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==Defeat in 1983==
==Defeat in 1983==
In 1983, Richey was unseated by state Representative William B. "Billy" Atkins of Jonesville, when the Democrat Edwin Edwards scored a landslide over incumbent Republican Governor [[David C. Treen]]. Atkins had also succeeded Richey in the state House four years earlier. Atkins was succeeded in the House by the later Louisiana Secretary of State, [[Al Ater]], also of Ferriday. Richey said that his close identification with Treen worked against him. Atkins was the choice of powerful Louisiana [[AFL-CIO]] President [[Victor Bussie]]. "Like my colleague from Alexandria, Ned Randolph [later mayor], we were ousted in the Edwards wave of 1983. I lost by about the same margin that I had won on the two previous occasions, 57-43 percent," Richey explained.
In 1983, Richey was unseated by state Representative William B. "Billy" Atkins of Jonesville, when the Democrat Edwin Edwards scored a landslide over incumbent Republican Governor [[David C. Treen]]. Atkins had also succeeded Richey in the state House four years earlier. Atkins was succeeded in the House by the later Louisiana Secretary of State, [[Al Ater]], also of Ferriday. Richey said that his close identification with Treen worked against him. Atkins was the choice of powerful Louisiana [[AFL-CIO]] President [[Victor Bussie]]. "Like my colleague from Alexandria, [[Ned Randolph]] (later the mayor of Alexandria from 1986 to 2006), we were ousted in the Edwards wave of 1983. I lost by about the same margin that I had won on the two previous occasions, 57-43 percent," Richey explained.
Earlier, Richey had warned Edwards that the election of [[Ronald Reagan]] would mean the appointment of Republican U.S. attorneys, who might launch investigations of the governor and his business and gubernatorial connections: "What better way to protect an incumbent Republican Governor like Dave Treen than by having his chief opponent under investigation or indictment leading up to the 1983 election?" Richey was hence prophetic about the later investigations of Edwin Edwards.
Earlier, Richey had warned Edwards that the election of [[Ronald Reagan]] would mean the appointment of Republican U.S. attorneys, who might launch investigations of the governor and his business and gubernatorial connections: "What better way to protect an incumbent Republican Governor like Dave Treen than by having his chief opponent under investigation or indictment leading up to the 1983 election?" Richey was hence prophetic about the later investigations of Edwin Edwards.