Block, Upload, Automoderated users, edit, move, protect, rollback
57,799
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 53:
Line 53: − +
→Legislative years
==Legislative years==
==Legislative years==
In 1972, Randolph was elected to the position of state representative for newly established single-member District 26. After he secured the Democratic nomination over a field that included Alexandria [[restaurateur]] John Hampton "Hamp" Smith (1937-2005), Randolph polled 71.4 percent of the general election vote to 28.6 percent for [[Republican Party|Republican]] P. C. "Clyde" Connell, Jr., an educator unrelated to the Louisiana artist Clyde Connell (1901-1998), a woman. In the legislature, Randolph compiled a record of seeking to bring state funding and projects to central Louisiana.
In 1972, Randolph was elected to the position of state representative for newly established single-member District 26. After he secured the Democratic nomination over a field that included Alexandria restaurateur John Hampton "Hamp" Smith (1937-2005), Randolph polled 71.4 percent of the general election vote to 28.6 percent for [[Republican Party|Republican]] P. C. "Clyde" Connell, Jr., an educator unrelated to the Louisiana artist Clyde Connell (1901-1998), a woman. In the legislature, Randolph compiled a record of seeking to bring state funding and projects to central Louisiana.
In 1975, he ran for the District 29 state Senate seat and unseated the 14-year incumbent, [[Cecil R. Blair]], a fellow Democrat from Lecompte in south Rapides Parish, in the first nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held in Louisiana.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 1, 1975.</ref>
In 1975, he ran for the District 29 state Senate seat and unseated the 14-year incumbent, [[Cecil R. Blair]], a fellow Democrat from Lecompte in south Rapides Parish, in the first nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held in Louisiana.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 1, 1975.</ref>