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==Failed comeback bid==
==Failed comeback bid==
Dumas was succeeded as mayor in January 1981 by the Democrat James Patrick "Pat" Screen, Jr. (1943–1994), a former [[Louisiana State University]] [[quarterback]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6386506|title=Pat Screen|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref><ref>The author has been unable to determine if Dumas ran in 1980 and was defeated by Screen or if Dumas stepped down, only to try for a comeback eight years thereafter.</ref> In 1988, at the age of seventy-two, Dumas came out of political retirement to challenge fellow Democrat [[Tom Ed McHugh]] for the mayor-presidency. He polled 29,109 (29.9 percent) to McHugh's 38,629 (39.7 percent). In third place was state Senator [[Mike Cross (Louisiana politician)|Mike Cross]], who received 12,741 (13.1 percent). Freshman state Representative Carl Crane, one of two Republicans in the race, polled only 4,554 votes (4.7 percent.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Return: East Baton Rouge Parish, October 1, 1988.</ref>
Dumas was succeeded as mayor in January 1981 by the Democrat James Patrick "Pat" Screen, Jr. (1943–1994), a former [[Louisiana State University]] [[quarterback]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6386506|title=Pat Screen|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref><ref>The author has been unable to determine if Dumas ran in 1980 and was defeated by Screen or if Dumas stepped down, only to try for a comeback eight years thereafter.</ref> In 1988, at the age of seventy-two, Dumas came out of political retirement to challenge fellow Democrat [[Tom Ed McHugh]] for the mayor-presidency. He polled 29,109 (29.9 percent) to McHugh's 38,629 (39.7 percent). In third place was state Senator [[Mike Cross (Louisiana politician)|Mike Cross]], who received 12,741 (13.1 percent).Then state Representative [[Carl Crane]], one of two Republicans in the race, polled only 4,554 votes (4.7 percent.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Return: East Baton Rouge Parish, October 1, 1988.</ref>
In the general election which corresponded with the [[George H.W. Bush]] and [[Michael Dukakis]] presidential contest, McHugh defeated Dumas, 79,134 (55.5 percent) to 63,519 (44.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 8, 1988.</ref> McHugh was elected again as a Democrat in 1992 and as a Republican convert in 1996.
In the general election which corresponded with the [[George H.W. Bush]] and [[Michael Dukakis]] presidential contest, McHugh defeated Dumas, 79,134 (55.5 percent) to 63,519 (44.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 8, 1988.</ref> McHugh was elected again as a Democrat in 1992 and as a Republican convert in 1996.