| − | In the 1987 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], St. Raymond unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-Republican [[John Hainkel]], who trailed in third place among four candidates with 3,204 votes (26.4 percent). St. Raymond led the field with 4,927 votes (40.6 percent) and went into a [[general election]] with the runner-up, Democrat Arnold M. Lupin, who polled 3,290 votes (27.1 percent), 86 votes more than Hainkel. The fourth candidate, Democrat John M. Noonan, held the remaining 729 ballots (6 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref> In the ensuing [[general election]], St. Raymond handily defeated Lupin, 4,812 votes (60.6 percent) to 3,127 (39.4 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 21, 1987.</ref> St. Raymond did not seek a second term in the 1991 primary and was succeeded by the Democrat [[Mitch Landrieu]], later the [[mayor]] of New Orleans. Landrieu instead defeated Republican [[Marilyn Thayer]], 8,522 votes (63.3 percent) to 4,939 (36.7 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> Thayer was later the national president of the National Federation of Republican Women. In the 1991 primary, St. Raymond's cousin, [[David Vitter]], since a former [[U.S. Represenative]] and [[U.S. Senator]], won election to House District 81 in [[suburb]]an Jefferson Parish to succeed [[David Duke]], who instead ran unsuccessfully for governor. | + | In the 1987 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], St. Raymond unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-Republican [[John Hainkel]], who trailed in third place among four candidates with 3,204 votes (26.4 percent). St. Raymond led the field with 4,927 votes (40.6 percent) and went into a [[general election]] with the runner-up, Democrat Arnold M. Lupin, who polled 3,290 votes (27.1 percent), 86 votes more than Hainkel. The fourth candidate, Democrat John M. Noonan, held the remaining 729 ballots (6 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref> In the ensuing [[general election]], St. Raymond handily defeated Lupin, 4,812 votes (60.6 percent) to 3,127 (39.4 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 21, 1987.</ref> St. Raymond did not seek a second term in the 1991 primary and was succeeded by the Democrat [[Mitch Landrieu]], later the [[mayor]] of New Orleans. Landrieu instead defeated Republican [[Marilyn Thayer]], 8,522 votes (63.3 percent) to 4,939 (36.7 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> Thayer was later the national president of the National Federation of Republican Women. In the 1991 primary, St. Raymond's cousin, [[David Vitter]], since a former [[U.S. Representative]] and [[U.S. Senator]], won election to House District 81 in [[suburb]]an Jefferson Parish to succeed [[David Duke]], who instead ran unsuccessfully for governor. |