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When Windhorst retired in 1991, two-term Democratic State Representative Francis C. Heitmeier was elected to the position with 55 percent of the vote in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] against five opponents. The lone Republican candidate hoping to succeed Windhorst finished with fewer than 17 percent of the ballots.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> Because African-American influence in the Westbank increased throughout the 1990s, Heitmeier won with 58 percent of the vote in the 1995 primary and faced no opponents in 1999 and 2003. Heitmeier was term-limited in 2007.

When Windhorst retired in 1991, two-term Democratic State Representative Francis C. Heitmeier was elected to the position with 55 percent of the vote in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] against five opponents. The lone Republican candidate hoping to succeed Windhorst finished with fewer than 17 percent of the ballots.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> Because African-American influence in the Westbank increased throughout the 1990s, Heitmeier won with 58 percent of the vote in the 1995 primary and faced no opponents in 1999 and 2003. Heitmeier was term-limited in 2007.

Windhorst is Roman Catholic and a member of the West Bank Rotary International.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rotarywestbank.org/pdf/2006/041106.pdf|title=The West Bank Rotator: Service Before Self|publisher=rotarywestbank.org|accessdate=October 16, 2009; material no longer accessible on-line

Windhorst is Roman Catholic and a member of the West Bank Rotary International.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rotarywestbank.org/pdf/2006/041106.pdf|title=The West Bank Rotator: Service Before Self|publisher=rotarywestbank.org|accessdate=October 16, 2009; material no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>

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