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==Political life==

==Political life==

Morrish won his Senate seat in the [[general election]] held on November 17, 2007, when he defeated the then Democrat [[Gil Pinac|Gillis James "Gil" Pinac]] of Crowley in Acadia Parish, who was  also a departing state representative from a nearby district. In a low-turnout contest, Morrish polled 11,186 votes (53.9 percent) to Pinac's 9,556 (46.1 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref>

Morrish won his Senate seat in the [[general election]] held on November 17, 2007, when he defeated the then Democrat [[Gil Pinac]] of Crowley in Acadia Parish, who was  also a departing state representative from a nearby district. In a low-turnout contest, Morrish polled 11,186 votes (53.9 percent) to Pinac's 9,556 (46.1 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref>

Gil Pinac thereafter switched to Republican affiliation and ran third in a [[special election]] held on April 4, 2009, for the Louisiana Public Service Commission. The second placed candidate, Democratic former state Senator [[Joe McPherson]] of south Rapides Parish, withdrew from a runoff contest against Republican former [[U.S. Representative]] Clyde Cecil Holloway (1943-2016), also of south Rapides Parish.<ref>"Senator drops out of runoff for PSC," ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' April 14, 2009, p. B2.</ref>​

Gil Pinac thereafter switched to Republican affiliation and ran third in a [[special election]] held on April 4, 2009, for the Louisiana Public Service Commission. The second placed candidate, Democratic former state Senator [[Joe McPherson]] of south Rapides Parish, withdrew from a runoff contest against Republican former [[U.S. Representative]] Clyde Cecil Holloway (1943-2016), also of south Rapides Parish.<ref>"Senator drops out of runoff for PSC," ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' April 14, 2009, p. B2.</ref>​