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==Political career==
==Political career==
Franklin was first elected to the House in District 34 in the [[general election]] held on November 17, 2007. He defeated fellow Democrat Tony Guillory, 3,368 votes (57.5 percent) to 2,489 (42.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Results, November 17, 2007.</ref> In the [[nonpartisan blanket primary]] held earlier on October 20, five other Democrats were eliminated. Franklin led Guillory in the primary by only thirty-nine votes as both finished with fewer than 23 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref>
Franklin was first elected to the House in District 34 in the [[general election]] held on November 17, 2007. He defeated fellow Democrat Tony Guillory, 3,368 votes (57.5 percent) to 2,489 (42.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Results, November 17, 2007.</ref> In the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held earlier on October 20, five other Democrats were eliminated. Franklin led Guillory in the primary by only thirty-nine votes as both finished with fewer than 23 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref>
In the 2011 primary, Franklin easily scored a second term when he defeated another Democrat, Paul "PJ" Geary (born July 1956), also of Lake Charles, 5,683 votes (78.1 percent) to 1,594 (21.9 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>>
In the 2011 primary, Franklin easily scored a second term when he defeated another Democrat, Paul "PJ" Geary (born July 1956), also of Lake Charles, 5,683 votes (78.1 percent) to 1,594 (21.9 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>>