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==State senator at 27==
==State senator at 27==
Speedy Long was elected in 1956 at the age of twenty-seven to the Louisiana Senate. In 1960, he was reelected to the now District 32 seat, over the opposition of state Representative Willard Lloyd Rambo, Sr. (1917-1984) of Georgetown in Grant Parish north of Alexandria. Rambo had been Governor Earl Long's legislative floor leader and was married to a member of the Long family, the former Mary Alice Long (born August 1, 1928).
Speedy Long was elected in 1956 at the age of twenty-seven to the Louisiana Senate. In 1960, he was reelected to the now District 32 seat over the opposition of state Representative [[W. L. Rambo|Willard Lloyd Rambo, Sr.]] of Georgetown in Grant Parish north of Alexandria. Rambo had been Governor Earl Long's legislative floor leader and was married to a member of the Long family, the former Mary Alice Long (born August 1, 1928).
In 1963, Speedy Long did not seek a third term in the state Senate. He first planned to run for governor but instead contested the position of state insurance commissioner held by Rufus D. Hayes (1923-2002). Long ran on a Democratic intra-party ticket headed by his friend [[John J. McKeithen]], a Columbia lawyer and one of the then three state public service commissioners, who successful his party's gubernatorial nomination in a crowded field and then dispatched a determined [[Republican Party|Republican]] challenger, [[Charlton Lyons]] of [[Shreveport]].
In 1963, Speedy Long did not seek a third term in the state Senate. He first planned to run for governor but instead contested the position of state insurance commissioner held by Rufus D. Hayes (1923-2002). Long ran on a Democratic intra-party ticket headed by his friend [[John J. McKeithen]], a Columbia lawyer and one of the then three state public service commissioners, who successful his party's gubernatorial nomination in a crowded field and then dispatched a determined [[Republican Party|Republican]] challenger, [[Charlton Lyons]] of [[Shreveport]].