Changes

In 2014, Whitney ran unsuccessfully in the primary for Louisiana's 6th congressional district seat vacated by [[Bill Cassidy]], a [[Baton Rouge]] physician who instead unseated [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]]. Whitney lost out to fellow Republican [[Garret Graves]], who defeated former [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]] in the same congressional election held on December 6, 2014.  

In 2014, Whitney ran unsuccessfully in the primary for Louisiana's 6th congressional district seat vacated by [[Bill Cassidy]], a [[Baton Rouge]] physician who instead unseated [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]]. Whitney lost out to fellow Republican [[Garret Graves]], who defeated former [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]] in the same congressional election held on December 6, 2014.  

Whitney was unseated in the 2015 election by another Republican, [[Tanner Magee]], a [[lawyer]] from Houma. On October 14, 2017, Whitney finished in a relatively weak third place in the special election for the District 2 seat on the Louisiana Public Service Commission vacated by Scott Angelle, who joined the [[Donald Trump]] administration. Victory went to another Republican candidate, Dr. [[Craig Greene]], an orthopedic surgeon from [[Baton Rouge]], who led the race with exactly 43,000 votes (55 percent). The third candidate was Whitney's House predecessor, Damon J. Baldone, who received 19,058 votes (24 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=October 14, 2017|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 15, 2017}}</ref> Baldone had held the PSC position on an interim basis since Angelle's departure in June by appointment of Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]].

Whitney was unseated in the 2015 election by another Republican, [[Tanner Magee]], a [[lawyer]] from Houma. On October 14, 2017, Whitney finished in a relatively weak third place in the special election for the District 2 seat on the Louisiana Public Service Commission vacated by [[Moderate Republican]] [[Scott Angelle]], who in 2017 joined the [[Donald Trump]] administration. Victory went to another Republican candidate, Dr. [[Craig Greene]], an orthopedic surgeon from [[Baton Rouge]], who led the race with exactly 43,000 votes (55 percent). The third candidate was Whitney's House predecessor, Damon J. Baldone, who received 19,058 votes (24 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=October 14, 2017|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 15, 2017}}</ref> Baldone had held the PSC position on an interim basis since Angelle's departure in June by appointment of Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]].

   

   

==References==

==References==