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==1980 congressional race==

==1980 congressional race==

In 1976, Dunn crossed party line to endorse Republican [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]]in the losing race against [[Jimmy Carter]], former governor of [[Georgia]]. In 1980, he ran for the 4th congressional district seat then held for a single term by former Representative Anthony Claude "Buddy" Leach, Jr., then of Leesville in Vernon Parish in western Louisiana. He finished fifth among the six candidates, including former state Senator Cecil Kay Carter, Jr. (1929-1987), of Shreveport, then state Senator Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., of Bossier Parish, and state Representative [[Loy Weaver]] of Homer in Claiborne Parish.

In 1976, Dunn crossed party lines to endorse Republican [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]]in the losing race against [[Jimmy Carter]], former governor of [[Georgia]]. In 1980, he ran for the 4th congressional district seat then held for a single term by former Representative Anthony Claude "Buddy" Leach, Jr., then of Leesville in Vernon Parish in western Louisiana. He finished fifth among the six candidates, including former state Senator [[C. Kay Carter, Jr.]], of Shreveport, then state Senator Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., of Bossier Parish, and state Representative [[Loy Weaver]] of Homer in Claiborne Parish.

The seat was won by Buddy Roemer, who unseated Leach in the runoff election; technically, the general election held on the same day that [[Ronald W. Reagan]] unseated Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] for the presidency. When asked about his congressional race, the tight-lipped Dunn said simply, "I did not get enough votes." He declined to support either Leach or Roemer in the second round of balloting. Dunn received 8,208 ballots (6.7 percent). As predicted by some Republicans, Dunn polled more than enough votes to have kept the Republican candidate, James H. "Jimmy" Wilson (1931-1986) of Vivian, from a first- or second-place primary finish, presuming that Dunn voters' second choice in most cases may have been Wilson because the two shared ideas of fiscal conservatism.  

The seat was won by Buddy Roemer, who unseated Leach in the runoff election; technically, the general election held on the same day that [[Ronald W. Reagan]] unseated Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] for the presidency. When asked about his congressional race, the tight-lipped Dunn said simply, "I did not get enough votes." He declined to support either Leach or Roemer in the second round of balloting. Dunn received 8,208 ballots (6.7 percent). As predicted by some Republicans, Dunn polled more than enough votes to have kept the Republican candidate, James H. "Jimmy" Wilson (1931-1986) of Vivian, from a first- or second-place primary finish, presuming that Dunn voters' second choice in most cases may have been Wilson because the two shared ideas of fiscal conservatism.  

Dunn retired in 2010 from the administrator's position at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum and was succeeded by Wayne Waddell, who resigned from the Louisiana House of Representatives to accept the position. Dunn later became a registered [[Independent]] voter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx?galogin=voter|title=George Dunn, September 1928|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=January 20, 2015}}</ref>

Dunn retired in 2010 from the administrator's position at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum and was succeeded by Wayne Waddell, who resigned from the Louisiana House of Representatives to accept the position. Dunn later became a registered [[Independent voter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx?galogin=voter|title=George Dunn, September 1928|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=January 20, 2015}}</ref>

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