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==Political career==
==Political career==
===State Senator===
In 1972, Hardy was elected as a Democratic state senator for Iberia and St. Martin parishes. The defunct ''Baton Rouge State Times'' named him the "Outstanding Newcomer" of the year after his first legislative session in 1972. He served alongside fellow Democrat Carl Wiegmann Bauer (1933-2013), who represented St. Mary and St. Martin parishes.
In 1972, Hardy was elected as a Democratic state senator for Iberia and St. Martin parishes. The defunct ''Baton Rouge State Times'' named him the "Outstanding Newcomer" of the year after his first legislative session in 1972. He served alongside fellow Democrat Carl Wiegmann Bauer (1933-2013), who represented St. Mary and St. Martin parishes.
In the general election, Schwegmann scored a large victory, 1,009,026 (59 percent) to Hardy's 693,412 (41 percent). There was speculation that Schwegmann benefited from coattails of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Edwin Edwards, who won his fourth nonconsecutive term as governor in that same election over the controversial unendorsed Republican [[David Duke]]. Edwards polled 1,057,031 votes (61 percent) to Duke's 671,009 (39 percent). Hardy hence ran just some 22,000 votes above Duke's tabulation.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 16, 1991.</ref> Hardy thereafter retired from politics.
In the general election, Schwegmann scored a large victory, 1,009,026 (59 percent) to Hardy's 693,412 (41 percent). There was speculation that Schwegmann benefited from coattails of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Edwin Edwards, who won his fourth nonconsecutive term as governor in that same election over the controversial unendorsed Republican [[David Duke]]. Edwards polled 1,057,031 votes (61 percent) to Duke's 671,009 (39 percent). Hardy hence ran just some 22,000 votes above Duke's tabulation.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 16, 1991.</ref> Hardy thereafter retired from politics.
After she left the office of lieutenant governor, Schwegmann switched to the Republican Party. After a stint in the legislature, she attempted to regain the lieutenant governorship in the 2003primary but was badly defeated by Democrat [[Mitch Landrieu]], brother of U.S. Senator [[Mary Landrieu]]. Jay Dardenne, like Hardy a former state senator and secretary of state, became the second Republican to hold the position of lieutenant governor, the winner of a special election in 2010 to succeed Mitch Landrieu, who was elected [[mayor]] of New Orleans.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 2, 2010.</ref>
After she left the office of lieutenant governor, Schwegmann switched to the Republican Party. After a stint in the legislature, she attempted to regain the lieutenant governorship in the 2003primary but was badly defeated by Democrat [[Mitch Landrieu]], brother of U.S. Senator [[Mary Landrieu]]. Jay Dardenne, like Hardy a former state senator and secretary of state, became the second Republican to hold the position of lieutenant governor, the winner of a special election in 2010 to succeed Mitch Landrieu, who was elected [[mayor]] of New Orleans.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 2, 2010.</ref>
==Personal life==
==Personal life==