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McMahen defeated Democratic opposition for a full House term in the nonpartisan blanket primary on October 12, 2019, from another Springhill resident, Creighton Wilson,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/candidateinquiry|title=Candidate Inquiry|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=August 15, 2019}}</ref> a retired educator.
 
McMahen defeated Democratic opposition for a full House term in the nonpartisan blanket primary on October 12, 2019, from another Springhill resident, Creighton Wilson,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/candidateinquiry|title=Candidate Inquiry|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=August 15, 2019}}</ref> a retired educator.
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On January 13, 2020, McMahen was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as [[Speaker]] depended heavily on Democratic votes.
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On January 13, 2020, McMahen was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers, known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as House [[Speaker]] depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers, along with the Republican defectors. Statewide [[radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]] coined the term "Fraud Squad" for the twenty-three dissidents nominally in the Republican Party.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>
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