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Despite his success in legislative races, Gaudin narrowly failed in a bid for a judgeship of the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge. In an election held on December 8, 1990, Gaudin received 16,944 votes (48.7 percent) compared to his Democrat opponent, Linda Holliday, who finished successfully with 17,857 votes (51.3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, December 8, 1990.</ref>
Despite his success in legislative races, Gaudin narrowly failed in a bid for a judgeship of the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge. In an election held on December 8, 1990, Gaudin received 16,944 votes (48.7 percent) compared to his Democrat opponent, Linda Holliday, who finished successfully with 17,857 votes (51.3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, December 8, 1990.</ref>
Gaudin retained an interest in Republican politics after he left the legislature. He was a delegate to the 1996 [[Republican National Convention]] held in [[San Diego]], [[California]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/conventions/san.diego/facts/delegate.profile/LA.shtml|title=GOP delegates for Louisiana|work=All Politics: 1996 convention|publisher=CNN|accessdate=October 21, 2019}}</ref> which nominated the ticket of [[Bob Dole and [[Jack Kemp]]. The Dole-Kemp combination, however, lost Louisiana's then nine electoral votes (now eight electoral votes) in the fall campaign to Democrats [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Al Gore]].
Gaudin retained an interest in Republican politics after he left the legislature. He was a delegate to the 1996 [[Republican National Convention]] held in [[San Diego]], [[California]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/conventions/san.diego/facts/delegate.profile/LA.shtml|title=GOP delegates for Louisiana|work=All Politics: 1996 convention|publisher=CNN|accessdate=October 21, 2019}}</ref> which nominated the ticket of [[Bob Dole]] and [[Jack Kemp]]. The Dole-Kemp combination, however, lost Louisiana's then nine electoral votes (now eight electoral votes) in the fall campaign to Democrats [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Al Gore]].
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