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==Freeman succeeds Fitzmorris==
==Freeman succeeds Fitzmorris==
Democratic State Representative Robert Louis "Bobby" Freeman of Plaquemine in Iberville Parish was elected to succeed Fitzmorris as lieutenant governor in 1979. He defeated fellow Democrat (later Republican) [[Jim Donelon]] of Metairie in Jefferson Parish, a suburb of New Orleans. In 1998, Donelon, then a state representative, would be the Republican candidate against popular Democratic U.S. Senator [[John Breaux]]. In 2006, Donelon became the state insurance commissioner.
Democratic State Representative [[Robert Freeman]] of Plaquemine in Iberville Parish was elected to succeed Fitzmorris as lieutenant governor in 1979. He defeated fellow Democrat (later Republican) [[Jim Donelon]] of Metairie in Jefferson Parish, a suburb of New Orleans. In 1998, Donelon, then a state representative, would be the Republican candidate against popular Democratic U.S. Senator [[John Breaux]]. In 2006, Donelon became the state insurance commissioner.
==Failed 1983 comeback attempt==
==Failed 1983 comeback attempt==