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'''Benjamin Burras Rayburn, Jr.''', known as '''Benny Rayburn''' (December 23, 1944 – December 14, 2006), was from 1981 to 1992 the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[sheriff]] of [Washington Parish, the easternmost of the Florida Parishes of southeastern [[Louisiana]].. He was the only son of legendary Louisiana state Senator [[B. B. "Sixty" Rayburn]].
'''Benjamin Burras Rayburn, Jr.''', known as '''Benny Rayburn''' (December 23, 1944 – December 14, 2006), was from 1981 to 1992 the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[sheriff]] of Washington Parish, the easternmost of the Florida Parishes of southeastern [[Louisiana]].. He was the only son of legendary Louisiana state Senator [[B. B. "Sixty" Rayburn]].
Rayburn resided in Bogalusa, the largest city in Washington Parish. He won a special election in 1981 to complete the term of Sheriff Robert Lyons, a former Bogalusa juvenile officer who was elected in December 1979. Rayburn filled out the term of Lyons and was subsequently elected to a full term in 1983. In the 1987 contest for a second four-year term, he defeated three intra-party rivals to win the position outright with 10,366 votes (58.3 percent). Rayburn, Sr., on the same ballot for the state Senate, polled within Washington Parish 13,003 votes (76.8 percent), nearly 3,000 more than his son drew in the sheriff's race.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns in Washington Parish, 1987.</ref>
Rayburn resided in Bogalusa, the largest city in Washington Parish. He won a special election in 1981 to complete the term of Sheriff Robert Lyons, a former Bogalusa juvenile officer who was elected in December 1979. Rayburn filled out the term of Lyons and was subsequently elected to a full term in 1983. In the 1987 contest for a second four-year term, he defeated three intra-party rivals to win the position outright with 10,366 votes (58.3 percent). Rayburn, Sr., on the same ballot for the state Senate, polled within Washington Parish 13,003 votes (76.8 percent), nearly 3,000 more than his son drew in the sheriff's race.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns in Washington Parish, 1987.</ref>
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