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In the 1966 legislative session, Branton listed the establishment of Louisiana State University in Shreveport, which began in 1967, with the later Health Sciences Center, a medical school, were his highest priorities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025210344/http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15140coll23/id/2266

In the 1966 legislative session, Branton listed the establishment of Louisiana State University in Shreveport, which began in 1967, with the later Health Sciences Center, a medical school, were his highest priorities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025210344/http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15140coll23/id/2266

|title=Legislators support med bonds|publisher=''[[Shreveport Journal]]''|author=Harry Taylor|date=May 1966|accessdate=October 25, 2014}}</ref>

|title=Legislators support med bonds|publisher=''[[Shreveport Journal]]''|author=Harry Taylor|date=May 1966|accessdate=September 2, 2020}}</ref>

In 1966, Branton entered the race for the Louisiana Public Service Commission held by the appointed [[John S. Hunt]]. In addition to Hunt, others in the race were fellow Representative [[John Sidney Garrett]] of nearby Haynesville in Claiborne Parish and former lawmaker Wellborn Jack, who described himself as one opposed to all kinds of "federal encroachment." Though Branton finished in sixth place, he did receive a plurality in his own Webster Parish.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald," August 15, 1966, p. 1.</ref> In the party runoff on September 24, Hunt prevailed over Garrett.<ref>''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' September 26, 1966.</ref>

In 1966, Branton entered the race for the Louisiana Public Service Commission held by the appointed [[John S. Hunt]]. In addition to Hunt, others in the race were fellow Representative [[John Sidney Garrett]] of nearby Haynesville in Claiborne Parish and former lawmaker Wellborn Jack, who described himself as one opposed to all kinds of "federal encroachment." Though Branton finished in sixth place, he did receive a plurality in his own Webster Parish.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald," August 15, 1966, p. 1.</ref> In the party runoff on September 24, Hunt prevailed over Garrett.<ref>''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' September 26, 1966.</ref>