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In 1974, Montgomery was an elected delegate to the first of three mid-term conventions of the [[Democratic National Committee]], held in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]].<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' August 19, 1974, p. 1.</ref> Such meetings were also held in 1978 and 1982 but thereafter discontinued.
In 1974, Montgomery was an elected delegate to the first of three mid-term conventions of the [[Democratic National Committee]], held in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]].<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' August 19, 1974, p. 1.</ref> Such meetings were also held in 1978 and 1982 but thereafter discontinued.
Montgomery did not seek a fifth term in the first primary held under the new Louisiana Constitution on November 1, 1975. His senate seat in 1976 was taken by a fellow Democrat considered more liberal and populist than Montgomery, Foster L. Campbell, Jr., of Bossier Parish. Like Montgomery, Campbell is a former educator. He held the seat with little difficulty for seven terms (1976-2002), when he resigned to become one of the five members of the elected Public Service Commission. Campbell unsuccessfully sought the governorship in the primary held on October 20, 2007, and the [[United States Senate]] in 2016, when he was defeated in a runoff by Democrat-turned-Republican]] [[John Neely Kennedy]].
Montgomery did not seek a fifth term in the first primary held under the new Louisiana Constitution on November 1, 1975. His senate seat in 1976 was taken by a fellow Democrat considered more liberal and populist than Montgomery, Foster L. Campbell, Jr., of Bossier Parish. Like Montgomery, Campbell is a former educator. He held the seat with little difficulty for seven terms (1976-2002), when he resigned to become one of the five members of the elected Public Service Commission. Campbell unsuccessfully sought the governorship in the primary held on October 20, 2007, and the [[United States Senate]] in 2016, when he was defeated in a runoff by Democrat-turned-Republican [[John Neely Kennedy]].
==Legacy==
==Legacy==