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'''Max Tatum Malone''' (born March 3, 1953) is the president of Malone Oil and Gas  Exploration Company in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who served as a [[Republican Party |Republican]] state senator from 1996 until January 14, 2008. Term-limited in the District 37 seat, which includes portions of Caddo and Bossier parishes in northwestern Louisiana.

'''Max Tatum Malone''' (born March 3, 1953) is the president of Malone Oil and Gas  Exploration Company in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who served as a [[Republican Party |Republican]] state senator from 1996 until January 14, 2008. Term-limited in the District 37 seat, which includes portions of Caddo and Bossier parishes in northwestern Louisiana,Malone could not seek a fourth senatorial term in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 20, 2007.

   

   

==Personal life==

==Personal life==

==Political career==  

==Political career==  

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."

Prior to the city elections, Malone filed suit in a bid to force Democratic city council candidate Joe Shyne off the ballot because Shyne is a former felon. However, the courts ruled in Shyne's favor because Shyne had been [[pardon]]ed by Governor Foster for a crime in which he had been convicted in a federal, rather than state, court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lasc.org/opinions/2006/06C2190.pdf |title=Opinions |publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=October 15, 2011}}</ref>

Prior to the city elections, Malone filed suit in a bid to force Democratic city council candidate Joe Shyne off the ballot because Shyne is a former felon. However, the courts ruled in Shyne's favor because Shyne had been [[pardon]]ed by Governor Foster for a crime in which he had been convicted in a federal, rather than state, court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lasc.org/opinions/2006/06C2190.pdf |title=Opinions |publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=October 15, 2011}}</ref>

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