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==Two elections in 1972==
==Two elections in 1972==
Womack's closest election was in 1964, when fellow Democrat [[L. D. Knox]], a Winnsboro farmer and timber owner, came within 18 votes of unseating Womack, 3,544 to 3,526. Knox later legally changed his name to "None of the Above" Knox so that as a perennial candidate he could argue for the "None of the Above" option on ballots for those who reject all the declared candidates.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/us/29knox.html|title=L. D. Knox, Who Tried to Give Voters a Choice, Dies at 80|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=May 28, 2009|accessdate=June 6, 2009}}</ref>
Womack's closest election was in 1964, when fellow Democrat [[L. D. Knox]], a Winnsboro farmer and timber owner, came within 18 votes of unseating Womack, 3,544 to 3,526. Knox later legally changed his name to "None of the Above" Knox so that as a perennial candidate he could argue for the "None of the Above" option on ballots for those who reject all the declared candidates.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/us/29knox.html|title=L. D. Knox, Who Tried to Give Voters a Choice, Dies at 80|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=May 28, 2009|accessdate=June 6, 2009}}</ref>
In the [[general election]] held on February 1, 1972, Womack faced his first ever [[Republican Party|Republican]] opponent, Terry Clingan (1918–2007), a barber in Mangham in Richland Parish, later from Baskin in Franklin Parish. Womack won the race by a 67-33 percent margin, even though Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate [[David C. Treen]] ran particularly well in northeast Louisiana that year. Clingan was the stepfather of [[Robert Max Ross]], a businessman from Mangham,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20090917&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=90900159&Selected=3|title=Obituary of Robert Max Ross|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|accessdate=September 17, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> who had been Treen's only opponent in Louisiana's first and only Republican [[primary]] for governor, held in December 1971.
In the [[general election]] held on February 1, 1972, Womack faced his first ever [[Republican Party|Republican]] opponent, Terry Clingan (1918–2007), a barber in Mangham in Richland Parish, later from Baskin in Franklin Parish. Womack won the race by a 67-33 percent margin, even though Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate [[David C. Treen]] ran particularly well in northeast Louisiana that year. Clingan was the stepfather of [[Robert Max Ross]], a businessman from Mangham,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20090917&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=90900159&Selected=3|title=Obituary of Robert Max Ross|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|accessdate=September 17, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> who had been Treen's only opponent in Louisiana's first and only Republican [[primary]] for governor, held in December 1971.