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Nevers is listed among the state and local officials who in 2014 endorsed the reelection in 2014 of [[liberal]] Democrat [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehayride.com/2014/09/landrieus-gop-endorsements-pale-in-comparison-to-2008-election/|title=Landrieu’s GOP Endorsements Pale In Comparison To 2008 Election|publisher=thehayride.com|accessdate=March 10, 2020}}</ref>
Nevers is listed among the state and local officials who in 2014 endorsed the reelection in 2014 of [[liberal]] Democrat [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehayride.com/2014/09/landrieus-gop-endorsements-pale-in-comparison-to-2008-election/|title=Landrieu’s GOP Endorsements Pale In Comparison To 2008 Election|publisher=thehayride.com|accessdate=March 10, 2020}}</ref>
Term-limited in the state Senate, Nevers was succeeded by Beth Mizell, who won the seat in the general election held on November 21, 2015. Mizell easily defeated the Democrat, Mickey Murphy, 19,404 votes (58 percent) to 14,033 (42 percent). She was the only Republican to have won a formerly Democratic Senate seat in the 2015 general election.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 21, 2015.</ref> Murphy is a former teacher, counselor, welding instructor, and college dean. He formerly chaired a workforce development board. He is a former president of his local [[Chamber of Commerce]]. The operator of a preschool, Mizell opposes Nevers' long-term proposal to build a reservoir in the Senate district, a project Murphy supported in the campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://larants.thedeadpelican.com/2015/10/29/mizell-vs-lifelong-bureaucrat-in-12th-district/|title=Mizell v. Lifelong Bureaucrat in 12th District|publisher=''The Dead Pelican''|author=Chad Rogers|date=October 29, 2015|accessdate=March 10, 2020}}</ref>
Term-limited in the state Senate, Nevers was succeeded by Beth Mizell, who won the seat in the general election held on November 21, 2015. Mizell easily defeated the Democrat, Mickey Murphy, 19,404 votes (58 percent) to 14,033 (42 percent). She was the only Republican to have won a formerly Democratic Senate seat in the 2015 general election.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 21, 2015.</ref> Murphy is a former teacher, counselor, welding instructor, and college dean. He formerly chaired a workforce development board. He is a former president of his local [[Chamber of Commerce]]. The operator of a preschool, Mizell opposes Nevers' long-term proposal to build a reservoir in the Senate district, a project Murphy supported in the campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thedeadpelican.com/2015/10/29/mizell-vs-lifelong-bureaucrat-in-12th-district/|title=Mizell v. Lifelong Bureaucrat in 12th District|publisher=''The Dead Pelican''|author=Chad Rogers|date=October 29, 2015|accessdate=March 10, 2020}}</ref>
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