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Line 30: − Malone could not seek a fourth term in the nonpartsan blanket [[primar]]y held on October 20, 2007. Among those who sought to succeed Senator Malone were outgoing District 9 state Representative [[Billy Montgomery]] of [[Bossier City]], who was term-limited himself as a state House member, and Montgomery's former House colleague, [[B.L. "Buddy" Shaw]], a retired Shreveport educator and [[school board]] member. Shaw defeated Montgomery, 57-43 percent for the right to succeed Malone.<ref<Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref>+
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==Political career==
==Political career==
Among those who sought to succeed Senator Malone were outgoing District 9 state Representative [[Billy Montgomery]] of [[Bossier City]], who was term-limited himself as a state House member, and Montgomery's former House colleague, [[B.L. "Buddy" Shaw]], a retired Shreveport educator and [[school board]] member. Shaw defeated Montgomery, 57-43 percent for the right to succeed Malone.<ref<Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref>
Malone's Senate record reflected a [[conservative]] bent: 90 to 100 percent support from the pro-business Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, 0 percent from [[Planned Parenthood]], 100 percent from the Louisiana Family Forum, 77 percent from the [[Christian Coalition]], and 22 percent from the Louisiana Environmental Action Network. Malone, however, has accumulated a 71 percent rating from the [[AFL-CIO]] and 60 percent from the Louisiana Association of Educators, the state's largest teachers' organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=8997|title=Project Vote Smart: Interest Group Ratings|publisher=Vote-smart.org |accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref> Malone rarely voted to raise taxes and was hence nicknamed "No Tax Max."
Malone's Senate record reflected a [[conservative]] bent: 90 to 100 percent support from the pro-business Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, 0 percent from [[Planned Parenthood]], 100 percent from the Louisiana Family Forum, 77 percent from the [[Christian Coalition]], and 22 percent from the Louisiana Environmental Action Network. Malone, however, has accumulated a 71 percent rating from the [[AFL-CIO]] and 60 percent from the Louisiana Association of Educators, the state's largest teachers' organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=8997|title=Project Vote Smart: Interest Group Ratings|publisher=Vote-smart.org |accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref> Malone rarely voted to raise taxes and was hence nicknamed "No Tax Max."