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==2015 House election==
==2015 House election==
In the [[primary]] election held on October 24, 2015, Hilferty unseated fellow Republican Representative Nicholas Lorusso, 6,866 votes (56.2 percent) to 5,343 (43.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref> Lorusso had taken the seat in a [[special election]] in April 2007. She carried the endorsement of ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune.''<ref>{{cite web|title=A recap of our recommendations for the Oct. 24 ballot: Editorial|url=http://www.nola.com/elections/index.ssf/2015/10/election_recommendations.html|website=NOLA.com|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref> and then state Republican chairman [[Roger F. Villere, Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Nineteen of 144 seats in Louisiana Legislature need to be decided|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/13826430-124/nineteen-of-144-seats-in|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref>
In the [[primary]] election held on October 24, 2015, Hilferty unseated fellow Republican Representative Nicholas Lorusso, 6,866 votes (56.2 percent) to 5,343 (43.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref> Lorusso had taken the seat in a [[special election]] in April 2007. She carried the endorsement of ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune.''<ref>{{cite web|title=A recap of our recommendations for the Oct. 24 ballot: Editorial|url=http://www.nola.com/elections/index.ssf/2015/10/election_recommendations.html|website=NOLA.com|accessdate=October 29, 2015; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> and then state Republican chairman [[Roger F. Villere, Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Nineteen of 144 seats in Louisiana Legislature need to be decided|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/13826430-124/nineteen-of-144-seats-in|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref>
In her first term, Hilferty sat on these House committees: (1) Commerce, (2) Education, and (3) Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.<ref name=lahouse/>
In her first term, Hilferty sat on these House committees: (1) Commerce, (2) Education, and (3) Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.<ref name=lahouse/>