south Rapides Parish assumed the PSC seat for the term expiring on December 31, 2010. Holloway had been scheduled to meet Joe McPherson in a special runoff election McPherson withdrew from the contest even though he trailed Holloway by less than 1 percent of the vote in the initial tally. A third candidate, Gil Pinac of Crowley in Acadia Parish, held the remaining critical ballots, and Pinac, after his elimination, threw his support to fellow Republican Holloway.<ref>"Senator drops out of runoff for PSC," ''New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' April 14, 2009, p. B2.</ref>

Sittig was appointed to the offshore authority position by Republican [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]], who had defeated Foster Campbell in the 2007 nonpartisan blanket primary. On September 15, 2008, Sittig formally left the PSC and was replaced for several months by Republican consultant Pat Manuel of Eunice, the interim Jindal appointee.who was recommended by Sittig. Manuel was not a candidate for the seat in the 2009 [[special election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bayoubuzz.com/News/Louisiana/Government/Louisiana_Gov_Jindal_Appoints_PSC_Commissioner_Offshore_Terminal_Authority_Director__7539.asp|title=Louisiana Gov. Jindal Appoints PSC Commissioner as Offshore Terminal Authority Director|publisher=bayoubuzz.com|accessdate=September 18, 2009}}</ref> Then in April 2009, Republican Clyde Cecil Holloway (1943-2016)  of Forest Hill in south Rapides Parish assumed the PSC seat for the term expiring on December 31, 2010. Holloway had been scheduled to meet Joe McPherson in a special runoff election McPherson withdrew from the contest even though he trailed Holloway by less than 1 percent of the vote in the initial tally. A third candidate, [[Gil Pinac]] of Crowley in Acadia Parish, held the remaining critical ballots, and Pinac, after his elimination, threw his support to fellow Republican Holloway.<ref>"Senator drops out of runoff for PSC," ''New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' April 14, 2009, p. B2.</ref>

During the administration of Republican Governor [[Mike Foster|Murphy J.  "Mike" Foster, Jr.]], the LOOP position had been held for the full eight years by a former Republican state representative, Terry Wayne Gee (1940-2013) of Jefferson Parish.

During the administration of Republican Governor [[Mike Foster|Murphy J.  "Mike" Foster, Jr.]], the LOOP position had been held for the full eight years by a former Republican state representative, Terry Wayne Gee (1940-2013) of Jefferson Parish.