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Passman was so incensed over his primary defeat that he "threatened" to endorse Republican congressional nominee [[Frank Spooner]], a Monroe oilman who challenged Huckaby in the general election. However, the endorsement never materialized. Years later, Huckaby said that Passman never spoke to him after the 1976 primary. Huckaby went on to defeat Spooner and to hold the seat until 1993, having been defeated in 1992 as a result of [[reapportionment]] by [[Moderate Republican]] James Otis "Jim" McCrery, III.<ref>''Louisiana History,'' p. 343.</ref>
Passman was so incensed over his primary defeat that he "threatened" to endorse Republican congressional nominee [[Frank Spooner]], a Monroe oilman who challenged Huckaby in the general election. However, the endorsement never materialized. Years later, Huckaby said that Passman never spoke to him after the 1976 primary. Huckaby went on to defeat Spooner and to hold the seat until 1993, having been defeated in 1992 as a result of [[reapportionment]] by [[Moderate Republican]] James Otis "Jim" McCrery, III.<ref>''Louisiana History,'' p. 343.</ref>
Passman's Monroe friend Garland Shell said that the loss of the congressional seat was the turning point in his life. "When the old gentleman was defeated, that was it. He's been inactive since."<ref>''Louisiana History,'' p. 343.</ref>
Passman's Monroe friend Garland Dee Shell (1918-1998) said that the loss of the congressional seat was the turning point in his life. "When the old gentleman was defeated, that was it. He's been inactive since."<ref>''Louisiana History,'' p. 343.</ref>
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==