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Wright was succeeded in office by his fellow Democrat, [[Billy Chandler]], a former Grant Parish School Board member from the village of Dry Prong. Chandler said in his victory statement that it was clear that many voters in the district were unhappy with Wright's controversies. As the newest legislator in [[Baton Rouge]], Chandler vowed to look after the interests of the "little man." Chandler, like Wright three years earlier, also defeated Owens to win the position in the April 29 [[special election]] runoff contest.​

Wright was succeeded in office by his fellow Democrat, [[Billy Chandler]], a former Grant Parish School Board member from the village of Dry Prong. Chandler said in his victory statement that it was clear that many voters in the district were unhappy with Wright's controversies. As the newest legislator in [[Baton Rouge]], Chandler vowed to look after the interests of the "little man." Chandler, like Wright three years earlier, also defeated Owens to win the position in the April 29 [[special election]] runoff contest.​

==Misdemeanor obscenity charge==​

==Misdemeanor obscenity charge==

Wright was charged with an obscenity violation at Lake Buhlow in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in Rapides Parish. He and Charles Locher, II (born c. 1972) of Deville in Rapides Parish, were arrested in 2004, when a Red River Waterway Commission park ranger said that he walked into a public restroom and found the men engaged in sexual activities. Wright and Locker denied the charges since their arrests and [[grand jury]] [[indictment]]s. The two initially pleaded not guilty. Wright claimed that he had dropped his pants as the ranger entered the restroom and that the ranger misinterpreted the situation. Locker denied impropriety and said that he did not know Wright. The two changed their pleas to guilty on [[misdemeanor]] charges. Wright pleaded guilty to flight from an officer, and Locker pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal mischief, according to Harold A. Van Dyke, III, the first assistant district attorney in Rapides Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1190088/posts|title=Louisiana State Rep. Tommy Wright, D-Jena, Accused of Obscenity|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' accessed through [[Free Republic]]|date=August 12, 2004|author=Mandy M. Goodnight and John Hill|accessdate=May 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' December 30, 2005.</ref>

Wright was charged with an obscenity violation at Lake Buhlow in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in Rapides Parish. He and Charles Locher, II (born c. 1972) of Deville in Rapides Parish, were arrested in 2004, when a Red River Waterway Commission park ranger said that he walked into a public restroom and found the men engaged in sexual activities. Wright and Locker denied the charges since their arrests and [[grand jury]] [[indictment]]s. The two initially pleaded not guilty. Wright claimed that he had dropped his pants as the ranger entered the restroom and that the ranger misinterpreted the situation. Locker denied impropriety and said that he did not know Wright. The two changed their pleas to guilty on [[misdemeanor]] charges. Wright pleaded guilty to flight from an officer, and Locher pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal mischief, according to Harold A. Van Dyke, III, the first assistant district attorney in Rapides Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1190088/posts|title=Louisiana State Rep. Tommy Wright, D-Jena, Accused of Obscenity|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' accessed through [[Free Republic]]|date=August 12, 2004|author=Mandy M. Goodnight and John Hill|accessdate=May 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' December 30, 2005.</ref>

==Dismissal from Jena trade school==

==Dismissal from Jena trade school==