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====1991 victory====
====1991 victory====
In the 1991 primary for state senator, Bean secured a general election berth against fellow Republican [[Tommy Armstrong]], a [[conservative]] candidate who was serving a one-year unexpired term in the Louisiana House of Representatives created by the resignation of Robert P. "Bobby" Waddell, who became a state district court judge. Armstrong had also been a member of the Caddo Parish Commission, formerly known as the police jury. His continuous police jury service began in 1976 at the same time as that of Bean. Armstrong left the commission with a year remaining in his fourth term. Armstrong led with 13,354 votes (40 percent), and Bean followed with 8,866 votes (26 percent). Republican Ken Wright, with 6,088 votes (18 percent), ran third, and Democrat Bobby Bruce Shofner (born 1948), with 5,494 votes (15 percent), finished in fourth place.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 19, 1991.</ref>
In the 1991 primary for state senator, Bean secured a general election berth against fellow Republican [[Tommy Armstrong]], a [[conservative]] candidate who was serving a one-year unexpired term in the Louisiana House of Representatives created by the resignation of [[Robert Waddell|Robert P. "Bobby" Waddell, Sr.]], who became a state district court judge. Armstrong had also been a member of the Caddo Parish Commission, formerly known as the police jury. His continuous police jury service began in 1976 at the same time as that of Bean. Armstrong left the commission with a year remaining in his fourth term. Armstrong led with 13,354 votes (40 percent), and Bean followed with 8,866 votes (26 percent). Republican Ken Wright, with 6,088 votes (18 percent), ran third, and Democrat Bobby Bruce Shofner (born 1948), with 5,494 votes (15 percent), finished in fourth place.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 19, 1991.</ref>
In the second contest held on the same day that [[Edwin Edwards]] defeated [[David Duke]] for [[governor]], Bean narrowly upset Armstrong, 20,474 (51 percent) to 19,720 (49 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>
In the second contest held on the same day that [[Edwin Edwards]] defeated [[David Duke]] for [[governor]], Bean narrowly upset Armstrong, 20,474 (51 percent) to 19,720 (49 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>