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Hoffmann was the vice chairman of the House Education Committee and also served on the Retirement and Ways and Means committees. He was a member of the Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay and the Legislative Rural Caucus.<ref name=hoffmann/>
Hoffmann was the vice chairman of the House Education Committee and also served on the Retirement and Ways and Means committees. He was a member of the Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay and the Legislative Rural Caucus.<ref name=hoffmann/>
He was initially elected to the state House when the retiring Republican Representative Michael Arthur "Mike" Walsworth, also of West Monroe, was elected as a state senator. In the October 20, 2007, nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], Hoffmann led a field of five candidates with 5,962 votes (44 percent). The runner-up was fellow Republican Paul B. Hargrove (born November 17, 1960) of West Monroe, who polled 4,230 votes (24 percent). Three other candidates, a Republican and two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], shared the remaining 32 percent of the ballots.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/h_reps/members.asp?id=15|title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 20, 2007|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref> Hargrove, twenty points behind in the primary chose not to contest the [[general election]] held on November 17, and Hoffmann hence secured the seat in the first round of voting.
He was initially elected to the state House when the retiring Republican Representative Michael Arthur "Mike" Walsworth, also of West Monroe, was elected as a state senator. In the October 20, 2007, nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], Hoffmann led a field of five candidates with 5,962 votes (44 percent). The runner-up was fellow Republican Paul B. Hargrove (born November 17, 1960) of West Monroe, who polled 4,230 votes (24 percent). Three other candidates, a Republican and two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], shared the remaining 32 percent of the ballots.<refLouisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref> Hargrove, twenty points behind in the primary, chose not to contest the [[general election]] held on November 17, and Hoffmann hence secured the seat in the first round of voting.
===Anti-abortion legislator===
===Anti-abortion legislator===