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When Hardy vacated the secretary of state's position, the two top votegetters, [[Sandra Thompson]], then a Democrat but later a Republican and the director of the Atchafalaya Basin Culture, Recreation, and Tourism project, and State Senator [[James H. "Jim" Brown]], then of Ferriday in Concordia Parish in eastern Louisiana, went into a general election showdown. Brown emerged a narrow winner.
When Hardy vacated the secretary of state's position, the two top votegetters, [[Sandra Thompson]], then a Democrat but later a Republican and the director of the Atchafalaya Basin Culture, Recreation, and Tourism project, and State Senator [[James H. "Jim" Brown]], then of Ferriday in Concordia Parish in eastern Louisiana, went into a general election showdown. Brown emerged a narrow winner.
===Republican lieutenant governor===
===Republican lieutenant governor===
Hardy switched parties and ran as a Republican in 1987 for lieutenant governor. First though he was for two weeks in January 1987 a gubernatorial candidate once again. After intra-party rival, [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bob Livingston]] of suburban New Orleans, defeated Hardy by a five-to-one margin at a caucus straw poll in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Hardy said that he would not be a disrupting factor in the race. He therefore endorsed Livingston and incorrectly predicted that Livingston would be elected governor that year. Victory instead went to then Democrat Buddy Roemer.<ref>"[[William J. Guste|Guste]] bows out; Hardy jumps in," ''[[Minden Press-Herald]]'', January 7, 1987, p.1</ref><ref>"Hardy withdraws from governor's race,"''Minden Press-Herald,'' January 21, 1987, p. 1.</ref>
Hardy switched parties and ran as a Republican in 1987 for lieutenant governor. First though he was for two weeks in January 1987 a gubernatorial candidate once again. After intra-party rival, [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bob Livingston]] of suburban New Orleans, defeated Hardy by a five-to-one margin at a caucus straw poll in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Hardy said that he would not be a disrupting factor in the race. He therefore endorsed Livingston and incorrectly predicted that Livingston would be elected governor that year. Victory instead went to then Democrat Buddy Roemer.<ref>"[[William J. Guste|Guste]] bows out; Hardy jumps in," ''[[Minden Press-Herald]]'', January 7, 1987, p.1</ref><ref>"Hardy withdraws from governor's race,"''Minden Press-Herald,'' January 21, 1987, p. 1.</ref>
Instead, Hardy faced five opponents in the race for lieutenant governor, including the two-term Democratic [[incumbent]], [[Robert Freeman]] of Plaquemine in Iberville Parish. Another candidate was Democrat William Ford "Bill" Dodd of Baton Rouge, son of Democratic former Lieutenant Governor [[Bill Dodd]], who served from 1948 to 1952.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' March 13, 1987.</ref> Primary results gave Freeman 586,335 (40 percent), Hardy 429,906 (29 percent), and Dodd 242,519 (17 percent). Three other Democrats polled a total of 14 percent of the primary vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 24, 1987</ref>
Instead, Hardy faced five opponents in the race for lieutenant governor, including the two-term Democratic [[incumbent]], [[Robert Freeman]] of Plaquemine in Iberville Parish. Another candidate was Democrat William Ford "Bill" Dodd of Baton Rouge, son of Democratic former Lieutenant Governor [[Bill Dodd]], who served from 1948 to 1952.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' March 13, 1987.</ref> Primary results gave Freeman 586,335 (40 percent), Hardy 429,906 (29 percent), and Dodd 242,519 (17 percent). Three other Democrats polled a total of 14 percent of the primary vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 24, 1987</ref>
In the general election held on November 21, 1987, Hardy unseated Freeman, 521,992 (53 percent) to 460,199 (47 percent). While Hardy was winning as lieutenant governor, state Representative Walter Fox McKeithen (1946-2005), a son of John McKeithen, was elected to Hardy's former position as secretary of state.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 21, 1987.</ref> Incumbent Secretary of State "Jim" Brown, originally from Ferriday, in Concordia Parish, who had succeeded Hardy in 1980, had vacated the post to make an ill-fated run for governor against both Buddy Roemer and Edwin Edwards.
In the general election held on November 21, 1987, Hardy unseated Freeman, 521,992 (53 percent) to 460,199 (47 percent). While Hardy was winning as lieutenant governor, state Representative Walter Fox McKeithen (1946-2005), a son of John McKeithen, was elected to Hardy's former position as secretary of state.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 21, 1987.</ref> Incumbent Secretary of State "Jim" Brown, originally from Ferriday, in Concordia Parish, who had succeeded Hardy in 1980, had vacated the post to make an ill-fated run for governor against both Buddy Roemer and Edwin Edwards.