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| term_start=January 1996
| term_start=January 1996
| term_end=January 2008
| term_end=January 2008
| preceded=Greg Barro
| preceded=[[Greg Barro]]
| succeeded=[[B. L. "Buddy" Shaw]]
| succeeded=[[B. L. "Buddy" Shaw]]
| birth_date=March 3, 1953
| birth_date=March 3, 1953
===Election history===
===Election history===
In his initial election to the state Senate, Malone led in the primary with 10,422 votes (36 percent). Two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], state Representative Melissa Scott Flournoy and [[incumbent]] state Senator Gregory John Barro, narrowly trailed with 9,470 (33 percent) and 9,166 (32 percent), respectively.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref> In the general election, Malone defeated Flournoy—Barro was eliminated from the second round of balloting—by a comfortable margin. The outcome was 17,075 (59 percent) to Flournoy's 11,961 (41 percent). Malone may have benefited from being on the Republican ballot with successful [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate [[Mike Foster|Murphy James Foster, Jr]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 18, 1995.</ref>
In his initial election to the state Senate, Malone led in the primary with 10,422 votes (36 percent). Two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], state Representative Melissa Scott Flournoy and [[incumbent]] state Senator [[Greg Barro]], narrowly trailed with 9,470 (33 percent) and 9,166 (32 percent), respectively.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref> In the general election, Malone defeated Flournoy—Barro was eliminated from the second round of balloting—by a comfortable margin. The outcome was 17,075 (59 percent) to Flournoy's 11,961 (41 percent). Malone may have benefited from being on the Republican ballot with successful [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate [[Mike Foster|Murphy James Foster, Jr]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 18, 1995.</ref>
Four years earlier, Flournoy had unseated incumbent Republican Representative Arthur W. "Art" Sour, Jr., to win a seat held for twenty years by the GOP.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref> Also in 1991, Barro had defeated the conservative Republican Ronald Bradford "Ron" Fayard (1946–2011), a Realtor from Bossier City,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-bradford-fayard&pid=149165509&fhid=11119|title=Ronald Bradford Fayard obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 11, 2011|accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref> by a margin of 59-41 percent, an exact reversal of the 1995 result.
Four years earlier, Flournoy had unseated incumbent Republican Representative Arthur W. "Art" Sour, Jr., to win a seat held for twenty years by the GOP.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref> Also in 1991, Barro had defeated the conservative Republican Ronald Bradford "Ron" Fayard (1946–2011), a Realtor from Bossier City,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-bradford-fayard&pid=149165509&fhid=11119|title=Ronald Bradford Fayard obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 11, 2011|accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref> by a margin of 59-41 percent, an exact reversal of the 1995 result.